Thread: kids passport

hi everyone, just wondering if anyone can shed any light on a passport issue for me. My son ( who is Half thai ) is only 9 weeks old and won't be travelling to thailand until next year but the wife is already hassling me about this. Is it better to get a thai passport for my son from the thai embassy in the u.k before we travel, or should we sort it out when we return to thailand. does it even matter either way ? I'm relying on the infinite wisdom i have observed on this forum for a while now, i know you guys know details of stuff i would never think about. Cheers for any info.

Originally Posted by Captain Ron

hi everyone, just wondering if anyone can shed any light on a passport issue for me. My son ( who is Half thai ) is only 9 weeks old and won't be travelling to thailand until next year but the wife is already hassling me about this. Is it better to get a thai passport for my son from the thai embassy in the u.k before we travel, or should we sort it out when we return to thailand. does it even matter either way ? I'm relying on the infinite wisdom i have observed on this forum for a while now, i know you guys know details of stuff i would never think about. Cheers for any info.

Well, first of all - to be pedantic but really just for fun - your son is not "half Thai", he's Thai with Dual Nationality - and, to forstall the next question, since you appear to be a U.K. National there is absolutely no problem with him holding both Thai and U.K. Nationalities.

To answer your question - it all depends on where your son was born.

If, as I suspect from your Post, he was not born in Thailand he can only obtain a Thai Passport from the Thai Embassy in the Country where he was born - in this case apparently the U.K..

You can not get this done in Thailand.

Talk to the Thai Embassy in London and they will walk you through the process.

Patrick

Originally Posted by Patrick

Well, first of all - to be pedantic but really just for fun - your son is not "half Thai", he's Thai with Dual Nationality

Why is he not British with dual nationality ?

Why do you actually need a Thai passport for the kid??? Just get a UK one, even if going to Thailand for over a month no overstay for kids.

cheers patrick, that's that sorted in literally 10 minutes. love this site.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Why do you actually need a Thai passport for the kid??? Just get a UK one, even if going to Thailand for over a month no overstay for kids.

he will need thai nationality to collect his inheritance.

^Thais can't own land under the age 21, I believe.

Originally Posted by Captain Ron

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Why do you actually need a Thai passport for the kid??? Just get a UK one, even if going to Thailand for over a month no overstay for kids.

he will need thai nationality to collect his inheritance.

He can have Thai nationality without having to get a passport, as i said if you are living full time in the UK no reason to get a Thai passport, my daughters has expired and i have no urge to renew it as not needed, just use her UK one.

Long time since I did this but if I remember correctly you need to get a thai birth certificate from the Thai Embassy in London before you can apply for a passport.
There is a time limit for this so get it done soon.

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

Originally Posted by Patrick

Well, first of all - to be pedantic but really just for fun - your son is not "half Thai", he's Thai with Dual Nationality

Why is he not British with dual nationality ?

Nice to meet a fellow pedant!

Patrick

You must get the Birth Certificate from the thai Embassy in London.

When we went to do this they asked if we would like the passport at the same time, so it was done in parallel not series.

There maybe a time limit, but at 9 weeks he's nowhere close to it, mune were 6 and 4 when I did it, as they refused to help in any way here.

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cheers for all the info will check it out.

Originally Posted by Captain Ron

hi everyone, just wondering if anyone can shed any light on a passport issue for me. My son ( who is Half thai ) is only 9 weeks old and won't be travelling to thailand until next year but the wife is already hassling me about this. Is it better to get a thai passport for my son from the thai embassy in the u.k before we travel, or should we sort it out when we return to thailand. does it even matter either way ? I'm relying on the infinite wisdom i have observed on this forum for a while now, i know you guys know details of stuff i would never think about. Cheers for any info.

Hi I'm the opposite I've got a 8/9 year old girl, I'm a Brit living in Jomtien/Surin, and want to get a British passport for her, and don't know what to do, for the best, now you car'nt get one in Bangkok?

Just fill in the forms and DHL it to Hong Kong. Courier fees are less than 1000B return.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Just fill in the forms and DHL it to Hong Kong. Courier fees are less than 1000B return.

For first passport you send to Bangkok. Passport costs 2,119, DHL fee 962 Baht.

Fair enough, my kids are on their third and I sure as hell don't want any more...555

Originally Posted by Captain Ron

he will need thai nationality to collect his inheritance.

Inherit from his mother? Naturally you will keep all your funds out of Thailand and he can inherit them in UK when you kick