DagonKhan

rayinkrabi, on 2012-04-27 16:55:36, said:

I don't live in Thailand, I live in a neighbouring country, I'm sure it's exactly the same though.

I have a 3 year old daughter and a 9 month old son, both who were born here. In both their cases I took the local birth certificate (a note from the hospital signed by the local doctor) to the British Embassy along with a whole load of other documentation (off the top of my head it was my passport, my wife's passport (not British, but local), marriage cert and my birth cert). They issued a British birth cert at the Embassy which I picked up a couple of days later. I can't recall the cost, it wasn't cheap though (I would guess US$100?).

I think you'll find that having a British birth certificate makes it a lot easier it obtaining a passport for your children, I haven't done it yet for my son, but my daughter has one and we encountered no problems at all. The reason I haven't done anything yet for my son is that I'm not entirely sure what the procedure is now that they have moved everything to Hong Kong.

Interesting article from Reuters on this subject, talks about the problems Americans are having with bank accounts overseas etc. Link here:- http://www.reuters.c...E83F0UF20120416

The part of the article that interested me the most was the bit at the bottom (WOMEN IN A TOUGH SPOT). It is quite shocking that a Government has that power over it's citizens and even more shocking (given all we're led to believe) that the U.S. government is the one that is doing it. Makes me wonder how many of those who renounce their citizenship are women.

jayjay0, on 2010-12-12 10:36:21, said:

It depends what part you go to. If you went to the area adjacent to the Chinese border, you'd find they use Yuan, likewise on the Inidan border they will use the Rupee. You also need to bear in mind that the Government has forced many hotels and guest houses to accept US$ only from foreigners (it is enshrined in law, foreigner registration act etc.). However, this very much depends on the local authorities and their relationship to the hotels, so in practice you can never be sure. What you came across was different hotels with different policies and they can get away with it with the local authorities.

The Thai's can join the Burmese, they have a shed load of these things. I daresay they'll follow the Burmese example and use them just for 'peaceful' means.

johninbkk, on 2010-08-25 08:17:04, said:

You should be okay as it's just before the 1st September. It hasn't been officially confirmed yet though.