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I did & I sent it to my Thai mother in law to read as I can’t read it. After reading it she was under the impression this was an outdated forum. I’ll have to ask her to double check or read it to me today. edit, I don’t think she realises a COE is still required, I’ll ask her to read it again with this in mind. thanks for the link

Thanks all, we will go with expired Thai and current UK passport. We’ll explain that we are going to renew her passport in country.

Born in ‘93, moved to UK in ‘99, passport expired in early 2000’s - she still has it but will need to dig it out to see exact dates. She can talk thai fluently but reading/writing is sort of primary school level she tells me so gaining passports out there will be fun, her mum will join us and help with that hopefully. She is ringing the embassy tomorrow to see if they can offer any advice, if there’s anything useful I will share it here. cheers edit, UK passport does state Bangkok as place of birth and she’s 1/2 Thai so looks pretty Thai

Do you know if applying for “returning Thai citizen” requires a Thai passport? This is sounding promising as we were getting a bit worried, thank you.

Hello, We are heading to Thailand for 1 year in November. My partner has a UK passport but her Thai passport expired around 15 years ago. We have only just realised that the waiting list for appointments at the embassy in London is very long, no appointments until 2nd of December. Is there any way she could enter on her Uk passport and get a Thai passport in Thailand and proceed to stay in country for the year? I’m sure this will probably cause issues so hopefully someone is clued up on this and can help. Worst case scenario we will have to delay our trip until end of December which isn’t ideal. Thanks in advance.

They have their British passports, I’m only asking about Thai passports thanks

Thanks for your response, I think I’m worrying about nothing in regards to the military service. I will apply for their passports tomorrow with the Thai embassy London. cheers

Thanks for all your replies, it's appreciated. My eldest has his UK passport and youngest will be getting his within the month. It looks like I will have to do some research and some thinking as the point of military service never crossed my mind (my partner only has sisters and has lived in UK since age 5 so wasn't really aware of this) but is definitely a point worth considering - from a quick search I see there is no expectation for someone living overseas to complete the service but the boys will be unable to reside in Thailand between ages 20-30 if they don't wish to do it. Thanks, Ryan Edit - Steve187, kids were born in UK. One other option I am considering is going out on UK passports (except my partner who will use Thai for visa reason) and getting the kids their Thai passports out there. We basically just want to get out there ASAP and don't want to wait in dreary UK if it's not necessary.

Me, my partner and my children (ages 1.5 and 5 days) are moving to Thailand for approx. 1 year in mid November. My partner is half Thai and will be renewing her Thai passport and obtaining her citizen card prior to departure. I will be entering Thailand on visa exemption and have arranged a Thai language course which will allow me to stay up to a year and slightly beyond on an Ed visa. Is it necessary or beneficial for us to get our boys Thai passports and ID cards? It was our plan to get them but if there is no difference or benefit, is there any point? I've gathered that kids (thai or otherwise) can stay in the country if their parents are on an appropriate visa. Just looking for some advice - if waiting in the UK for Thai ID cards and passports to arrive isn't necessary, we wont do it and will go without. Thanks, Ryan