What steps should my Thai wife take to obtain her Thai passport and ID if she currently holds a German passport, and how does this affect our plans to live in Thailand?

@Stephen *****

great at least they picked up.

@Stephen *****

Good News. 😎

@Stephen *****

she can get what they call an ancestry visa until all her paperwork is sorted

@Stephen *****

yes, I think you should:

- get her citizenship (and passport);

- get married;

- put 400,000 in a Thai bank - in your name only - and get your O-visa;

- have her continue to meet whatever visa requirements she needs to meet

Then, when you *want* to travel, fly out on her German passport and fly back in on her Thai passport.

Whichever passport she enters the other country on is the se one she will have to use to leave that country.

If you want to visit a neighbouring country by land, she will have to use her German passport in both directions.

She has to switch passports in the air (either on the outbound trip, or on the inbound trip).

@Stephen *****

I’m sure that that is not a problem. She will be recognised just the same as any Thai citizen who entered on a foreign passport.

I doubt that the relevant office would even know.

@Stephen *****

there is probably no need. Her status here will be quite close to that of a typical Thai citizen.

Good question-Please look at my PM to you now. 😎

@Stephen *****

should be able to go online for the appointment. My wife just did this in new york to get her thai passport.

Message me with more information to answer any more questions

@Stephen *****

Hi I have duel citizens I came here 8 months ago to Thailand with my American husband as I am half American/ Thai. We came on an OA visa yes I as well . I have my Thai ID but not a thai passport. Once I got to Thailand I had to follow the same procedure as a foreigner. For her/ I have to leave the country with her German passport and come back in on her Thai passport to be valid. Otherwise she would still be considered a foreigner. Thailand doesn’t care if your thai and carry a German passport you are consider a foreigner until you leave the country and come back in using her thai passport. If you don’t want to do another quarantine then wait and keep doing your 90 days check in until she can leave and come back with out quarantine. I am in the same predicament . Once your year is up ( if you came in on an OA ) do a marriage visa .

@Stephen *****

yes it dosn't make sense. I would bet my money on she will not have to leave the country.

@Stephen *****

After she is granted citizenship she will not have to leave the country.

They will waive her tourist status after she gains citizenship. I am sure.

But the sandbox is just for entering. If she gains the citizenship before she is entering she could do the quarantine in a government facility and save some money if you guys would prefere. But I doubt it would be in her interest😅

@Stephen *****

Yes entering is basically for everybody the same. Citizen or not you are subject for quarantine.

And before somebody wants to contradict me again. Sandbox is also a type of quarantine.😉

@Stephen *****

She will not need to leave

@Marc *******

I am not telling you that you're wrong.

But...Have a Good Day

@James *******

Yes meet the requirements. But you have to meet them. And it's not that easy as you try it to look.

You don't get my point but that's ok. Internet is full of people always want to tell you you are wrong😅

@Marc *******

its easy for an expat legally married to a Thai to live and work in Thailand. Just meet the requirements.

@Marc *******

you are not on, or have ever applied, for a extension based on marriage have you? The only time it is turned down, and why there is the 30 days under consideration stamp first, is if they do make a visit to where you life, and why one of the required documents is a hand drawn map from the closest main road to where you live, and they do not see signs of you living together, even to the point of asking neighbors, yes, they will turn you down, as some do try to scam the system, but, if you are legally married, meet the financial requirement, provide all the documentation, and in fact are living as husband and wife, you are not turned down.

@James *******

Yes not necessary. In other countries you can stay automatically when married to a citizen of the country. Not in Thailand. No guarantee for nothing

@Kool ******

No it is not guaranteed. You are entiteled to apply.

@Marc *******

that is not exactly true. A type O visa extension based on marriage to a Thai spouse, listed as Thai wife on your extension stamp does in fact allow you to stay in Thailand in one year extension phazes.

@Marc *******

say that again? The legally married husband cannot stay in Thailand with his Thai wife?