What About........

[ITKMAN]

Children of Falang parnets who are born in thailand.Can they own land etc and are they thai cit's????? As in a US Gov employee stationed in LOS has a child there?????????/

[PJG]

No the only case they can be Thai Citizen's is if one of the Parent's is Thai.

[STEVE G]

I’m not one hundred percent on this, but I thought that a child born to foreigners, in Thailand, could apply for Thai nationality as long as both parents were in the country legally. I would think to have any chance of this it would have to be done at birth.

[Winkie]

Why would anyone want to do this?

[BaaBaa.]

Possibly because they'd have dual nationality which would have numerous advantages.

[Winkie]

Dual Nationality requires 2 Nations to permit it - not just one.

Thailand is one such country that does not permit Dual Citizenship, I beleive.

Whilst it comes with advantages, it comes with some major disadvantages also.

I don't see what advantages are present to be Thai + Another, unless you are both Thai and perhaps Bangladeshi!

Winkie

[BaaBaa.]

Dont know a great deal about it. Just a presumption/guess.
Would certainly stop the red tape us farangs have with regards to land, working etc etc.

[STEVE G]

Winkie wrote;
Why would anyone want to do this?

I can only imagine that if you were planning to stay in Thailand full time, and you had a child, you might want the child to be Thai.
I suppose the main advantage would be that when they grew up, they would be able to stay in Thailand without visa, or works permit problems. It would be quite easy for the child to change to the nationality of the parents later if they chose to do so.
Seeing how you can get a retirement visa at fifty it’s unlikely, but not impossible that you could have a child born here.

[Big Boy]

Winkie wrote:

Thailand is one such country that does not permit Dual Citizenship, I beleive

Thailand does permit dual nationality up to the age of 21, at which point the person has decide upon whether they want to retain either Thai or the other nationality,

[DawnHRD]

I actually know a farang couple who had a child (now adult) in LOS. I don't know how they worked it, or whether it was a given, but the child, living in Europe does have Thai citizenship.

[PeteC]

Winkie wrote:

Thailand is one such country that does not permit Dual Citizenship, I beleive

Thailand does permit dual nationality up to the age of 21, at which point the person has decide upon whether they want to retain either Thai or the other nationality,

I think we talked about this point on here before on another thread. I know many a Thai woman married to an American who is walking around with a valid Thai Passport, USA Passport and Thai ID card. They leave the USA on their USA Passport, enter and leave Thailand on their Thai passport, then enter the USA again on their USA Passport. Legal or not?..no clue, but it's common and they seem to be able to keep renewing their Thai passports and ID cards when needed. Pete

[Big Boy]

Pete,

Not only American, my wife and many of her friends are doing the same thing.

[Winkie]

Have a look at this link.

Its quite interesting.

It answers the questions related to who can become Thai and confirms that I am wrong (this happens often)! Thai can retain Thjai Nationality when also choosing the Nationality of their Spouse.

http://www.thaiembdc.org/consular/con_i ... ationality

Winkie

[NikkiSixx]

How long would a (married to farang) Thai lady have to wait before applying for UK passport?

[Winkie]

I think the most conveninet way is after living the UK for 4 years, with a, indefintie right to abode' stamp.

That's how it was for my my wife when we lived in UK - If memory serves me correctly (sadly it doesn't always).

Winkie