I am at the early stages of application for British Citizenship for my daughter who is too old to get automatic citizenship ie. born before 2006.

but the question that I have is that when (if ) her UK citizenship is granted will I simply be able to take her to the UK during school holidays in Thailand or will some sort of consent letter from her mother or such like be required as well as her British passport to leave Thailand, as she is still a minor........?

Thanks, Hamish.

Edited September 30, 200916 yr by hamishgillan

You don't need permission from the mother, provided you hold joint custody. But for a Thai passport both parents must sign. Without a Thai passport she would need a visa to return to Thailand.

Did not mention that we are not married, (thai GF (living together)).

In Thailand.

You would need to be legitimised as the father as you are not married unless your name is on the bottom of the Thai birth certificate as the person who physically handed it into the authorities. I presume you are the biological father. If you don't, you effectively have no rights over the child under Thai law !

Simple process if your partner agrees. Less so if she does not.

Edited October 1, 200916 yr by Mercury

I understand it would be possible to get a Britisch passport for the child, but as Mercury pointed out the question is if you leglised the child. If you didn't go to the amphur yourself and registered the birth there yourself, you are not the fahter as far as the (Thai) law is concerned. In that case you will need written permission from the mother to take the child abroad, as she holds sole custody.

For more information on how to legitimise the child, look here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Gain-Parenta...-M-t235443.html