Thai Passport For A Farang

[vonkerner]

I am married to a Thai woman and would like to know if I will be able to obtain a Thai passport. If so, how to go about it. Thanking you in advance for your advice

[desmond]

Marrying a Thai does not entitle you to be a Thai citizen and thus a Thai passport. Even to be a Permanent Citizen is not automatic and it is not easy to acheive.

You can apply for a 1 year stay if you like

[lopburi3]

Short answer is no. The only thing it does provide is ability to obtain a non immigrant O visa to visit your wife for 90 days at a time; and if you meet 40k per month family income a yearly extension of that stay.

[astral]

First apply of the one year visa extension Non Imm O based on marriage.

Extend it for 3 years, one year at a time.

Pay income tax on your employment.

Apply for Permanent Residence - by no means guaranteed.

Apply later for citizenship - even more difficult than PR.

Now go and have a beer and think carefully about why you really want to be a Thai citizen.

I am sure your own nationality will open many more doors.

[keestha]

I have the impression that only in highly exceptional cases it is (or maybe used to be) possible for foreigners to obtain Thai nationality. I remember one British lady who had been married to a Thai for a long time before being divorced, 2 children resulted from the marriage, she had Thai nationality and she told me she had a permanent visa for the UK. Then there was this European guy who had been working for a major Thai bank for 18 years or so, he is married to a Thai, he went through the process of applying for Thai citizenship, I don't know if he was granted it in the end. It would be interesting to hear from some foreigners who are holding Thai citizenship.

[samran]

women married to Thai men can immediately apply for Thai nationality. It is all, pass go, collect $200 for them.

Process is long winded, little understood by the officals you need to contact, and takes at least 3 years to process.