Re:Immigration Crackdown on Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Th...
by wila on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @09:22AM
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That's correct. Everybody needs to be able to produce an ID when asked for it by the police. Note however that it is not common for police to ask you for your ID, so not everybody carries it at all times. You get a fine if you don't have it on you or the police can take you to their station.
link (in dutch) http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/paspoort-en-identifi...
The first hit when I did:
http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/living/official-matters/comp...
"In 2005 the Dutch government introduced a law to improve public safety stating that everyone must be able to produce valid identification when requested by the police or supervisory officials. Those who fail to produce vailid identification risk being fined. Read on to learn more about valid identification, and to whom the law is applicable."