I am due to give birth in June on Koh Samui and I'm not sure how to register the birth or get a passport for the baby. And will the baby be automatically British? My partner and I are not married yet, he is from Laos, how does this affect everything? Can anyone help me with this? Or know the best place to get all the information I need? Thank you!!

The British embassy website is your first point of information.

If the child will be British depends on how you got your British nationality.

First you register the birth at the amphur of the district where the child was born, within 15 days. You should prepare your name, the father's name and the child's name translated into Thai, as the BC is in Thai only. If you have a work permit, copy your name from there so it is the same.

As you are not married, the father will need to recognise the child as his before he becomes the legal father of the child. In Thailand that is done by petitioning the court to be recognised as the father. Not a difficult process, but will take some time and money.

If the father doesn't offcially reside in Laos, the child might not acquire Laotion nationality.

For the British passport, you'll need your long-form Birth Certificate as it will show whether your parents were legally resident in the UK at the time of your birth. This is because the UK only automatically passes on UK nationality to foreign born children for one generation.

i.e. Assuming you were born in the UK, your grandchildren wouldn't automatically be British unless they were born in the UK, even though your child will be British.

You generally don't need to do the birth registration at the embassy. You only need to apply for the passport. (I believe the birth registration would have benefits if you were a father not married to the mother, or you're in the situation where you're the second generation born abroad, but so long as you don't have long lost relatives who might leave you something in their will (ever watch Heir Hunters?), the registration is a waste of money.)