Hi
Im hoping I can get some help from any one please.
My baby will be born in about 4 weeks to a Thai girl Im from the The United Kingdom, I just want some info on applying for British citizen ship and British passport for him, what documents we require etc etc, also the procedure for registering his birth at the amphur.
Ive seen some posts on here saying that you need to bring your blue house book with you when doing this, but we only rent at the moment so dont have a blue book and can this be done at the local amphur where we are staying now and not in her home town or province?
Can anyone shed any light on this and any of the above please.
And how long should we expect to wait from applying for the passport / citizenship?
And can this can all be done online?
Also how long should we wait for until applying, is there a age limit?
Any help would be great.
Thank You in advance
Applying for babys British passport / citizenship
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Couple of Pointers:
1) Make sure your name is on the Thai Birth Certificate as the father; get a good Thai translation of any English Names you want on the Thai Birth Certificate, otherwise you child will be ‘blessed’ for all eternity with a bad or incorrect spelling of their English names on any Thai Legal documents, as they all use the Birth Certificate spellings.
2) Don’t waste time and money getting an overseas The United Kingdom Registration of Birth, it’s not required to get the The United Kingdom Passport for your child, or to confer The United Kingdom Citizenship..
3) Citizenship (albeit slightly qualified as ‘By Decent) is automatic for a child born here of an ‘Otherwise than Decent’ The United Kingdom Citizen (i.e. born in the The United Kingdom/The United Kingdom Territories); the The United Kingdom passport is the only legal document your child will require to prove The United Kingdom Citizenship.
4) As regards the Thai Passport, just put your child into the same ‘Tabien Baan’ (Blue Book) as the one where your partner is registered and it doesn’t need to be where you are living.
5) Your name on the Thai Birth Certificate does not legally make you the Father of the child under Thai law, only marriage or a Court/Amphoe procedure will give you those rights.
Good luck with everything.