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Will my Thai wife be able to re-enter Thailand on her Australian passport, or will she need a visa?
Jan 2, 2026
4 months ago
Chris ********
ORIGINAL POSTERHi
Me and my . Thai wife are returning to Thailand in March. The question I’m asking is my wife only has an Australian passport. Will she be allowed to re-enter Thailand and stay for good or will she need a visa
Me and my . Thai wife are returning to Thailand in March. The question I’m asking is my wife only has an Australian passport. Will she be allowed to re-enter Thailand and stay for good or will she need a visa
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The main concern is whether the user’s wife, holding an Australian passport, can return to Thailand and stay indefinitely. Commenters clarify that as long as she enters with her Australian passport, she will be treated as a foreign tourist, needing to arrange for a Thai passport to stay longer. Recommendations include applying for a Thai passport immediately upon arrival or using an extension of her current visa exemption. They also suggest that being dual citizens may help ease her immigration process, especially concerning her right to reside in Thailand.
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Colin ***************
Chris I think this is above your pay grade. Have a chat with your wife. 5 5 5
Martyn *******
If she arrives with an Aussie passport she will need to comply with all the regulations afforded to a foreigner
David ********
My Thai wife applied in Phuket on Wednesday and it was delivered Friday.
Robert ******
Come in with the Australian passport and then she could get her Thai passport while in Thailand and leave and reenter so everything is proper. We just went through this in October.
Laurie ********
If she is Thai - how did she manage to leave Thailand?Also how did she manage to get into Australia? Was she born in Australia?
Gary ********
@Jordan ****
she has an Australian passport, this makes her an Australian citizen. Ok?Jordan *****
@Gary *******
and a Thai id (as mentioned in another comment) which gives her property, labor rights and protection from deportation which foreigners don’t have. Example: She won’t go to jailed and deported if seen sculpting in wood like the Italian guy from last month.This is obviously an ambiguous question, but to claim that she will receive lesser treatment just because she returned home on a foreign passport is ridiculous.
Gary ********
@Jordan ****
guess im missing some important parts of this post. I was just going with the info that she was a Thai visiting here with an Australian Passport. I was thinking it doesn't matter if ur born on the moon & u have a Passport from any country, that's where they are citizen off.
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Ray ********
I'm assuming Australia is similar to the UK.
My UK passport expired while I was living in Thailand and I just had an agent order a new one. Absolutely no forms to fill out, only signatures required. Very efficient and quick process very cheap considering it's is a Large size one and all postage was taken care of. So I reckon your wife can do the same from Australia
My UK passport expired while I was living in Thailand and I just had an agent order a new one. Absolutely no forms to fill out, only signatures required. Very efficient and quick process very cheap considering it's is a Large size one and all postage was taken care of. So I reckon your wife can do the same from Australia
Derek ********
If the problem is her thai passport has expired, she can still enter thailand with it ,if its lost order a new one
Greg ***********
@Derek *******
that's my knowledge so far, too. A Thai can enter Thailand on an expired passport. However she can't book and check onto the flight with an expired passportDerek ********
@Greg **********
my thai wife's passport ran on an expired passport,Greg ***********
@Derek *******
you mean the flight ticket?Reply to
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Jim *******
@Greg **********
Not true. You are kind of joining the cohorts of misinformation?Thai passport, even if had expired 30-50 years ago, lets Thai citizens get back to their own country.
My wife booked the flight (2017) with an expired (5 years) Thai passport.
What fcuk airline could ban the citizens from returning to their own country?
Airlines inprisoning citizens from other countries? Think what junk you said.
Greg ***********
@Jim ******
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 BS, big BS . . why are you in the FB groups? You have not the slightest knowledge about Thailand. Youalways write typical barstool wisdomGreg ***********
@Jim ******
that j...k comes right out of your own mouth. Complete drivel. The only airline that would allow a Thai citizen book & board a flight to Thailand on an expired passport, would be Thai Airways. They are really famous for tolerating a lot of stuff, like that a Thai mother is allowed to check-in double the weight of baggage . . . ANY other airline would have REFUSED boarding on an expired passport. 😎. . . . . You better THINK first before you write such a generalizing drivelJim *******
Your AI drivel is legendary. The stray dogs infested shithole in Thai where you have been dragged by your Pattaya prostitute gives you extra knowledge?
Greg ***********
@Jim ******
not one single of my visa advice texts was mined from AI. I got an IQ of 135 while you are just the guy with the wheelbarrow and the water bucketsReply to
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Gerard **************
Interesting thing.
Is it that she is Thai with a birth certificate and local ID ? or whatever she'd be fine would be my guess.
She would not be stripped of Thai citizenship because she was in Australia for a while.
Is it that she is Thai with a birth certificate and local ID ? or whatever she'd be fine would be my guess.
She would not be stripped of Thai citizenship because she was in Australia for a while.
Jim *******
@Gerard *************
Another idiotic post. My daugther has Thai, Australian and Japanese pasports. Nobody would ask her to renounce any of them. Thai IO just said "I don't want to know of your other passports".Reply to
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Daniel *****
You are the nationality of the passport you enter any country with. Rules apply accordingly
Jordan *****
@Daniel ****
not really. She can enter with an Australian passport and later with her Thai documents, buy property, work for the government, obtain subsidies and all that, while at the same time being protected from arrest and deportation, unlike a foreigner caught on overstay.Daniel *****
@Jordan ****
you could also cut off your penis while you're there and start calling yourself a woman.Jordan *****
@Daniel ****
yeah, whatever, how does this change the fact that a Thai person has still more rights than you inside the country even if they returned to the country with a Martian passport, or crossed the Cambodian jungle? I don’t know whay your example about cutting penises of has to do with anythingDaniel *****
@Jordan ****
General question, general answer. You may be correct with your detailed analysis... but nobody cares.Reply to
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Brian *******
@Daniel ****
Precise, succinct, complete. 👍👍Reply to
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Nongnuch ********
I remember having read a report - however already many years ago - that one can use an expired Thai passport to enter Thailand. So I would suggest she books the flight and submits a TDAC and travels on her Australiand passport but shows both passports at Immigration when entering Thailand, and see what they say
Keith *******
She will only get 90 days unless she gets a Thai passport while there.
Nongnuch ********
@Keith ******
she can apply for a one-year extension if she has any document - like an expired Thai passport - that proves she was a Thai citizen beforeKeith *******
@Nongnuch *******
from memory the question was: can she stay permanently. My opinion though she can get an extension as you say, I think it would be better for her to go and get a Thai passport. My wife uses both Thai and Australian. That way she has no problems in either country.Nongnuch ********
@Keith ******
The extension is only used to buy her some time to get a new Thai passport. While she is on the extension, she can apply for a new passport, then do a border run and re-enter on the Thai passport (or resolve the problem on Immigration because they are able to cancel her extension and permit to stay, avoiding a theoretical overstay)Keith *******
@Nongnuch *******
my wife and daughter had to renew their passports the last we were there. It only took them two days. The second was to go back and collect the new passports. This was in Bangkok. I don't know how long this ladies passport has been expired but it might be worthwhile for to check before she flies over. I don't know what it costs for a one year extension but renewing her passport as soon as she gets there might less hassle. Anyway from what your saying this lady has options.Nongnuch ********
@Keith ******
AFAIK a Thai citizen can enter Thailand on an expired passport. However she can't book and check onto the flight with an expired passportReply to
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Ian **********
She can travel with her Australian passport, but enter Thailand with an expired Thai passport. My wife and son have done this travelling from the UK
Sal *****
IMHO what is a bit illogical is if she were to arrive in Thailand on an international flight I believe she can't present/use her Thai ID card (assuming she had one) at immigration for them to consider her for entry (ie. they require a passport) yet if she were to enter overland at a border crossing I believe they would accept the Thai ID card. I remember once back when the airlines required you to provide them a valid passport number, expiry date etc. when booking the flight (from overseas to Thailand) my Thai wife used her non-Thai passport and then upon arrival showed immigration her Thai passport and this caused a bit of an issue - immigration told her not to do that again.
Jim *******
@Sal ****
What a nonsense post. A woman enters Thai on her expired Thai passport. That is all. Then she is free to get a new passport in Thai.Reply to
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Yo***
I dont know what means here Thai wife. Your wife has only Australian passport, so she is Australian. She is just ethnically Thai. She is not thai citizen for now, but she can obtain her Thai citizenship if she can prove she is a Thai. But officially she is Australian. There are millions of indians and Chinese in many countries. They are ethnically Chinese or Indians, but they are not Indian or Chinese citizen. Maybe, american, Malaysian, Indoneisan, Candadian, Australian etc.. They are fully foreigners when they go to Indian or china. Obtaining indian or chinese citizenship is different question.
Jordan *****
@Yo***
She is Thai, he mentioned in another comment that she has a Thai ID card, and passport is probably expired, or lostYo***
@Jordan ****
then it is much easier. She can obtain her passport from Thai embassy in Australia.Reply to
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Stephen ********
As far as I am aware, she can enter visa exempt on her Australian passport, but will be treated as a tourist. She can then get her Thai passport sorted when here, but will need to leave the country again on her Australian passport and re enter on her new Thai passport.
John *******
@Stephen *******
exactly what we didReply to
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Dca *****
She needs to get a new/renewed Thai Passport
Perhaps see if she can get one now from the Thai Embassy in Canberra (which has consular jurisdiction over Queensland)
Otherwise, just use her Australian Passport to get into Thailand in order to sort out:
1.) be currently listed in a Blue Thai Household Book (Blue Tabien Baan)
2.) from the Blue Tabien Baan, get a new/current Thai ID Card
3.) with a current Thai ID Card, then get new Thai Passport
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Perhaps see if she can get one now from the Thai Embassy in Canberra (which has consular jurisdiction over Queensland)
Otherwise, just use her Australian Passport to get into Thailand in order to sort out:
1.) be currently listed in a Blue Thai Household Book (Blue Tabien Baan)
2.) from the Blue Tabien Baan, get a new/current Thai ID Card
3.) with a current Thai ID Card, then get new Thai Passport
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@Dca ****
What a rubbish post. My Thai daughter, a student in Australia (dual citizen), got her Thai passport (not a renewal, a new one as she is 21 old now) from the Sydney Thai consulate.All she needed was her expiring Thai passport and her Thai ID card. May 2025.
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Mick *****
She will not have any issue entering Thailand on her Australian Passport as an Australian Citizen. She can then sort things out when she gets here. It is possible, albeit unlikely, she could have an issue boarding the plane from Australia. As she is travelling on an Australian passport and as she has no long term visa the airline may ask for proof of onward travel - it does not happen all the time but it can happen. Theoretically coming to Thailand as a tourist you should have either a return ticket or onward travel. A million people will jump, on this and tell you it's never been a problem for them but sometimes it does happen so it is something I would be prepared for.
David ********
@Mick ****
it is conceivable that you don't know where you are traveling to next, hence forget it.Reply to
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Penny ******
My wife is a Thai Citizen but also has a USA passport, she is a dual citizen like your wife. When we travel we use her USA passport…. But when we come to Thailand we travel on her Thai passport…. It is much easier!
But if she arrived at the port of entry with only her USA passport she would only be able to stay for 60 days or have a proper visa for her stay … the entry point is not there to figure out my wife’s status they allow entry based on the documents presented.
Once in Thailand she can get a new passport or she can get a new passport at the embassy in your home country.
But if she arrived at the port of entry with only her USA passport she would only be able to stay for 60 days or have a proper visa for her stay … the entry point is not there to figure out my wife’s status they allow entry based on the documents presented.
Once in Thailand she can get a new passport or she can get a new passport at the embassy in your home country.
RelaxingL*********
Another option is to apply for an Emergency Travel Document (ETD) at the Thai embassy in Australia
Jim *******
RelaxingLizard2599 Idiotc advice. That is for refugees. No Thais are refugees anywhere.
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RelaxingL*********
I'm in a somewhat similar situation and I'm also not sure what I'm doing, but I'm leaning towards entering on my NZ passport and just acting like I'm a tourist even though I'm going there to live 😂 got to fill out the TDAC though that's the only annoying thing as a return date is needed. Thais on foreign passports don't need charged overstaying fees, from my understanding.
Michael ********
RelaxingLizard2599 return date is not mandatory
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John **********
If she enters on her Australian passport and doesn't have a Thai ID card there is a specific extension of stay she can apply for until she can sort herself out. See number 23 on this list
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@John *********
Don't spread nonsense. She had to have her Thai ID to get a passport, and that is how she left Thailand and got into Australia.That passport, even if expired, lets her get into her home country.
John **********
@Jim ******
you're assuming she still has both. I've no idea how long she has been out of ThailandJim *******
@John *********
Landed to Aus from Thai from the Moon with no trace?John **********
@Jim ******
she may have been there 30 or 40 years, lost her thai passport, lost her ID card, or maybe she was born there and never had either. Conjecture isn't particularly helpfulJim *******
@John *********
Eh, everything is possible except the most probable case - expired passport that can still be used to enter her homeland.Edit: even in cases of castrophe , like disastrous floods or fires, Thai embassy will be able to identify her and issue her with at least a temporary document to return to Thai.
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Steve *********
What happened to her original Thai passport?
Richard ******
You will need to start with a Thai ID card first then apply for the passport. Once you have an ID the passport is much easier. ID required.
Michael ********
Does she have an expired Thai passport and an ID card. She can still enter on that.
Glen ********
How did she get to Australia without a Thai passport?
Jordan *****
@Glen *******
could be expired, or lost…Reply to
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Stuart **********
Very easy and not expensive to get a Thai passport if she has all the paperwork.My wife had to renew hers 4 days,and a first time passport for our 4 yr old Thai grandson 2 days.Applied for at the temporary passport office in Khoen Khean
Kevin *******
No problem
Baz *********
If she only has an Australian passport then she is subject to the same entry rules as any other Australian..
I suggest that when she goes to Thailand that she immediately applies for a Thai Passport and hopefully that can be issued before her 60 days visa exemption entry expires..
Then she would need to attend an immigration office and have her visa exemption on the Australian passport canceled so she isn't recorded as an overstay and then she could stay in Thailand indefinitely
I suggest that when she goes to Thailand that she immediately applies for a Thai Passport and hopefully that can be issued before her 60 days visa exemption entry expires..
Then she would need to attend an immigration office and have her visa exemption on the Australian passport canceled so she isn't recorded as an overstay and then she could stay in Thailand indefinitely
Wayne ********
@Baz ********
I guess there is one other option in your scenario. If she’s running out of time she can also apply for the 30 day extension.Brandon ************
@Wayne *******
she can apply for a 1-year extension based on being a Thai citizenship, as long as she can prove it.Reply to
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John *******
She’ll have to rustle up a decent crab omelette at immigration or else she’s straight back to Australia.
Ian *********
@John ******
no they’ve changed it to pad kapow gai 😂Reply to
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Phil ******
Need a thai.passport
Mary ********
Worse case scenerio, is if they treat her as an Aussie tourist - she has 60 days on a visitor exemption to update her thai passport within Thailand - do a quick border bounce and return on the thai passport. It'd be far cheaper to border bounce over to Vietnam (you'd need a reentry of course) than to travel from Brissie to Sydney.
Jordan *****
@Mary *******
She cannot be treated as a tourist, this is a legal impossibility all over the planet, just the same way as an American who entered Mexico legally and later returned to the US by crossing the desert can’t be considered an illegal alien and subjected to deportation. These laws are universalShe probably has Thai ID and other documents to prove that she is a citizen.
The only question is whether the authorities will give her a hard time when returning home
Mary ********
@Jordan ****
While I realise that - it is the worst case scenerio for the op. In other words - while it is highly unlikely - even if it did happen she would have a less costly exercise fixing it here than there.Reply to
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Tony ******
She has zero to worry about she has a birth certificate and the Australian passport has her place of birth on it
Allan **************
Yes because they are children different for adults
Allan **************
@Tony *****
.Yes if she's a thai citizen she can live here no problem as long as she gets a thai ID card the problem will come if she ever wants to leave Thailand as she's in the country as an Australian citizen.Tony ******
@Allan *************
all my kids born in Thailand travel and leave freely on Australian passportReply to
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Damien ********
WTF !
If your wife is Thai she can get her Thai passport…she must have had one to get here !! 🙄
And in case you don’t know..
Thai citizens CAN STAY IN THAILAND FOR EVER …wow !
Read this again SLOWLY and try to comprehend this !!!!
Because your not to sharp are you !!!
If your wife is Thai she can get her Thai passport…she must have had one to get here !! 🙄
And in case you don’t know..
Thai citizens CAN STAY IN THAILAND FOR EVER …wow !
Read this again SLOWLY and try to comprehend this !!!!
Because your not to sharp are you !!!
Hans *********
@Damien *******
too?Mark *********
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you're?Hans *********
@Mark ********
yeah, I'm a little slow today nice catch , haha, all in one sentence , happy new yearMark *********
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Many hands make light work.Reply to
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@Michael ******
don't ya love it when people call others not too sharp and can't figure out too or to.Stephen ******
@Hans ********
or you're from yourDamien ********
Sammi ******
@Damien *******
pendants mostly worn around the neck...Reply to
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Phillip ******
My Thai wife and I.....
Young ********
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@Young *******
Dick what? Or are you really that immature.Young ********
@Phillip *****
Dick, an apt nameReply to
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@Phillip *****
Australian, mateSammi ******
@Christer ****
not exclusively....Reply to
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Uğur ****************
Does she has a thai id like driving license at all? Or go Thailand get the passport or id card wick ever the quickest and cheapest then do a border run exit as a Australian and enter as a Thai
Steve ***********
She should have a Thai citizen card
Chris ********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Steve **********
yes she doesDavid *********
@Chris *******
call immigration Thailand. A couple or three times to see if you get consistent answers. What I THINK and what is reality may be different. Explain her passport expired but she has her Thai I’d card. Let me know what they tell you. ID card was ok for us but they are becoming more strict. Best to ask the source what is the rule currently.Reply to
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Steve *******
Get her a Thai passport from a Thai Embassy/Consulate in Australia
Chris ********
ORIGINAL POSTER@Steve ******
they used to have a Thai consulate in Brisbane, but closed it for anyone up north North Queensland. We have to travel to Sydney. It’s it’s bullshit. It’s a bit like Thai Airways, not flying out of Brisbane any more ever since the Covid. They only think that Australia is Sydney.Dca *****
@Chris *******
Jetstar (an Australian airline) has been flying from Brisbane to Bangkok for over a year now! >
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@Chris *******
watching Australians here I thought it was a colony for alcoholics!Steve *******
@Chris *******
Not my problem, complain to someone elseReply to
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Chris ********
ORIGINAL POSTERFor her to get a Thai Visa, we’ve got a travel over 3000 kg to Sydney Thai embassy which is gonna cost us over $2000. Can’t she just enter in Australian passport renew her Thai passport in Thailand she does have dual citizenship.
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@Chris *******
yeah, it's annoying. They closed the Perth consulate too. I took a Jetstar flight Cairns to Sydney one way in August; $210 (just carry on) So it would be possible for your wife to do a cheap round trip to Sydney from FNQ even with a night in a cheaper hotel for less than $2000
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@Chris *******
technically yes she can enter with her Australian passport and apply for a Thai passport. However, because she enters with her Australian passport she will have to leave on her Australian passport (this is normal for EVERY country regardless of citizenship) If a Thai person enters on a foreign passport they are subject to normal foreigner immigration rules, so in the case of Australia right now 60 days visa exempt plus 30 days extension So if the Thai passport arrives within the duration of your VE + extension or which ever visa you buy, she can leave and then re-enter on her Thai passport and then stay as long as she likes. It should take about 6 weeks, no more to process the Thai passport. But if it doesn't arrive in time, she will have to leave, re-enter on her Australian passport and leave again once she gets the Thai passport. Once she enters on her Thai passport she has then entered as Thai and can stay as long as she likes. People can argue all they like, this is the law, it's not about citizenship, it's about immigration.Jim *******
@Chris *******
How did wife even left Thai without Thai passport?My Thai wife entered Thai on 5 years expired Thai passport in 2017. She had no other passport. Airline (Thai Airways) did ask for her Thai ID.
She got new Thai passport in Bangkok within a week and all good.
Wayne *********
@Chris *******
you dont travel at all for a visa its all done online nowadaysDca *****
@Chris *******
Don't bother going to Sydney >
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@Chris *******
why would she need to travel? Everything is done online.Brandon ************
@Chris *******
visas are done online. There is no traveling. If you're talking about a Thai passport, then that's something you need to take up with the Thai embassy.
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@Chris *******
yes she can enter Thailnd on 60 day visa exemption and apply for her Tgai passport from inside Thailand that's f I neRelaxingL*********
BraveGoose7291 then she needs to complete a TDAC
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She need to organize to get her thai Passport otherwise she will be treated as an Australian with a Australian passport and she'll need a visa like all other Australians
Chris ********
ORIGINAL POSTERBraveGoose7291
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Brandon ************
If she enters with an Australian passport, then she's Australian to the Thai government and will have to deal with visas, extensions, and other immigration matters. Why would she even consider this? Get her a Thai passport and then she doesn't have to worry about anything.
Brandon ************
@Duncan ********
If she enters with a foreign passport, she is a foreigner. What is so difficult to understand? If she enters with her Thai passport, then she will be treated as a Thai.Jordan *****
@Brandon ***********
How is that legally possible? A Thai citizen can’t be fined, arrested for overstay. All I can imagine is that she will be given a hard time by immigration authorities for not having used her Thai passport, but the idea that a Thai citizen can be treated as a foreigner in their own country is ridiculous whichever way you look at itKf ********
@Jordan ****
Be quiet if you don’t know what you are saying!Jordan *****
@Kf *******
I stand by my opinion that a Thai citizen cannot be deported. or subjected to the laws governing the statute of foreigners, regardless of the means they used to return to the country.You can’t prove otherwise
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@Jordan ****
about 5 years ago my thai friend/brittish passport came back to thailand and was asked where is your thai passport she says didnt bother renewing it IO says ok your brittish so visa exempt stampCharlimo *********
@Jordan ****
but she has to come in with a Thai passportCharlimo *********
@Jordan ****
no. It's not ridiculous. If she has an Aussie passport, she must be an Australian citizen. Can you keep your Thai citizenship after becoming Australian??Charlimo *********
I just checked and Thais can have dual citizenship
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@Jordan ****
she doesn’t have a Thai passport and she will be treated the same as an Australian citizenJordan *****
@Bob *********
“treated the same as an Australian citizen”. If she has Thai ID she can still get a job, and purchase property, which Australians cannot do. She is also protected from arrest and deportation. Worst case scenario she will pay a fine when leaving again, but it’s wrong to assume that once inside the country she is anything less than a Thai citizen with Thai rights and duties
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It’s Thailand mate normal rules and common sense don’t exist when it comes to immigration
It’s Thailand mate normal rules and common sense don’t exist when it comes to immigration
Brenton ******
She would have to be born in Thailand to be a Thai citizen. If she was born in Australia and travels on an Australian passport she gets the visa exempt on arrival. Just because a person is culturally Thai doesn't automatically make them a citizen. There may be provisions in immigration laws to deal with this though, like family that are Thai citizens. But you would need to apply for citizenship as an Australian. Of course this would be different if she was born in Thailand then became an Australian citizen. Either way she can only travel on an Australian passport as an Australian citizen right now until she sorts out any Thai citizenship or passport.
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@Jordan ****
Several years ago when visa exempt was 30 days we had a Thai friend in NZ with dual citizenship who had a senior moment and stamped in on her NZ passport. Stayed over the 30 days and got fined for overstay on the way out.Incognia **********
For dual Citizens Turkey has a card and using this card when entering Turkey.Thailand doesnt have this system
Incognia **********
make a paasport report from Sydney and come with that paper to Thailand.Then make new pasaport inside Thailand
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@Ron *****
the story would have been different if your friend would have later left the country with their Thai passport This is a subtle legal issue, but some people are treating it with ignorance, like claiming someone ceases to be Thai and enjoy the rights, and be exempted from the duties of Thai citizens just because they have irregularly returned to the country, this is a legal aberration, unheard of.
The bottom line is, that a Thai person, who has the documents to prove citizenship, whether expired, or not, once inside Thailand, regardless of whether they crossed the jungle, fell from the moon, or returned by a different passport, cannot be subject to the laws regulating the stay of foreigners in Thailand
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@Jordan ****
apparently not--see the comment above yours. The authorities apparently ignored her new Thai passport and asked for the woman's NZ passport and fined her! My wife is in exactly the same position atm, and think we will just get a her an extension on her Oz passport.Wayne *********
@Sammi *****
Thats probably because your expected to depart on the passport you arrived on.My wife departs for Australia on thai passport, arrives in Australia on UK passport. Departs Australia on UK passport arrives in Thailand on thai passport.
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@Wayne ********
exactly. My wife usually does the same, but she forgot her Thai passport this time.Wayne *********
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Could you not get it sent over to Her ?Sammi ******
@Wayne ********
we thought about that but were a bit concerned about it being lost. Also I'm not totally sure that it doesn't leave something unresolved with her Oz passport, though that may not matter. May be better just to bite the bullet and fork out 1900 baht for the extension.Jordan *****
@Sammi *****
I understand, but nonetheless, the fact that they managed to get a Thai passport inside Thailand was proof that the government still treated them as Thai citizens, and while inside the country they could purchase property and work just like other Thai citizens if they wanted to.They probably have laws in place that penalize such cases were re entry was irregular, this I do not doubt.
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@Jordan ****
quite so. The Thai ID card I'm sure would be sufficient to safely live the rest of your life in Thailand, but it's when you go to leave that the problem will arise. To be fair, the Thai border authorities can't have people willy nilly using different nationality passports for comg and going in the same country.Brenton ******
@Jordan ****
probably because it was an immigration issue and not a citizenship issue. If you told the Thai immigration you are entering as an Australian citizen then you have to leave as an Australian citizen. It's unusual as I've known Kiwis who have dual citizenship in Australia to leave on their Aussie passport and return on a NZ one. I do know if you are a kiwi with an Aussie passport living in Aussie immigration don't like if you use your NZ passport to leave Australia. It must all come up on their computer telling them you are an Australian yet you are showing a NZ passport. It's not illegal though. Obviously Thailand has its own laws.Jordan *****
@Ron *****
this still does not mean she can get arrested and deported.Reply to
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@Jordan ****
she's not Thai. She's Australian if she doesn't enter with a Thai passport.Duncan *********
@Brandon ***********
not correct. She is a dual citizen. Her birth nationality is Thai. She has not given that up by obtaining an Australian passport.Jordan *****
@Brandon ***********
is she has documents to prove she is Thai. she is Thai. Her Thai nationality does not vanish after the passport expires, just like US citizenship does not end with the passport expiration date.She might get questioned at the border, but once inside the country, there is proof in her having expired Thai documents, birth certificates and probably a record in the birth registry of the town she was born in where they registered her as a Thai citizen, and Thai citizens cannot be exiled from their country.
I won’t believe it’s otherwise unless someone can provide casework, but I don’t doubt that she might be fined for having irregularly returned to the country, like in the case of Thai citizens who leave legally and later return to Thailand by crossing the jungle without proper formalities
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@Jordan ****
have you heard of the former prime minister, Thaksin? He was a Thai citizen. Exiled from his own country.Jordan *****
@Dava **********
Thaksin was not exiled; the decision to leave the country was his own. It was not decreed by a judge, or by a law, or by ani government institutionAllan **************
@Jordan ****
.Had a friend come to thailand entered on her NZ passport renewed her Thai passport over here then went to go back to NZ after 4 months showed her new Thai passport to leave and they asked for her NZ passport and fined her for overstay.Brandon ************
@Jordan ****
doesn't really matter what you believe.Reply to
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