Passport Renewal for son

[gprit]

Not sure where the earlier thread on this has gone....but am sure regular readers will remember.....

okay....an update.....despite best efforts, immigration in Nong Bua Lam Phu would not stamp his British passport with retrospective entry.

What they DID tell my wife to do was to go to Nong Khai....cross the friendship bridge with Thai passport and re-enter with British passport.....and yes....I did say about the previous poster's comment NOT to cross by land. Anyway a further couple of hours driving...and then immigration at Nong Khai said he cannot leave Thailand because his passport does not have enough time left on it (expires 2 August)...presumably the same would have happened if tried to exit by air.

The Thai embassy in Paris have been extremely helpful, even telephoning my wife in Thailand to advise her in Thai.
However, they can do nothing more.....SO I have to travel to Paris Monday......appointment Tuesday to give Parental Authorisation.....back home at midnight Tuesday......

Two days and over €300 for a piece of paper!!! Good thing I have available all the documents they ask for.

[sometimewoodworker]

okay....an update.....despite best efforts, immigration in Nong Bua Lam Phu would not stamp his British passport with retrospective entry.

Hardly surprising as it is highly illegal

What they DID tell my wife to do was to go to Nong Khai....cross the friendship bridge with Thai passport and re-enter with British passport.....and yes....I did say about the previous poster's comment NOT to cross by land.

That would not work, it has never worked, many have tried, all unsuccessfully.

You can not enter and exit over land and swap passports. All land entry and exits require mating entry stamps. The only exception is a replacement passport and even then the entry stamp is duplicated AFIK.

Anyway a further couple of hours driving...and then immigration at Nong Khai said he cannot leave Thailand because his passport does not have enough time left on it (expires 2 August)...

This is a communication error assuming that you are talking about his Thai passport.

You can exit and enter using a Thai passport at any point during its validity.
YOU CANNOT swap passports using a land border, only if you fly.

So it is far more likely that either your wife was misinformed, she misunderstood or the IO invented a requirement to avoid a problem

presumably the same would have happened if tried to exit by air.

The only point that I do not know is if a minor child must be accompanied.

However he would NOT have been stopped from exiting

The Thai embassy in Paris have been extremely helpful, even telephoning my wife in Thailand to advise her in Thai.
However, they can do nothing more.....SO I have to travel to Paris Monday......appointment Tuesday to give Parental Authorisation.....back home at midnight Tuesday......

It is your choice to take the trip to Paris rather than the alternative

FWIW It is very unlikely that any official will suggest (or even agree that it is acceptable) the very real alternative of swapping passports during the flight. This is not in anyway illegal as hundreds,probably thousands, of people can attest to.

Two days and over €300 for a piece of paper!!! Good thing I have available all the documents they ask for.

At ฿11,500 it is probably just more than a flight for 2 , quite a lot more if your son is able to fly without his parent accompanying him