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Ministry of Interior
กระทรวงมหาดไทย
Enabling Act
Reorganization of Ministry Act B.E. 2545 (2002)
Scope
Sweeping mandate over civil administration, provincial governance, civil registration, the Department of Lands (DOL), the Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA), public works, and natural-disaster prevention.
Key Powers
- • Operate the national civil registration system (birth, death, marriage, address) via DOPA
- • Supervise the Department of Lands (title-deed system, transfers, mortgages)
- • Issue civil-registration documents to foreigners married to Thai nationals
- • Provincial governance via 76 provincial governors
- • Disaster management via the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Enforcement Examples
- Civil-registration corrections (annual statistics in DOPA reports)
- Land-fraud investigations referred to police
Publication Channel
Royal Gazette + moi.go.th
Contact Channel
1567 (national MoI hotline) · [email protected]
How Foreigners Interact
Foreigners interact with MoI most directly via the Department of Lands (property purchases, registered leases, condominium foreign quota) and DOPA (yellow tabian baan, marriage registration with Thai spouse, certified copies of civil documents).
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