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Re: Dual nationality question

Postby goronnie » June 21, 2010, 4:06 pm

The Wife and stepdaughter now have both passports British and Thai. We are arriving in Bangkok August 5th Will Immigration stamp both passports


Don't show both passports to Thai immigration. It is not allowed to have dual nationality in Thailand.
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Re: Dual nationality question

Postby papaguido » June 21, 2010, 6:37 pm

goronnie wrote:
The Wife and stepdaughter now have both passports British and Thai. We are arriving in Bangkok August 5th Will Immigration stamp both passports


Don't show both passports to Thai immigration. It is not allowed to have dual nationality in Thailand.


Dual nationality is not recognized, but there are exceptions:

Chapter 2. Loss of Thai Nationality.

Section 13. A woman of Thai nationality who marries an alien and may acquire the nationality of her husband according to the nationality law of her husband, shall, if she desires to renounce Thai nationality, make a declaration of her intention before the competent official according to the form and in the manner prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.

Section 14. A person of Thai nationality, who was born of an alien father and has acquired the nationality of his father according to the law on nationality of his father, or a person who acquires Thai nationality under Section 12 paragraph 2 is required, if he desires to retain his other nationality, to make a declaration of his intention to renounce his Thai nationality within one year after his attaining the age of twenty years, according to such form and in the manner as prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.

If, after consideration of the said intention, the Minister is of opinion that there is reasonable ground to believe that such person may acquire the nationality of his father or a foreign nationality, he shall grant permission, except in cases where Thailand is being engaged in armed conflict, or is in state of war, he may order the dispensation of any renunciation of Thai nationality.


Thailand’s Nationality Act B.E. 2508 as amended by Acts B.E. 2535 No. 2 and 3 (1992)

http://burmalibrary.org/docs3/THAILAND% ... ty_Act.htm
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Re: Dual nationality question

Postby thanuhak » July 14, 2010, 7:32 pm

Quick update: My son's Thai passport arrived in US in time for us to use it upon re-entry to Thailand; however, they told us:

1) To choose and use only one passport for our 2-year-old; and

2) Not to worry about using the US one for him to enter, given his age. They said he'll need to decide which one to use at 14, but for now, not to worry about visas expiring or anything.

3) Instead of an expiration date for the entry visa, she just squiggled a line & signed it, meaning he's good to go - or rather to stay - indefinitely.

Good to know these things. Hard to find them out short of experience. Turns our it's best just to be honest with them, and ask them what's best, and how to proceed - at least in this case.

Finally, I for one will never be taking a 2-year-old on a 36-hour odyssey through 11 time zones to the other side of the world again.

(Our 7-year-old daughter, on the other hand, just put her head on my lap and took one helluva nap until she woke up in Queens - or wherever that god-forsaked JFK "island" is located - Jamaica perhaps?)
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