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FYI I did this today at the Thai Embassy in London it only took 15 minutes. I called in advance and no appointment was needed. It's done in the basement part of the building. The only document you need to take is your own passport and a stamped addressed envelope for return of the consent letters (You get one per child) Then you fill in the consent form which you showed (although they use a hybrid one with English too) and a payment form. Basically just add your name address and names of the children. Then they photocopy your passport get you to sign it and pay their fee which is £10 (that was the total for 2 children) So in a few days I'll get the verified consent letters posted to me.

Yes they were. They are British Citizens.

I mean the children are British Citizens. They were denied a return to the country where they have a right to stay.

They were going to reside in the UK as they are British.

I'm amazed you needed to type anything as this was obviously explained by others.

It seems the choice is either for me to go over to Thailand and apply with the mother and children present or get the consent form approved and sent over to Thailand so she can do it without me using the consent form Do you know what docs I would need to bring with me to get the consent form approved by the UK embassy?

Oh. Where did you apply for the passports?

Thank you. I understand now.

The children are born in Thailand and didn't have Thai passports and have never left the country. I got them all UK passports thinking that would be enough.

Yes it was Qatar airways. I don't think it was a child protection issue as this wasn't mentioned, just an issue that that they didn't have Thai passports.

Yes they had return tickets. Do you think the airline was at fault?

Children were 3, 5 and 12.

Refusal was by the airline, Qatar airways.

My Thai wife had a UK tourist visa and her Thai born children have only UK passports. They were coming to visit me in the UK but were refused flight at Suvarnabhumi because the children didn't have Thai passports. Obviously I wasn't expecting that so is that normal? Now it seems I have to somehow get Thai passports for them to be able to come to the UK. What are the options for doing this? Thanks in advance

No the UK passports haven't been used. I'm in the UK and wasn't planning to go to Thailand unless I need to.