Khyron

This is going to be very non specific, but my wife's cousin had been out of Thailand for over 30 years, although he was a Thai citizen by birth.

Passport was long expired, it was last given when he was a child. never got an id card. Mother and Father long deceased. Came back for a new life, not a US citizen.

Long story slightly shorter. The next thing to do was to get his family history from the Amphur and have witnesses say that he was born there and that they remember him etc. That took a month or two to get that situated out.

Unfortunately the Amphur decided that the ID card, that he needed to get a drivers license and a new passport and healthcare was "delayed" I think this was 6-7 months until he paid the tea money for it to magically appear.

This was 4 years ago, everything is fine now. 

Your son had a Thai passport already, so that may smooth things over a bit. You may have to get a family history from the Amphur you were born in, unless you already have one. Wifes birth certificate, marriage certificate and any divorce papers from either one of you will need to be certified and translated. They will possibly need bank statements? 

It would possibly behoove you to get an english speaking Thai lawyer to help out, this is a bit of an unusual case, my wifes cousin was the closest thing I could think of.

Good luck.

On 3/2/2025 at 2:52 PM, bamnutsak said:

 

Did you transfer funds to an account here in Thailand, in your name?

 

Do you make similar transfers often?

 

Do you have a Schwab ATM card? Do you use it here?

 

 

I transferred the funds to the Government Savings Bank under my wifes name, "she calls it "Umsin bank". They said it would take a week, took 2 days.

No, that was the first time.

I've used the Schwab atm a few years ago, it worked fine and I was refunded the fees at the end of the month. I haven't needed to use it since then. 

I usually go there for the month of February, never had a problem booking anything in CM or other places. our travel is off the cuff, not planned until a day or two before.

The Vancouver to BKK flights are doing well for Air Canada, too bad their service is crap (heard first hand from a few people)

They would use an A350, it is alot cheaper to operate than anything they have now. If the interest piques, then more flights would be in order, from LAX or SFO.

The 777 is at the edge of its range, so no go on that, maybe a flight through Japan, I've done that run on Thai before. 

I don't believe Thai has anymore A380's, probably not enough interest anyway.

Hopefully through LAX, not SFO. I live 80 miles from SFO, but LAX is easier to get to from Sac, weird I know.

It seems that when new leaders get into office they say things will drastically change, stopping trade deficits, getting troops out of other countries immediately, making a 180 in fiscal policy, etc. What really happens is they see that any quick drastic change will turn the world upside down, for the worse. Most quick drastic change promises go by the wayside because realism sets in and they quickly realize that they won't doing this in a year or two. Change takes time, and sometimes the policies that are in place are working, just not in a timely fashion.

I am glad there will be checks and balances at the border, a bum rush vs orderly integration into society, which would you rather have?

This is the best thing that the Shinawatras have done for Thailand, no question about it.