Know before you travel. "There are 4 colors of Thai passports."

Many people may think that the "Thai passport" only contains pig blood volumes used to travel abroad.

But in fact, this archive has up to four colors, and each color is not only designed to be beautiful, but clearly reflects the bearer's "status, role, and function."

From ordinary citizens to civil servants to high-ranking diplomats, they use different passports, which come with different rights and conditions.

This article will bring you to know all four colors of Thai passports, what each type is, and who exactly has the right to hold it?

1. Pig blood color passport (for general public)

This is a passport used by most Thais as a personal passport, up to 5 and 10 years old, visa-free travel in 33 countries.

Use for: general citizens traveling abroad, whether to travel, work or study.

2. Dark Blue Passport (Civil Service Passport)

Passports are issued only to persons traveling in the civil service, not personally available, up to 5 years of age, visa-free travel in 86 countries.

Used for: civil servants; or persons assigned to overseas duty on behalf of the State.

3. Bright red passport (ambassador passport)

This type of passport has special diplomatic status, such as royal family, Privy Council, and deputy court, etc., is up to 5 years old, visa-free travel 86 countries.

Used for: ambassadors, diplomats and high-ranking individuals of the country.

4. Green Passport (temporary / special passport)

A priest or novice authorized to travel abroad, or a Muslim traveling for the Hajj ceremony, is not more than 2 years old.

Used for: Persons requiring urgent travel; or in special situations, such as documents lost while abroad.

{Does each color give you different privileges?}

While all passports are used for international travel alike, some passports of color, such as red (ambassador) and blue (civil service), may enjoy visa privileges or facilitation from the country of destination.

{Which color does the general public use?}

For Thai people, only the pork blood passport is used. Other color passports are issued for individuals according to their function and status.

{Conclusion}

Thai passports come in a total of 4 colors: pig's blood color, blue, red and green, each designated for use on a different person according to their functional role.

So if you are a general public, you only use pork blood passports. Other colors are specialized for government and special missions. There are different procedures.