Dual Nationality

[JIMMY56]

Hello

My son has dual nationality Australian/Cambodian, i am on a retirement visa Non Re, immigration at Khap Choeng have told me he can have the same visa as me in his Australian passport which is fine

What i would like to know is when my boy leaves Thailand ( using his non re visa multiple entry ) to go to Cambodia he can leave on his Thai passport, can he enter Cambodia on his Cambodian passport, and vice versa when he comes back

[stevenl]

A Thai passport as well?

[wooloomooloo]

Exactly what I was thinking. That's a lot of passports your boy's got there, OP.

Shouldn't the thread title have been 'Multiple Nationality'?

[hgma]

Thai discourages dual nationalities but does not prohibit his nationals to hold several nationalities at one time together with the Thai nationality.

Question is........stick to one traveling or juggle with the other.

Personal i think.

[ubonjoe]

You wrote Australian/Cambodian in your post. But then mentioned using a Thai passport to leave. If they heave Thai nationality as well there would be no need for an extension as your dependent.

If traveling by air it is possible to swap passports. Overland is not possible since they want to see departure and entry stamps for both countries in the same passport when re-entering the country.

[wooloomooloo]

Thai discourages dual nationalities but does not prohibit his nationals to hold several nationalities at one time together with the Thai nationality.

I've never come across the idea that Thailand discourages dual nationalities.

My wife is Thai/British and never experienced any issues, whatsoever.

In fact when we entered LOS via Swampy three weeks ago, the immigration officer wanted to see my EVA Air sticker which was stuck to the back of my wife's British passport, which I duly handed over to him. It totally confused the hell out of him until I pointed to my wife at the immigration counter next to me [obviously, she was entering LOS on her Thai passport].

Anyway, the officer shrugged his shoulders, took down the sticker details and off we both went. No problem at all.

[JIMMY56]

Hi

No he has no Thai passport, he is living here at the moment on his Cambodian passport with visa, next week he gets his NON RE visa

[JIMMY56]

Sorry star member he has no Thai passport, i meant his thai visa in his australian passport

[Johnniey]

I've never come across the idea that Thailand discourages dual nationalities.

My wife is Thai/British and never experienced any issues, whatsoever.

In fact when we entered LOS via Swampy three weeks ago, the immigration officer wanted to see my EVA Air sticker which was stuck to the back of my wife's British passport, which I duly handed over to him. It totally confused the hell out of him until I pointed to my wife at the immigration counter next to me [obviously, she was entering LOS on her Thai passport].

Anyway, the officer shrugged his shoulders, took down the sticker details and off we both went. No problem at all.

They only discourage it with naturalized citizens, not ones who were born in Thailand.

[ubonjoe]

Hi

No he has no Thai passport, he is living here at the moment on his Cambodian passport with visa, next week he gets his NON RE visa

He will get an extension of stay as your dependent not one for retirement if that is what mean by a 'Non RE visa". He needs a non-o visa entry to get the extension.

Sorry star member he has no Thai passport, i meant his thai visa in his australian passport

What type of visa does he have in his Australian passport.

As I wrote before he would have to fly out an back to do a passport swap.

[claffey]

He would need a re entry permit before leaving Thailand and then he can re-enter using the same visa...I think... Don't forget the re-entry permit or his visa will be invalid when he tries to re enter Thailand...

[wooloomooloo]

They only discourage it with naturalized citizens, not ones who were born in Thailand.

All sounds rather ambiguous to me, Johnniey.

Discourage is such a woolly term that my logic can't really cope with it. Still, TIT.

[ubonjoe]

He would need a re entry permit before leaving Thailand and then he can re-enter using the same visa...I think... Don't forget the re-entry permit or his visa will be invalid when he tries to re enter Thailand...

Re-permits are issued for permits to stay not visas. A visa only allows an entry to get a permit to stay.

[JIMMY56]

At present he is traveling on his Cambodian passport to and from Cambodia, next week he gets a 3 month visa ( non o i think ) with single or multiple entry

while the process for his extension of stay goes through the process

He has no visa in his Australian passport, it will be the first time he has used it

[ubonjoe]

At present he is traveling on his Cambodian passport to and from Cambodia, next week he gets a 3 month visa ( non o i think ) with single or multiple entry

while the process for his extension of stay goes through the process

He has no visa in his Australian passport, it will be the first time he has used it

Where do you plan on getting the visa.

Immigration does not do conversions to non immigrant visas for dependent extensions if the parent is on an extension based upon retirement.

He could get a single entry non-o using his Cambodian passport in Phnom Phen. Cambodians can only get visas at the embassy there. With his Australian passport he could get one in Vientiane, Savannakhet or about any other embassy or consulate in the region.

[Johnniey]

They only discourage it with naturalized citizens, not ones who were born in Thailand.

All sounds rather ambiguous to me, Johnniey.

Discourage is such a woolly term that my logic can't really cope with it. Still, TIT.

I agree it is a wooly term. I was told that if the 'authorities' saw the passport of naturalized citizen, the Thai citizen would be taken away and one would have to start the process from the start again.

I have dual citizen kids and there has never been any problem at all with their status.

[ubonjoe]

They only discourage it with naturalized citizens, not ones who were born in Thailand.

All sounds rather ambiguous to me, Johnniey.

Discourage is such a woolly term that my logic can't really cope with it. Still, TIT.

I agree it is a wooly term. I was told that if the 'authorities' saw the passport of naturalized citizen, the Thai citizen would be taken away and one would have to start the process from the start again.

I have dual citizen kids and there has never been any problem at all with their status.

Just seeing that a naturalized citizen had a foreign passport would not be a sufficient reason to revoke their Thai citizenship. It takes much more than that and it has to be approved by the Interior Minister.

[wooloomooloo]

I have dual citizen kids and there has never been any problem at all with their status.

If my wife and I ever have kids then I'm certain of no issues either. I know a lot of Thai/UK couples in the UK with dual national kids and never a problem and not even a mention of it.

[Maestro]

I agree it is a wooly term. I was told that if the 'authorities' saw the passport of naturalized citizen, the Thai citizen would be taken away and one would have to start the process from the start again.

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By whom were you told that? Whoever it was, I suggest that you show that person the original Thai text of the Nationality Act with all amendments and ask that person to point to the section of that law that corroborates what that person told you. Then post the Section number here and somebody will give you an English translation of it.

[Johnniey]

I agree it is a wooly term. I was told that if the 'authorities' saw the passport of naturalized citizen, the Thai citizen would be taken away and one would have to start the process from the start again.

...

By whom were you told that? Whoever it was, I suggest that you show that person the original Thai text of the Nationality Act with all amendments and ask that person to point to the section of that law that corroborates what that person told you. Then post the Section number here and somebody will give you an English translation of it.

This was told to me by the Special Branch department of naturalization.

You'll have to wait a while before I can do all that ! Perhaps you have a copy of the Nationality Act? I don't need a translator, thanks.

[kannot]

Thai discourages dual nationalities but does not prohibit his nationals to hold several nationalities at one time together with the Thai nationality.

I've never come across the idea that Thailand discourages dual nationalities.

My wife is Thai/British and never experienced any issues, whatsoever.

In fact when we entered LOS via Swampy three weeks ago, the immigration officer wanted to see my EVA Air sticker which was stuck to the back of my wife's British passport, which I duly handed over to him. It totally confused the hell out of him until I pointed to my wife at the immigration counter next to me [obviously, she was entering LOS on her Thai passport].

Anyway, the officer shrugged his shoulders, took down the sticker details and off we both went. No problem at all.

ah her husband you can go through the Thai line at immigration also if she is with you

[JIMMY56]

Hello again

My boy is not a Thai citizen, i am English/Australian dual passport holder, his mother is Cambodian, he was born in Thailand, he has been refused Thai nationality

[ubonjoe]

Hello again

My boy is not a Thai citizen, i am English/Australian dual passport holder, his mother is Cambodian, he was born in Thailand, he has been refused Thai nationality

Just skip all the posts about That nationality and etc. Read my previous posts addressing your child's visa and extension of stay.