HM52 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hi all ! This my first post to this forum. I need help and suggestion about a problem we have in family with my wife sons Thai passport renewal. We live in Stockholm and today my wife called the Thai embassy and asked for an appointment to renew her sons Thai passport. He is 19 years old and has also Swedish passport. His Thai passport expired last year. They told her she could not have an appointment until mid June and then it would take several weeks to receive the new passport. We have planned to go to Thailand in the middle of June and my wife son is going to stay for a year or more and the rest of us is going back to Sweden after 6 weeks. The man at the embassy told me he could use his Swedish passport for traveling to Thailand and then apply for an extension of stay for one year at immigration in Thailand. Cost 1900 bath. He said it is a service for Thai people who has double citizenship. If he do this I do not think he can work in Thailand even if he is Thai citizen. Or am I wrong ? The man at the embassy told her that he also have a second option. That is to travel to Thailand with his Swedish passport. Apply for a renewal of his Thai passport in Bangkok. After receiving the new passport. Travel to Laos and cross the border with the Swedish passport and then enter Thailand back with the new Thai passport. Then he can stay as long as he wants because he enter Thailand as Thai. I need your help here. Is this last option really going to work ? Is it better and safer to go with the firs option and extend his stay with the Swedish passport. Then he cant work which is the whole point with his long stay in Thailand. He has work waiting for him. Thank you in advance for your help and suggestion in this. / HM52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 He can and should enter Thailand on his expired Thai passport and then appply for a new passport. If he enters on his Swedish passport, he must leave on his Swedish passport and re-enter on his new Thai passport and most likely he cpould only do that by air not by land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Correct. An expired passport is valid for entry into the country that issued the passport. In Thailand, he will get a new Thai passport within days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Just another example of a Thai embassy giving out incorrect info. This from IATA data base via: http://www.staralliance.com/en/services/visa-and-health/ Passport required.- Nationals of Thailand are allowed to enter with expired passports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryLH Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 If renewing in Thailand he'll need to be on a house registration. How old is it when he'll be put in the draft lottery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 That is a good point. The option of entering and leaving on the Swedish passport is a good option. If he also has a Thai ID-card to show he is a Thai national, he will have no problems and doesn't need a work eprmit or anythin as he is a Thai citizen and can proof that. He only has to comply with immigraiton law and get his extension, but doesn't have to comply with labour laws for foreigners. With his Thai passport it will also be possible, but a bit more problamatic once his passport expires. Than he doesn't have valid proof of Thai naitonality and will have a problem proofing that. But still will be legally working wthout a WP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I had a similar issue several years ago with my Thai/American son. While we were in the US his Thai passport expired. When I called the Thai Embassy in New York they said not to worry. He will be allowed to enter Thailand on his expired Thai passport. He had no problems at BKK immigration entering Thailand on the expired passport and was advised to renew it. Cheers,,, Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 I had a similar issue several years ago with my Thai/American son. While we were in the US his Thai passport expired. When I called the Thai Embassy in New York they said not to worry. He will be allowed to enter Thailand on his expired Thai passport. He had no problems at BKK immigration entering Thailand on the expired passport and was advised to renew it. Cheers,,, Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Indeed it is no problem, but renewal in Thailand requires beeing on a house hold registration book and he is of an age to be drafted into the militairy. (But exempt for the draft when studying). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HM52 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 I had a similar issue several years ago with my Thai/American son. While we were in the US his Thai passport expired. When I called the Thai Embassy in New York they said not to worry. He will be allowed to enter Thailand on his expired Thai passport. He had no problems at BKK immigration entering Thailand on the expired passport and was advised to renew it. Cheers,,, Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app Indeed it is no problem, but renewal in Thailand requires beeing on a house hold registration book and he is of an age to be drafted into the militairy. (But exempt for the draft when studying). Hi all ! Thank you for your suggestions and replies. I think we go with his Swedish passport and then he applies for an extension for one year. During this time he is going to work. He is 19 and is registered in a house book. Is this going to be a problem with the military in Thailand you think ? I do not want him ending up with a military duty instead of his work. He is ending high school in June and wants to take one year of from school working in Thailand and then go back to Sweden for studying further after about a year. This is our ground plan anyway. But I am worried he must do his military duty. Is it any way to stall it ? /HM52 Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 They do not do the draw for the draft until the age of 21. It seems he will be back Sweden by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryLH Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 "He has work waiting for him." OP, if you don't mind, what kind of work will he be doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HM52 Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 "He has work waiting for him." OP, if you don't mind, what kind of work will he be doing? He is going to do simple paper work at a Laywer company It is a combination of work and practice /learning. 7000 bath / month. /HM52 Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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