Hi everyone,

 

I have been reading the forums and am very new here, and hoping someone could help with my query or point me to a thread where it's been answered before.

 

I am half British/half Thai and last year, attempted to apply for a Thai ID card. I was born in the UK and I had a Thai passport when I was a baby and this expired in 2002, I have not renewed, but am wishing to do so now. I understand that I now need a Thai ID card to apply for a Thai passport, so I went with my mother and grandmother last summer to the local Amphur in Khon Kaen to be put onto the Tabianbaan. However we were turned away as my British passport had not been legalised and translated. 

 

I have since contacted the Thai Embassy in London, who advised that they can legalise my passport. I am in the process of having a solicitor certify my passport and then sending my passport to be legalised by the UK gov, and then forwarding onto the Thai Embassy for their stamp. 

 

My question is, at what stage does the translation of my passport come into play... or perhaps a better question - exactly what documents do I need to take to the local Amphur office when I go back in Thailand this year to be put on the Tabianbaan and apply for a Thai ID card?

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated and apologies if similar queries like this have already been answered. 

I think i read somewhere here on Thaivisa that if you are abroad you just have prove to your local Thai embassy that your mother is Thai, using your birth certificate, and then you can get a Thai passport from them.

I assume that when you have a Thai passport it will be easy to have your name put in a house book when you are in Thailand and then get the ID card.

So i would recommend that you just call your local Thai embassy and ask about this.

Thanks for your replies.

 

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear in my initial post. 

 

I went to the local Amphur to be put onto the house book and apply for a Thai ID card. We provided them with my Thai birth certificate and expired passports from when I was a baby. The local Amphur office advised that they couldn't do this as they needed the Thai Embassy in London to validate my British passport. Is this not the case?

These threads might assist. They refer to US and Australia but the process should be rather similar for other countries. Just need to read through for any given advise that matches your situation. Good luck.

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/791902-25yr-old-half-thai-interested-in-thai-id-card/

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/992908-id-card-for-my-half-thai-daughter-born-in-australia/

10 hours ago, that said:

The local Amphur office advised that they couldn't do this as they needed the Thai Embassy in London to validate my British passport. Is this not the case?

That is not normally required and I can see no reason for it to be required.

You only have to prove your Thai nationality to be registered in a house book.