@อ้วน ********

, that’s why it’s better to ask you girlfriend or wife. Not in between contractions though! Better to have that conversation beforehand!

@Jo *********

, it’s a biological thing, both mother and father needed at conception only mother needed at birth!

@อ้วน ********

, your name ends up on the birth certificate in the same way it ends up on your passport and driving licence, you put it on the form! Hospitals do what they do, and that isn’t registering births, deaths and marriages, that’s another place. I assume you have a Thai girlfriend or wife so she will know where to go, it’s a fairly common thing to do. And yes I have a Son born in Thailand to a Thai wife, but as it’s her country she sorted everything out, I just signed where she pointed.

No you don’t need to take anything, in fact you don’t even need to be there yourself.

@Russell ******

, sort of. I’ve done it a few times. I’ve given my passport to a Thai taxi driver/ fixer and they have bypassed the queue and gone over the bridge and back in minutes. Whether that’s possible now, I don’t know. I don’t live in Thailand now so only visiting.

It’s been open every time I’ve been past last week and this.

Why bother!

@Nicholas ********

, I’ve got a ball for sale if you’re interested. I want £50 for it but you’re going to knock me down and get it for 30!

But you can’t get the train from Phuket!