Thai Friend, Us Passport Wants To Move Back To Los

[stevehaigh]

my friend has lived in the US most of his life and has a US passport. he has a Thai ID card and an old expired Thai passport. he wants to move back here. how?

if he enters thailand on a US passport, he'll be treated like a farang, visa runs, etc.

he thinks he can renew his thai passport in bkk but then i think he would have to go back to the us on his us passport and re enter thailand on his thai passport. is there a problem with this?

do you think he could renew his thai passport in the us now? does thailand allow dual citizenship?

thanks for any ideas.

steve

[samran]

yes, he is allowed to have dual nationality. He is actually a dual national as we speak.

He should apply for his passport from the nearest consulate in the US or the Thai emabssy in DC. He should then re-enter the country on the new Thai PP the first time, to save him time stuffing about with doing passport swapsies.