Thai citizenship.

[DPKANKAN]

Hi. My girlfriend was born in Thailand to a Thai mother and Mong father and has lived here in Thailand all her life. Her parents never registered her birth and both died, her mother last when she was 15 years old. She is now 34.

She has worked continuously since then, although a close female friend stole all her savings 2 years ago and disappeared to the Philippines.

She has a ten year Thai ID card valid for 3 more years, but after just having car and motorbike driving lessons and passing the tests she has been refused a license saying her ID card is under caution. 

Having then been told to visit the local Amphor to obtain a new ID card she has been refused and now may end up stateless.

Has anybody please had any knowledge of similar problems and any suggestions for help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[ubonjoe]

Does she have a blue Thai ID card or a pink ID card?

Does she have any family members that could help get her birth registration and a house book registry done?

[samran]

If she has any Thai citizen relatives she needs to get in contact with them and do blood DNA tests to prove the link.

 

I believe one of the mods here, @Badbankerhas some experience in this field.

 

[samran]

Also worth checking out:

 

http://www.thethailandproject.org/thai-citizenship-101-workshop.html

 

Also please see the attachment re: DNA testing.

Document to Prove Citizenship.pdf