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Samran, I now see there was a specific note to the 1992 Act (Version 2) making the children born to Thai mothers and foreign fathers before 1992 Thai retroactively. A lot farangs with Thai wives living here used to marry outside Thailand but not disclose the marriage to the Thai authorities so that before 1992 their children could have dual nationality and before 1999 their wives could buy land. Fortunately both these inequities have been cleared up now.

I have now found the basics of Decree 337 in a powerpoint presentation in Thai from the Bureau of Registration Administration's website www.borathailand.org. The presentation gives the definitions of who was Thai under all the nationality acts since the first one in 1913 and some ministerial announcements. Interesting for legal historians. It seems that Decree 337 revoked nationality from every one who it had through birth in Thailand but not through blood, unless given special dispensation to keep it. Later decrees restored it to those born to alien parents before 1972 and the 2008 Act theoretically restored it to those born to alien parents from 1972 to 1992. There seems to be a requirement for evidence of long residence in Thailand for those people to claim their nationality. So I think it is hard for some one in that situation to get on a plane to Thailand after a few decades abroad and rock up to an ampher to ask for an ID card. I upload it here in case anyone is interested.

One of my good freind has got his ID CARD a month ago and now he is on his THAI PASSPORT becoz of this latest amendmend to those born to alien parents before 1972 and the 2008 Act theoretically restored it to those born to alien parents from 1972 to 1992. He was born in 1990 to Alien couple and since then studied here grew up here and got his work permit for working here and all of sudden this rule changed his life. He got all the proofs of long stay in THAI certified by his school, University and neighborhood. They required 3 local people to go to Amphur along with Applicant to proof whether how long he is living here and that'sall.

Wouldn't the world be a whole lot more peaceful without the Islam religion. As inoffensive as the religion is supposed to be it's followers seem to contradict it at every opportunity.

Shame on you and your mentality

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