I have a nipper on the way.
Being British myself, that automatically means kiddie will be British. As long as one of the two parents is British, the nationality transfers (and as long as you register the birth with the British embassy).
It actually looks like the process is more straightforward than I supposed.
Basically, when kiddie decides to make an appearence, he/she automatically get assigned a Thai birth certificate from your local Thai district office.
Once you have your hands on one of those, all you need to do is get x 2 passport photos of kiddie (one counter signed), plus the following originals (plus 1 photocopy)
- Both parents birth certificates
- Marriage certificate (if you have one)
- Parents passports
- Birth registration form
- C2 passport application form
Plus 10,000 Baht fee, you're all done.
The fee works out that for approx 5,000 Baht he gets registered as a British citizen in Thailand and UK, and so he'll get assigned a British birth certificate, plus, the other 5,000 Baht goes towards him getting his first British passport, valid for 5 years.
On paper, this all sounds a bit too straightforward... haha.
All the info is on the UK in Thailand site here.
Love the tee shirt!
Posted by: Mike | October 28, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Good eh Mike, I would've got Mrs S one but reckon I'm a bit late now...
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | October 28, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Ben congrats to you and the missus. The Thai Pirate has a new shipmate arriving soon, that's great news and I hope everything runs smoothly for mother and child.
Posted by: Martyn | October 29, 2009 at 09:20 PM
Thx Martyn much appreciated.
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | October 30, 2009 at 02:56 AM
Ben, That's great news and it sounds as if you will be getting off cheaply getting all the paperwork done.
Congratulations to you and your Lady.
Posted by: Talen | October 30, 2009 at 05:58 PM
Cheers Talen, paperwork does seem pretty straightforward, in practice we'll see ;)
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | October 30, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Went throught he same or similar registration process for my two kids. Now they're both registered in the Netherlands and hopefully it will be of good use to them one day in the future.
Good luck with the family expansion, enjoy it!
Posted by: Camille | November 03, 2009 at 01:00 PM
Thanks Camille!
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | November 03, 2009 at 01:07 PM
Hi Ben - from recent experience, you're right process is fairly simple although pain comes having all Thai-language docs translated to English. Lucky my missus is a whizz & can do herself although need to be authenticated.
There is also an option of registering the birth as a UK birth abroad, apparently this makes you eligible for child support payments. Am looking into this.
Posted by: Jon | November 03, 2009 at 05:19 PM
Interesting, thanks Jon. Yes I'm hoping (trying) to make it as straightforward as possible.... I really don't fancy multiple (unnecessary) trips to BKK, as I'm sure you appreciate..
Posted by: Ben Shingleton | November 04, 2009 at 12:46 AM