State Welfare Card 2026 Guidelines for Qualified and Unqualified

Thairath•Society•18d ago

Reader Briefing

The State Welfare Card 2026 program has outlined identity verification and appeal timelines for eligible and ineligible applicants.

•Eligible applicants must complete e-KYC identity verification to use their rights starting October 1, 2026.
•As of August 31, 2026, 2,553,825 out of 3,139,886 eligible individuals have successfully completed e-KYC.
•Applicants who failed the criteria had until August 31, 2026, to submit a request for rights review.
•The results of the rights review will be announced on September 30, 2026.

•As of August 31, 2026, 3,139,886 individuals passed the qualification check for the State Welfare Card 2026, with 81.3% having completed e-KYC.
•9,314,253 individuals failed the qualification check, and 4,903,354 have submitted requests for rights review.
•September 20, 2026 is the final day for those who submitted rights reviews to correct their information at qualification check units.
•September 30, 2026 is the date for the announcement of the rights review results.
•Individuals who passed the criteria must perform e-KYC via the Pao Tang application or designated banks to be ready for October 1, 2026.
•e-KYC via Krungthai Bank and the Pao Tang application is available until January 12, 2027, while GSB, BAAC, GH Bank, and Islamic Bank are available until October 14, 2026.
•Certain groups, such as students in vocational education for rural development and owners of very low-value assets or old vehicles, are exempt from providing corrective documents during the urgent review phase.
•All qualified users will begin using their rights simultaneously on October 1, 2026.

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State Welfare Card 2026(บัตรสวัสดิการแห่งรัฐ 2569)

A government welfare program providing rights to citizens who pass qualification criteria.