Hi,

 

we are planning to travel from Bangkok to Khon Kaen to meet the in laws in Chaiyaphum during songkran and let them meet our 2 month baby. The tickets require the passenger information for the baby who has only a Spanish passport, my nationality. Of course he is also Thai since his mom is Thai. Can I just fill his details as in the passport and select Spanish nationality or I will get issues because he doesn't have a visa?

 

Another issue is the birth certificate in case it is required. Spaniards have 2 last names: first one from the father and second from the mother. Since the Thai systems only allow for a single last name, my last name in the system is my 2 last names. So my son Thai last name is also my 2 last names. But in his Spanish passport his last names are my first last name and the mother's one.

 

Besides changing nationality to avoid all of the last names hassles, any other advice?

The birth certificate should take care of travel.  As long as ticket is in the same name as on that should be fine.

 

But unless you have reason to go to Khon Kaen might be better to charter a van directly Chaiyaphum if you are talking about the city.  It is really a pleasant ride and good roads from Bangkok.  There would also be much cheaper bus options.  But remember travel is very heavy during the actual holiday period - as well as very messy.

So many times I hear that you are only allowed first and last names in Thailand.

It is complete BS from people who believe everything they are told by someone who works in an office and doesn't know what he/she is talking about.

When we got married and registered at the Amphur my wife was told the same. She would not drop her family name and asked the guy to show her the regulation on it. Obviously he couldn't because it doesn't exist and she now has her ID and passport with 3 names on it.

Her first name, my family name and her family name.

If you child was borne here they have a Thai ID number shown on there birth certificate. You can use that number if it asked for one when you make a reservation for a flight.

Your child is Thai by birth so they don't don't need a visa or a passport to stay here.

Totally agree with overherebc on this.

 

My daughter has 4 names. 1 first, 2 middle and 1 last name. At the hospital when registering verything after birth they asked me to remove at least 1 of the names, I just refused and eventually they did it the way we wanted... Funny thing though

10 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If you child was borne here they have a Thai ID number shown on there birth certificate. You can use that number if it asked for one when you make a reservation for a flight.

Your child is Thai by birth so they don't don't need a visa or a passport to stay here.

Correct as usual, and that number on the child's birth certificate becomes the number on their issued Thai I.D when they get to 14 or 15, so it is there for life.

I think that thai ID has been changed and is now from 7 years old.

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21 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

The birth certificate should take care of travel.  As long as ticket is in the same name as on that should be fine.

 

But unless you have reason to go to Khon Kaen might be better to charter a van directly Chaiyaphum if you are talking about the city.  It is really a pleasant ride and good roads from Bangkok.  There would also be much cheaper bus options.  But remember travel is very heavy during the actual holiday period - as well as very messy.

Don´t recommend the van-option to a new born. You know the risks that you read about every day.

28 minutes ago, Get Real said:

Don´t recommend the van-option to a new born. You know the risks that you read about every day.

I wash't suggesting he drive.  

 

But you can rent vans with good drivers just as you can do for a taxi.  I was not suggesting a public queue van as even with good driver would likely not be comfortable with baby.

25 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

I wash't suggesting he drive.  

 

But you can rent vans with good drivers just as you can do for a taxi.  I was not suggesting a public queue van as even with good driver would likely not be comfortable with baby.

ok! I understood it in the wrong way. Sorry.

On 3/13/2017 at 4:10 PM, overherebc said:

So many times I hear that you are only allowed first and last names in Thailand.

It is complete BS from people who believe everything they are told by someone who works in an office and doesn't know what he/she is talking about.

When we got married and registered at the Amphur my wife was told the same. She would not drop her family name and asked the guy to show her the regulation on it. Obviously he couldn't because it doesn't exist and she now has her ID and passport with 3 names on it.

Her first name, my family name and her family name.

 

The Thai ID card has two fields for the name: ชื่อ (Name) and ชื่อดวักุล (Surname). Into which field or fields did the district office put the two family names?

15 hours ago, Jujijuji said:

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My daughter has 4 names. 1 first, 2 middle and 1 last name. At the hospital when registering verything after birth they asked me to remove at least 1 of the names, I just refused and eventually they did it the way we wanted... Funny thing though

 

With too many names, they may not fit into the limited space on airline tickets (I believe 27 characters in all) and this has sometimes been a problem with travel to the USA. Is this still the case today?

 

From a post made on a travel forum in June 2016:

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If you are flying to the United States of America, you should be worried. In the last 1.5 years (since our youngest was born) we already missed two flights because she has 3 first names, that usually don't fit on the ticket. Which means extra checks and longer waiting times.

The USA is very strict (for good reasons) and it has to be a perfect match with the passport.

Only the details on your passport and ticket matter. Even if you have a print out of a customer service email saying it's ok, that still isn't a valid ticket for boarding. It usually comes down to the willingness of the airline/airport staff and their supervisor during check-in, so allow for extra time during the whole check-in process (in our experience up to 3 hours).

 

Source: http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/49865/name-too-long-for-e-ticket-should-i-be-worried

Removed an off-topic post.

Source: http://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/49865/name-too-long-for-e-ticket-should-i-be-worried

In many countries multiple first names is standard, and there seem to be no issues with that, including my own experience. I presume that there was something else or more the matter with the quoted post.

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6 hours ago, Maestro said:

 

The Thai ID card has two fields for the name: ชื่อ (Name) and ชื่อดวักุล (Surname). Into which field or fields did the district office put the two family names?

 

Never looked closely or thought about that until you asked the question here.

First field has two names

Second field has one.

We can rememember my wife being told that she couldn't even do that but she insisted.