lovetheDuc wrote: ↑

November 12, 2018, 6:40 pm

Get back to us in ten years and let us know how you went.

No need to wait 10 years. It took me 3 years, got it last year.

If you have a pink card, you are supposed to get written permission when you leave your province, it's written on the back.
These cards are really for migrant workers.

I often get called pee, loong, khun.
I've been at the hospital all day and every time I'm called they call me mister, despite having a Thai I'd card! Kinda racist.

I thought it was almost impossible. Presumably you can maintain dual citizenships? It's strange how many people think it is hard. For some reason, people emigrating to Thailand don't look into citizenship like they do in other countries. The reasons I applied are that I want to buy land in my name ...

I've had my Bangkok Bank account for over 20 years and a steady income with Work Permit but my branch is totally racist and won't give me a credit card, not that I'm desperate for one.

Giggle wrote: ↑

November 2, 2018, 10:26 pm

Thai banks already treat your money like its theirs. Your nationality makes your baht worth less than theirs.
This is sliding down a very slippery slope. And I do mean slope.

How so? My Thai banks are very good, apart from the low interest, but that's the same in the UK.

I'm the first farang in Khon Kaen to have applied and halfway through the process of getting Thai citizenship. I'm wondering if anyone in Udon Thani is in the process, or has done it already. If anyone is interested, it pretty straightforward if you are married and have a job paying over 40k a month...

I got mine in khon Kaen many years ago, transferred from Lopburi. Now it is in Bangkok, even though I don't live there:)