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For Returning Thai Nationals – My Immigration Appointment Experience (Inheritance Visa for Adoptees / Thai Descent)
I wanted to share my experience with Thai Immigration for those who, like me, are returning Thai nationals — especially adoptees or individuals born in Thailand. This is for those reclaiming Thai citizenship or status.
If you have a Thai birth certificate and also your civil registry form issued by a district office, you may qualify for what's commonly called an "Inheritance Visa" — an extension that is valid for up to one year and renewable. This is a route available to people of Thai descent who are not yet listed in the Thai national registry (tabien baan) or holding a valid Thai ID but are in the process of reclaiming it.
Here’s a summary of my appointment process and some helpful tips:
Where: Immigration Division 1 – 3rd Floor, IT Square, Bangkok
Why: I booked the appointment online under the category for "Returning Thai National Reclaiming Thai Status"
When: I arrived around 8:00 AM for an early spot in the queue
Link to Online Appointment: [members only]
Documents I brought (and what they required):
TM07 form filled out correctly (I will upload a sample for reference)
Copies of my Airbnb receipt + payment history as proof of residence
Copies of my TM30
Copies of entry stamp
Certified translated name change document with MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) stamp
Copies of my Adoption Registration in Thai
Copy of my U.S. passport (bio page)
Most importantly:
Original & copies of my Thai birth certificate ( I had a recently issued copy by the district office)
Original & copies of my civil registry form also issued by the District Office.
Tips from my experience:
They are extremely meticulous about document accuracy and completeness. Be sure your translations are official and certified by MFA or else you'll be asked to provide them in both original form and copy form.
Have extra original copies and multiple photocopies on hand — just in case.
Even though my appointment time had technically expired, they acknowledged my Thai status and gave me a priority queue card, allowing me direct entry to the immigration office.
The longest part of the process was the initial queue, which took about 2 hours, but this is necessary for your documents to be verified before the immigration officer can process your extension.
The process is very manageable if you are organized and respectful, and the staff were professional and helpful once my documents were confirmed.
Hope this helps someone going through the same journey! Feel free to message or comment if you have any questions.
Make sure you have cash only on hand to pay the €1,900 baht extension fee.
NOTE: Depending on your reclamation timeline, you have to report your residence information every 90 days, it can be done online on the immigration website.
Some visa questions (and thanks very much in advance)
My family and I are starting the process of moving from Nevada to Hua Hin. My wife is a Thai citizen and my 19 year old daughter was born in Bangkok. We moved back to the USA when my daughter was 2 years old so the only Thai ID we have for her is her birth certificate and she has a US passport. My mother and I are American.
Questions: For my daughter, do we need to go to the consulate in Los Angeles to get her a Thai passport, or can she just get a 90 day visa online with my mom and me and then get Thai ID after she gets to Thailand, or can she just show her birth certificate and get a visa on arrival without a return ticket?
How long does it take to get the online 90 day visa, and do we have to wait for my mom to get her US passport to apply.
Would rather not go to LA if possible, long drive, hotel stays, etc But also don't want to have to buy round trip tickets.
Hello community! My apologies since this is not visa related but does anyone have contact for translating and legalizing Thai birth certificate in Bangkok or Pathum Thank areas? Thanks in advance 🙏🏽😊
Hello, here's my issue: Last year my son was born in Thailand and since then he has not left the country. Me and my wife are both foreigners who study online in Thailand on ED visa extensions. We have already got a passport for our son at the embassy and plan to go abroad for a couple of weeks. Then we want to come back to Thailand using re-entry permits (parents) and visa exemption (son).
The question is: Do we have to go to the Immigration to get any stamp/notification/note/etc. to our son's passport before leaving Thailand or we can simply go to the airport and pass through the border control with his blank passport?
My daughter was born in Thailand to a Thai mother and has a Thai birth certificate and Thai ID card but she travels in and out on a British passport with a 'non re' visa (whatever that is) and has to do 90 day reports. We do this because it was a hassle having to find her mother to give me permission to take her out of the country on a Thai passport. Anyway, a Thai person at my place of residence just pointed out that what immigration wrote in her passport (attached) translates as 'former Thai citizen'. Daughter is 10. Should I be worried? We have plans to remain here. As I understand she has to decide her nationality at the age of 18.
I have asked this question before but it was some time ago when my partner was pregnant, I am an Australian and i now have thai twins to my partner, they were born on the 13 September, so yes there only a couple of months old, I was there for there birth and I am on there birth certificate and they have my last name, the question is about Australian citizenship by Decent, will it be easier to do through the embassy in Bangkok or do in Australia, and what does the process involve. If you have done something like this, any advise would be greatly appreciated.