imo,the best approach is contact the embassy in bangkok by email,outline your requirements,theyll respond and let you know the procedure.

In my case i first had to arrange citizenship by decent,for child,in fathers nationality,

Then application for passport follows.

@Bernd **********

we will have to differ there ,,,over the years (23) ive witnessed many who have struggled,,,the add search button is out of view,,,scroll down and it makes more sense,,,thats non intuitive,,,i couldnt be more fair,i agree,,,once understood its clearer,,,good design is reliable and intuitive…poor design explains why many have struggled…

Also i noted long delays,,in fact only by logging out then logging back in did we realise we actually had progressed.

Id like to give some learned advice on this horror website,,,,

Logging in then logging out (when giving up) seemed to allow information to be accepted,,,digested,,,and so allow us to continue.

Please also note ,,,,theres an ADD button way down,,,scroll down to find it,,,,this site is highly non-intuitive…

What i can say so far,,,is this process of notifying my staying in my own familys house,,,,is not proving successful in any way what so ever,,,we seem to have produced an account,,,in my wifes name,,,using evidence of home book and her ID,,,however when wanting to then inform of my residing here,,,,it appears this crazy site wishes to search history rather than accept the facts of my current presence here,,,,its no wonder i preferred riding for miles to fill in forms for all these years.my daughters a genius and it seems this site drives her nuts…..

@Ian *******

thank you Ian,my daughters onto it right now,,,,im presuming once we set this up the future becomes simpler.

Im interested in this too.Where is the re entry permit purchased,,.,local immigration prior departure?,,,or airport?

@Stuart ********

thank you for that confirmation.looks like the simpler way to go this year…one more question if i may,,,,since i find myself unprepared at such short notice regarding 400,000baht for family visit visa,,,,do you think a mastercard in excess of that amount would suffice as available funds?the web site states stays over 60days,,,however that amount was usually required for 12 mth stay ,,,with maturing …

Seems youve had enough good advice,,,ive been with bank of ayudhya for 19yrs,,,just opened another account 6mths ago,,,no problem,,,simple,,,provided what i asked for…good luck,,,,oh btw,,,i did try,,,siam commercial bank,,,as i had set my daughter(thai) up with them,,,but for me,,,it was problematic immediately.

Railay beach just out of krabi,,,haven’t been there for a while,a couple of nice beaches,limestone karst jungle,caves,rock climbing,a number of resorts,,,a good point to get a further boat ride,long tail