you all beat me to it. US citizenship? She just shot herself in the head. I wonder if she has any idea what is in store for her?

Tell your wife the child does not have your permission to leave, and let the authorities know. If she goes ahead, she's in breach of The Hague Convention of International Child Abduction, which Thailand is a signatory.

http://www.freewebs.com/docdiva/Minor%20Travel%20Consent.pdf

This form states

Both Birth Parents Are Alive
- If both birth parents are alive, and one or both of them will NOT be
traveling with minor children, the non-traveling parent(s) must complete the form giving a notarized affidavit of
consent to the person traveling with the child(ren) their authorization to take them in and out of the
country or to allow the minor child to travel on their own with no guardian.

you all beat me to it. US citizenship? She just shot herself in the head. I wonder if she has any idea what is in store for her?

While that is true a dual citizen always has the option of renouncing one of them.

Something we US only citizens cannot do as your not allowed to renounce unless you have another in place

Also a Thai citizen can open bank accounts etc with their Thai card & will never be scrutinized

by the various reporting laws forced on Thai banks that open accounts for US citizens.

So it may not be as bad holding both.

US guys who say it s good to have both citizenship are talking crap, it s because they don't know what it feels to be free.

Look guys, not owning usa citizenship means:

no tax report

No irs

No fbar.

No 1xxx forms to report

No stock or bonds to report

No gift tax

No income to report.

No fear to be terrorized because you are a us citizen.

No death tax

No business tax

No Obama care

No fine

No extension time request

No refusal from foreign banks

Non-threatening or penalty from irs mafia.

No irs knocking at your door pointing guns at you.

No sleepless nights

No jail

No federal tax

No state tax

Etc.

Many countries don't give a s... If your left your country. But USA is not one of these countries.

Thai with little money are much better than any USA guys.

Edited August 8, 201312 yr by Cheapcharly

http://www.separateddads.co.uk/can-ex-stop-taking-son-holiday.html

Hope this helps.

Of course she can enter Thailand on her Thai passport and no compulsion to renounce either nationality. If she enters on her US passport, she can go to Immigration and get a one year extension before her visa expires on the basis that she is a Thai national. The boy is also a Thai citizen and should also be able to get a one year extension automatically, if he entered on a foreign passport. Doesn't matter much anyway because there is no legal penalty for overstays by minors.