They seem to avoid any and all contact (or compliance) with any office or individual they can, related to government or municipal organisation. They are insanely superstitious, almost universally wholly uneducated and terrified of anything resembling authority. It is sometimes "trying" to say the least.
Am having difficulty getting my hands on a Residence Certificate. The Thai family I am staying with are being (if I am being diplomatic) less than helpful in that regard.