German father of child born in Thailand (with Thai wife). Child has German passport and Thai birth certificate, no Thai passport. Want to leave with child for holiday in Bali without the wife. I have 1 year married Visa. Can I leave with the child (which does not have any entry stamp in German passport because he was born here) or is other paperwork needed? Do I need to take birth certificate to the airport? Or do I have to talk to immigration when I get my exit visa? Please someone advise.

Leaving without the entry stamp is no problem if you take thebirth certificate with you. it shows the child was born in Thailand and hence has no entry stamp. Best is to apply for a Thai passport, as without it the child will need a visa to re-enter Thailand.

A Thai passport only costs 1,000 baht and takes a couple of days. Both parrents have to sign the form for approval.

He shouldn't even need the birth certificate. The passport shows where the person was born.

Does Thailand have a law requiring both parents to give consent for a child to be taken abroad?

Does Thailand have a law requiring both parents to give consent for a child to be taken abroad?

Not as far as I know.

Both parents must sign for the child to get a passport.

best get a Thai passport for the child to depart and return on.

The child returning to Thailand on a German passport will technically be subject to immigration rules, though, as others will point out, there is no overstay penalty for children.

Take three days to apply for, and 1000 baht. Thai passport also allows visa free access to Indonesia for 30 days, while most western passport holders have to pay $20 on arrival.

German father of child born in Thailand (with Thai wife). Child has German passport and Thai birth certificate, no Thai passport. Want to leave with child for holiday in Bali without the wife. I have 1 year married Visa. Can I leave with the child (which does not have any entry stamp in German passport because he was born here) or is other paperwork needed? Do I need to take birth certificate to the airport? Or do I have to talk to immigration when I get my exit visa? Please someone advise.

Child has German passport

.............no Thai passport

Want to leave with child for holiday in Bali

other paperwork needed?

Edited September 12, 200916 yr by Mario2008
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On similar lines, my wife plus baby will be staying in Europe for about nine months a year for the next four years. Daughter's Brit passport applied for, Thai passport as well. Three months planned in Thailand each year, one two month and one one month stay.

If Thai passport used, that means Schengen visas (I'm based in France) needed for both mother and daughter. If Brit passport used, then Thai visas needed for daughter for each return trip.

In four years' time, chances are we'll be permanently based in Thailand again (I've been here since 2007).

Six of one and half a dozen of the other I reckon as to which is the best option in our situation, unless I'm missing something?

On similar lines, my wife plus baby will be staying in Europe for about nine months a year for the next four years. Daughter's Brit passport applied for, Thai passport as well. Three months planned in Thailand each year, one two month and one one month stay.

If Thai passport used, that means Schengen visas (I'm based in France) needed for both mother and daughter. If Brit passport used, then Thai visas needed for daughter for each return trip.

In four years' time, chances are we'll be permanently based in Thailand again (I've been here since 2007).

Six of one and half a dozen of the other I reckon as to which is the best option in our situation, unless I'm missing something?

Your daugther just leaves and enter Thailand on her Thai passport and Enters and leaves France on her British passport. At checkin for the airline just present both passports, so they understand that no visa is required.

Immigration and airlines deal with this all the time, it is no problem.

Ok great, that seemed too obvious - having to give one passport number to airline, thought that might create a problem on arrival. Something easy for once