I realise this has been covered before, but it was not clear in the responses. Our son, has just turned 21. He was born in Thailand, and has a Thai passport as well as a Canadian passport. So, he is a dual citizen. He has been living in Canada for the last 3 years. He is also still on our house book here in Thailand. He is taking secondary education in Canada, and may or may not wish to return to Thailand to live. What is the process for ensuring that he is not called up to serve in the military in Thailand?

As the last topic had no real response in this forum I am moving this to "Family" forum where others may have dealt with similar circumstances with their children.

A link will also be left here in General.

As the last topic had no real response in this forum I am moving this to "Family" forum where others may have dealt with similar circumstances with their children.
A link will also be left here in General.

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I'm sure the draft comes at the age of 18, if your lad has been out of the country for 3 years and he came back I doubt they would come for him.... loads of uneducated 18 year old's to pray on and then brainwash they won't take the clever lad's.

If he returns to Thailand they will/ may pick him up, as he is Thai, That is if he has a Thai passport or ID card.  You can pay money so he does not have to pick a ball.

It is the house registration book that is the trigger, so he will definitely be called up for the ballot when he is 20. He can legally get a deferment, if he is studying abroad, but, if he comes back to Thailand to live before he is 30, he will need to either take the ballot or sort it out under the table, since conscription papers are needed to get a job and renew ID card.  After the age of 30, they don't want you any more but you still need to go through a process to get exemption papers.  It is unlikely that anything will happen, if he just comes back on holiday, unless he wants to renew his ID card.  Draft dodgers are not normally arrested at random but deserters can be.  It should be possible to keep renewing his Thai passport overseas without a valid ID card.