It seems in the past Thailand did strip at least Thai females of their citizenship if they married a foreigner.
Pete, when we married (over 14 years ago) I did research that and at that time what I found was that the Thai partner did not lose citizenship (as in passport), but lost some rights as a Thai citizen; namely the right to own land and the right to vote in Thai elections. I have been told in the last two years that Thailand has reascended those laws now and a national is free to marry anyone without loss of any rights in this country (but I have no reference of actual proof of that).
Because of this, my wife and I had two weddings, a Thai Buddhist religious ceremony for her family (and village) and the real registered marriage ceremony in the U.S. We never registered our marriage here so as not to cause her any problems (mainly with land ownership).
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Presumably the Thai Passport is in your wife's maiden name and the US one in the married name. Does this present a problem at Airline/Immigration as the Passports are not in the same name?
Asking as I have the same situation and so far we have used the UK Passport.
deepee wrote: .....All a bit odd for me but I wonder how a very highly ranked Thai person is classified having been born outside of the country also?
I just noticed this portion after re-reading. The highest of the high here is one of those people. He was born in the USA and renounced his USA citizenship when he reached adult age but from what I've read, to this day it has not been accepted by the US government. All technicalities, I know.
Try to use that argument and example at your own risk when in a pinch next time. Pete
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My missus has had two passports for 20 years now, the Thai one in her maiden name and the UK one in her married name. We use both when travelling to Thailand, the UK one for check-in and the Thai one for Thai immigration. No problems so far (touch wood!).
I have found a very similar topic to that raised by the OP on another site and a couple of points that struck me were if you were carrying two passports of different nationalities and you lost the relevant one, could the second one be used in an emergency to pass thru immigration out of that country? Interesting scenario isn't it.
And a point about those swipe card boarding passes you get given. They have all the details on them as presented to the book-in desk including passport info.If you were to pass thru immigration on a different passport this info will be in conflict. What if this was to be discovered?
And regarding that other important Thai figure born overseas it is the PM.
deepee wrote:......And a point about those swipe card boarding passes you get given. They have all the details on them as presented to the book-in desk including passport info.If you were to pass thru immigration on a different passport this info will be in conflict. What if this was to be discovered? ......
I (maybe we) need a memory refresher about those. Who swipes them, immigration or just the boarding gate? If showing your passport is also needed at the boarding gate, you should show the same one you used to check in for the flight. Pete
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Thought I answered this yesterday, but don't see the post now, so:
Hi HHfarang,
Presumably the Thai Passport is in your wife's maiden name and the US one in the married name. Does this present a problem at Airline/Immigration as the Passports are not in the same name?
Asking as I have the same situation and so far we have used the UK Passport.
Yes you presume correctly, no problem so far... but she's only been abroad once since getting the U.S. passport.
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Hi to all
thanks for all the advice
the missus got through on
her expired thai passport
(expired 2 years ago)
we went to the thai queue
i was told to go the farang queue
but explained we are a family...
The missus got sent to another booth
were a woman with 3 stripes on her shirt
talked to her my wife smiled alot the woman wasnt
super happy but got in no problem on her expired passport
so here we are in BKK starting life pt2
looking forward to HH in a couple weeks
Regards to all
Fach
The only Geordie in sleepy Cha am since 2009 :cheers:
Pete 
Pete 
concerning PM. Pete 
