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I can confirm that my Thai wife and son and I were able to use the Thai national immigration line on arrival in BKK.

My wife (Thai citizen) and I went to my home (UK) in 2022 for a holiday. I queued up in the non UK citizens line with her, We got to the front and the UK immigration dude was really cool, He said that next time we should queue in the UK citizens queue as I am a UK citizen and my wife would be allowed to use that queue as well as long as she was with me. We went to Thailand in November 22. We walked into the non Thai lane but there was a Thai immigration person there and my wife spoke to him and he opened the barrier and let us through the Thai citizen side. We are going to Thailand next month, Wife and son (Thai citizens) and me (UK citizen). Does anyone know that as a family, Are we allowed to use the Thai citizen lane please?

Hi All, Does anyone know if the Thai immigration line at Suvarnabhumi is manned or do they have computerized gates now? Thanks,

I have nearly completed the process - maybe this will help someone else in the future. The birth cert was acquired via post from the Thai Consulate in Washington DC. The consulate a bit slow but very helpful, They wanted quite a lot of information from us, The difficult info to get was certification of the hospital my son was born in and his birth weight. For the Thai passports, we had to apply online and then attend appointments in person. We stayed a couple of days in the Normandy hotel, Its a great location and not too bad value for Washington and a short walk to the consulate. My wife's Thai passport was expiring so we arranged appointments at 10:30 for wife and 11:00 for son. We only had to pay the $31 postage once and they will put both passports in the same envelope. No Tabien Baan was needed for my son but he will not be able to renew his passport until he has his name in a Tabien Baan. Thanks for everyone for the comments/help.

Thanks. I think number 1 is going to be an issue - asking a US (well actually any) hospital to provide something outside a very stringent set of services they provide is aways going to be challenging.

The Thai embassy website says that I need to apply for, "A Thai Birth certificate" - https://thaiembdc.org/thai-birth-certificate-english-thai/ I want a Thai passport for my son and according to the Thai government, I need a Thai birth certificate for him to get the passport. Their rules I guess.

Thanks @asiaexpat I've read all the instructions on the Thai consulate website, could you please help me out with a couple of questions? 1. My son has a North Carolina birth cert which does not mention his birth weight. Did you have this issue, Did you need to get his birth weight certified? 2. Did you add your children to a Tabien Baan or did you do it later? 3. Did you manage to apply for the passport at the same time as the birth cert please? Thanks,

Hello All, I am trying to wrap my head around the process to get a Thai birth certificate/passport for my son from the Thai embassy in Washington DC. Background is that I am British, My wife is a Thai National (born in Phitsanulok) and we live in (and my son was born in) North Carolina. Has anyone been through the process of obtaining a Thai birth cert for a child born outside Thailand? Thanks,

Hmm, I thought Armagh was in the U.K.

I've been walking around the house singing this for the last week, Missus has no clue what I am on about.

Hi All, I've pretty limited experience on Bangkok. I like the Kiwi bar on soi 8, The beer garden on soi 7, The bars at the front of queens park on soi 22 and The Game on Siukhumvit abd thats it really. I am married to a Phitsanulok girl and we are heading to Thailand (from our home in North Carolina) in mid November. We were planning to spend some time at mother in laws near Phitsanulok and then head to Hua Hin and either Phuket or Pattaya for Christmas and then back to Phitsanulok for New Year. There's always a great family bash for New Year that I really enjoy. Plans have changed a little as some of my relatives (Ireland) are going to Bangkok for the first time for a few days in early December. I am 49, missus is 39 and relatives are in their sixties. I have booked us into the Maitria on Sukhumvit 18, Stayed there before and love that hotel. My last time staying in bangkok was 2018 and doing some googling last night, It looks like The Kiwi bar is closed permanently and the queens park beer bar complex is gone. I imagine there has been a lot of changes in BKK. I am planning to take my relatives to Chatuchak market one day, Soi Cowboy one evening, maybe go somewhere on the boat on the canals but then I am out of ideas. Can anyone make some suggestions of places to go please? Can anyone recommend some places to eat on Sukhumvit, maybe pub grub and restaurants please? Thai and European are both good. Are there any good beer bar complexes left where we can play pool and just have some fun? Thanks,

Yep, they’re the ones that come with it.

Hello, My (Thai) wife's Mini Cooper SE gets delivered here in North Carolina on Wednesday. She got the Chilli red one with white roof and white mirror caps. I'd like to replace or get the mirror caps painted with the Thai flag. Does anyone know where I could buy some of these when we are over in Thailand or know of anyone who could paint the white ones please? Thanks,

Hello everyone, I am a dual UK/Irish citizen living in North Carolina, USA married to a fantastic girl from Phitsanulok. My wife is a Thai citizen and we are both Green card holders. My wife is 39 and was diagnosed with a Sarcoma in her leg 2 weeks ago and a CT scan on Monday is showing a Ground Glass nodule in her right upper lung. About 50% of people who have CT lung scans tend to show GGNs, They are not a diagnosis of cancer but are an area which warrants further investigation. We think that the Sarcoma has been fully removed but are waiting the results from an MRI on her knee. I am an engineer at a large tech company and we have a rather fantastic health insurance package. My wife is getting the best care available at the Levine cancer institute in Charlotte as well as everything is being peer reviewed at another Sarcoma center of excellence down in Texas. My mother in law is about 67 and was widowed last year. She has a nice little house outside Phitsanulok but no real material assets and has never been outside Thailand. I want my wife to be cared for and hopefully cured here in the USA but I want to be in a position to bring her mother here for maybe 6 months if need be. I want this so my wife can continue to be cared for here and spend some time with her mother if things get really bad. I am pretty sure that the doctors would be happy to provide evidence of my wife's illness. We are in a pretty good position financially and can easily evidence that we are in a position to support mother in law. I am a bit clued in on USA visas but very much from an employment perspective (I came to the USA on an L1B and my wife on an L2 before we both did AOS onto our EB Green cards inside the USA). Can anyone help me out with a few questions please? 1. How likely am I going to be able to get mother in law a visa to come to the USA? 2. Am I looking at a B1/B2 or is there another group of visas for this type of situation? 3. Does anyone know a good visa agent of lawyer in Thailand who may be able to help? 4. Do we need to show flight bookings when applying for a USA visa? Thanks,

Return to the LHR there were no checks whatsoever.