How to get my baby a Thai Passport or Birth Certificate

[westmeetseast 7]

Hello,

I am a US Citizen and my wife is a Thai national with a two year green card (February 2012). We are expecting a baby in the USA in November and the child will have a US Birth Certificate and a US Passport but we heard we could also get a Thai birth certificate and passport too. Can anyone help with this process? We heard we could go to the local Thai temple and twice a year there are people who can help but when we contacted the temple they said no.

Second question is my wife wants to take the baby back to Thailand to visit her family for a few months in 2014 (July-Nov/Dec) and the problem is that is during the two year green card and she is worried that it will send the wrong message and make the embassy think she is not sincere in living here. Does anyone have experience with this?

Thank you

C

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

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[Ning 619]

Hello,

I am a US Citizen and my wife is a Thai national with a two year green card (February 2012). We are expecting a baby in the USA in November and the child will have a US Birth Certificate and a US Passport but we heard we could also get a Thai birth certificate and passport too. Can anyone help with this process? We heard we could go to the local Thai temple and twice a year there are people who can help but when we contacted the temple they said no.

Second question is my wife wants to take the baby back to Thailand to visit her family for a few months in 2014 (July-Nov/Dec) and the problem is that is during the two year green card and she is worried that it will send the wrong message and make the embassy think she is not sincere in living here. Does anyone have experience with this?

Thank you

C

The question of the B C could be taken care of in Thailand I would think but I don't know the procedure.

Many people travel back to their home country while having a green card. The length of stay you describe may result in some questions at the POE but I know at least two people that have done this with no real problem. I also know one that returned to Thailand for an extended period that did have a problem because she admitted she was there running a business. She was allowed entry on that trip but later stayed out too long and lost her LPR status.

Edited October 6, 2013 by Ning

[newacct 688]

The Thai embassy site has some information on this. I don't read Thai, but it seems this page is about legalization of birth certificates, and this is one of several pages about passports for babies.

[Sam B 1]

By what I see you need to register it at your Thai embassy or consulate and NOT in Thailand... http://teakdoor.com/doing-things-legally/8606-thai-birth-certificate-foreign-born-child.html#post212009 is the best reference I've found for it that wasn't in Thai... I just plan to drop by the local Thai Consulate with this stuff after the baby is born and see if it's right or not... and if not I expect they will be able to tell us what to do.