Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

Can any members familiar with Australian regulations etc., comment please on the following.

I am an Australian citizen, I have an adopted Thai son, his surname was changed to mine 10 years ago using a document of approval from the Thai Interior Ministry, he is now well over 20 years old, married (to a Thai national) with two young children.

Is my son eligible for Australian citizenship / Australian passport? What about his wife and daughters?

He has never been to Australia, can I assume that this would have no bearing on any application for Australian citizenship?

Thanks.

Posted

With adoptions, an important factor is often if the child was adopted accordin Thai law or according to the international procedure. In essence according to both the laws of Thailand and in your case Australian law.

Normally a country will only recognize an adoption if it was according to the international law. But the exact year in which the adoption took place might be of significance.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...