Thai Birth Certificate

[slaveksh]

We really don't know what to do now...

My wife is Thai , my 3 month old son American citizen with american passport.

Now people in Thai embassy tell us that we need to apply for thai birth certificate for him here in USA.

We're in a hurry,visas are about to expire and we need to leave here.

What are we going to do now?

Can't we do all the paperwork in Thailand?

For God's sake his mom is Thai , why do they make everything so difficult.

[samran]

We really don't know what to do now...

My wife is Thai , my 3 month old son American citizen with american passport.

Now people in Thai embassy tell us that we need to apply for thai birth certificate for him here in USA.

We're in a hurry,visas are about to expire and we need to leave here.

What are we going to do now?

Can't we do all the paperwork in Thailand?

For God's sake his mom is Thai , why do they make everything so difficult.

Actually, it isn't that difficult, and it is standard practice for all countries. You should apply at the local consulate that handles your state. If they are unable to help, then the embassy in Washington can definetly issue the paperwork.

If the child is born overseas, it is the juristiction of the embassy to issue the birth certificate. This will not be available to you in Thailand, as the local authorities don't have juristiction to issue birth certificates to children born outside of Thailand.

The birth certificate is very important, as it is the start of the paper trail so your child can apply for a Thai passport (on which he should enter Thailand on) and eventually an ID card and house registration. But it needs to be applied for before you depart the US!!

As always, you should leave time for this, especially if you are going to Thailand for an extended stay and will not be returning to the US for some time. If at all possible I'd extend the stay in the US until the Thai documentation can be sorted, lest your child returns to Thailand and is stuck in paperwork limbo and is classed as a foreigner as far as immigratoin rules are concerned.

[lukamar]

samran is right do it now. We did our son at about 2 months and it did not take any time at all. You can mail in the required stuff and they mail it back if you don't feel like going to the embassy or consulate. They even told us we could fax the documents to them, that's in Canada though. From the time we mailed the stuff until we received the package from the Consulate was 4-5 days. We sent the stuff courier but they sent it back regular post. There is no cost for this service

You might also think about doing a Thai passport at the same time and you both have to go for that.