What benefits and rights does a Thai Pink ID card offer to a foreigner married to a Thai citizen?

@Keith ********

"I moved here to Thailand 6 months ago. I've got a non O visa that I will be extending for 1 year based on marriage" . . . . . if you are here on a 90-days Non-Imm-O marriage visa, and haven't secured the "1-year extension of stay yet, you are knee deep in calamities. You will be in a 3-month overstay 😐

Only benefit is u get lots of boom boom.just joking sorry

There will be naysayers who tell you that a Yellow Book and Pink ID card are worthless. However, if you have been here a while and are informed you may have a different opinion.

For example, when you apply to add your name to the Yellow Book, you are issued a 13 digit Thai ID number as part of the process.

Those that have been here for some time will remember when Covid vaccines first became available, the only way to schedule an appointment was online - and that process required a Thai ID number in order to complete.

There was also a time when your name in the Yellow Book was your pass to gain access to the country when entry to the country was restricted under the quarantine.

Then, when the country began to reopen, the government began a program of providing half off travel vouchers. That program was available to foreigners, but required a Thai ID number to complete the online application.

Finally, the Yellow Book often (but not always) eliminates the time and expense of securing a Residency Certificate from the local immigration office when doing things like buying a car or opening a bank account.

The Pink ID card will rarely provide you with Thai National entrance fees to places like National Parks, but it will make things like flying, checking into hotels and sending packages easier and more convenient.

I am not aware of any drawbacks to securing these useful credentials.

Not a lot but you can buy a car or motorbike in your name

Got one also and just found out that it also covers your future Tax number...wow yes.ouch....Alway found in Tland the more bits of paper..Yellow book.. cards .certificates...whatever the better.Even the phograph of when I was a monk goes down well..Sanuk..Anything to make life easier..chai..

I have been able to use the pink card as ID to open some financial fintech accounts (crypto exchange and payment system) as a Thai resident where they would not take my Thai DL for kyc. Not very common issue though.

Your name might be in a yellow house book but I'd be surprised if your name is on the title

well, if you got issued a pink ID card, I bet you also were handed a yellow housebook. This replaces the "certificate of residence" from Immigration, which you will need for example opening a bank account, or renewing your Thai dirvers license

Having a farang name on any title, bonds, land, property, blaa blaa blaa, in Thailand, ???, well well well, lol. If you're happy with that good luck, she's never gunner rob you is she 5,

I don't like handing my info willy-nilly to a strange government. Another database to have personal details on. If it was worthwhile no problem, but I can't see the advantages

the Pink ID card has no benefits since most Thais never seen one. For travel and ID use you're drivers licens to check in to hotels, flights etc. What you real want is the Yellow house book, that makes life easier, no need certificate of residency from immigration

Pink ID is worthless, you can do everything with a driving license. The real worth is your in the yellow book. No need to go immigration for resident certificates.

Its good to include in your paperwork when applying for your next visa...!!

Pink ID card isn't worth a pinch of salt. A Blockbuster Video membership card is worth more! 😆

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Really not much benefit. Some anecdotal evidence that some people have been able to get Thai price at national parks with the pink ID card, but others were not able to. Can use it to check-in to hotels and fly domestically within Thailand, but you can use a Thai drivers license for that as well. The only real possible benefit is that some DLT offices will accept your yellow book instead of a residence certificate for drivers license or vehicle title services.