Managing Multiple Passports.

[EdwardIV]

I have two passports.

Denmark and Japan.

Different names James Bond style ;P

My Danish passport is almost full only 1 or 2 pages left,

just enough to leave Thailand, enter another country that use small stamps

and possibly leave that country using the last page.

The Jap passp is blank no stamps inside at all.

The question is can I enter Thailand with the japanese passport

that lack  departure stamps from any country? (issued in BKK btw)

I heard I can not  enter Thailand with a "blank" passport by land

But I can enter Thailand by air? 

Thanks to all fellow travelers for any help or input in this matter.

[lopburi3]

If you look Japanese it probably would not be an issue by air but if not, and they look at passport being issued in Bangkok, it might take some explaining.

[EdwardIV]

If you look Japanese it probably would not be an issue by air 

Oh, usually out of 10 people maybe 2 guess that I am from Japan.....

I hope I dont get stuck at some airport with no pages left and not able to enter or leave.

[Comehome]

I also have a question about these things.

How is it possible to book the flight tickets if you have different names in your passports?

My husband also has two passports. One Swe and one Japanese. He wish to leave TH with his Swe and enter next time with his Japanese passport.

He asked a japanese agency and they said he must go in to Thailand by air.

So if he is to book a roundtrip from Bkk -Kuala Lumpur -Bkk, can he book the outbound ticket in the Swe name and the inbound ticket in his japanese name?

Tricky these things.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Take care, all!

/comehome

[Comehome]

Any ideas?

[Lannatyne]

I also have a question about these things.

How is it possible to book the flight tickets if you have different names in your passports?

My husband also has two passports. One Swe and one Japanese. He wish to leave TH with his Swe and enter next time with his Japanese passport.

He asked a japanese agency and they said he must go in to Thailand by air.

So if he is to book a roundtrip from Bkk -Kuala Lumpur -Bkk, can he book the outbound ticket in the Swe name and the inbound ticket in his japanese name?

Tricky these things.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Take care, all!

/comehome

Preseuming there's only need for a 'tourist visa' on arrival. If another type of visa is required, then this answer doesn't apply.

Quite easy. Book a single ticket BKK - KUL using the details as per Swedish passport. Then, book a single ticket KUL - BKK using the Japanese passport details.

At BKK, get exit stamp in SWE passport. At KUL, get entry stamp in Jap passport.

Have a coffee

On return, get KUL exit stamp in Jap passport. At BKK, get Thai entry stamp in Jap passport.

[Comehome]

Thx a lot for all the help.

Just one thing that I don't understand.

Is it actually possible to leave Kuala Lumpur with the japanese passport WITHOUT having a Malasyan entry stamp in the japanese passport?

He tried to leave Thailand with bus one time but they didn't allow him to enter Myanmar, (that is where he went that time). with a blank Japanese passport, issued in Bkk.

Perhaps it is easier if he goes by plane.

[Lannatyne]

Thx a lot for all the help.

Just one thing that I don't understand.

Is it actually possible to leave Kuala Lumpur with the japanese passport WITHOUT having a Malasyan entry stamp in the japanese passport?

He tried to leave Thailand with bus one time but they didn't allow him to enter Myanmar, (that is where he went that time). with a blank Japanese passport, issued in Bkk.

Perhaps it is easier if he goes by plane.

I did say that the Malaysian entry stamp should go in his Japanese passport.

To clarify, once he passes immigration in BKK, put the SWE passport in his bag and leave it there. Entry and exit in Malaysia, and entry into Thailand will be by Japanese passport.

[Comehome]

Ok, thanks a lot, will pass this on to my husband.

I think it was me who was so worried that they would ask to see his flight ticket at the arrival in Malaysia and that they would see that the name of the flightticket is his swedish name.

Silly me for being such a worrying wife.

Thanks for your patience, i appreciate it.

[Comehome]

Eward IV:

Sorry for hijacking your thread.

Hope the info given can be of some use for you as well.

Take care!

[Lannatyne]

Actually, there is one other point that may not be obvious from this thread.

Regarding comehome's query...........

When you book (probably Air Asia) your tickets over the internet, you have to input your passport details. While these CAN be changed before check-in, I suggest you book the BKK - KUL leg with the SWE passport details, then the KUL - BKK leg with the Japanese details.

[ilovebkk]

my 2 cents:

My friend has taiwanese and american passport. Based on her experience, Malaysia sometimes is very strict on dual nationality and gives hard time to people who hold two passport, even in the same name! She went to Taiwan first using her Taiwanese passport in and out, and tried to enter Malaysia using american passport. The staff questioned her where she was before coming to malaysia and there were no stamps. So she showed them the Taiwanese passport. Then she was asked to enter using Taiwanese passport with applying a visa on arrival insted of using American passport.

So my suggestion is to avoid malaysia for your run. As what I know, Hong Kong and Taiwan don't give a shit about dual passport holders because most of their people hold two passport (at least rich people.)

[samran]

Malaysia, as a concept, does not recognise the concept of dual nationality.

I've been threatened with being returned to Singapore when trying to swap from my Australian passport to Thai passport at the causeway at Johor.

[Mario2008]

Agree, Malaysia is not a good place to go with two passports. Many people have reported problems when found out. I would go to another destination to swap passports.

[Richard4849]

Since I now have Thai and American passports, each with different names, I posed a similar question recently to Thai immigration.

They told me to book my ticket in my American name if traveling to the US, EU, or some other place where I would be using my US passport to enter.

When departing Thai immigration, I should present my Thai passport along with the change of name document I received from my District Office when changing my American name to my Thai one. This will show that the two names belong to one and the same person.

I have not traveled yet, so it remains unknown whether I will have any problems.

I'll report back after I do, in case anyone is interested.

[lopburi3]

If you have obtained citizenship by naturalization I would be very careful as new policy seem to be that maintaining dual citizenship is not allowed for those who have not obtained by birth and such presentation of two passports could put you at risk. As this seems to be coming from Immigration I would be very careful that one hand knows what the other might be doing.

[Richard4849]

If you have obtained citizenship by naturalization I would be very careful as new policy seem to be that maintaining dual citizenship is not allowed for those who have not obtained by birth and such presentation of two passports could put you at risk. As this seems to be coming from Immigration I would be very careful that one hand knows what the other might be doing.

To be clear, I will not be presenting two passports to Thai immigration. I will be presenting only the Thai one.

My boarding pass will bear my "former" name (from the point of view of the Thai authorities), though -- so I will have to present name change documentation from my local District Office, if requested.

[lopburi3]

I posed a similar question recently to Thai immigration.

And trusting the check-in counter does not tell them.

I agree it has not been an issue in the past and probably will not be an issue for those who have obtained citizenship by birth; but for others I would be very careful.

[Richard4849]

I think you "tink too mutt", as they say.

Check-in counters see dual passports holders every day, and don't know or care who obtained citizenship by naturalization, birth, or otherwise. All they care about is that you have valid travel documents for your destination, and that your name matches the reservation.

Y'all will be the first to know if I have any problems, but I think the chances are close to nil. I have questioned half a dozen immigration people, and they say there is no issue whatsoever.

[lopburi3]

Please read the above link for the source of my concern.

Edit: I would not want anyone after having done all the work of obtaining citizenship become caught in a tug of war process that would risk that status.