Re: Requirements for Thai citizenship
- From: "Sandy Cruden" <sandycruden@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 17 Jul 2006 07:23:52 -0700
Sandy Cruden wrote:
From The Phuket GazetteIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Thailand: Monday, July 17, 2006
Thai citizenship procedure
I'm thinking of applying for Thai citizenship and I have read that it
is theoretically possible. But I've also heard from a couple of
people that applications are never approved, so it is in fact
impossible to get Thai citizenship. Is that so?
Thursday, October 28, 2004 Henrik, Chalong.
"To qualify to apply for Thai citizenship, the applicant must meet
the following criteria:
He or she must be 18 years old or older and also have reached legal
majority in his or her country of origin.
He or she must be of good behavior and background. The following will
be checked: criminal record; political background; involvement with
illegal drugs and, in the case of Vietnamese applicants, personal
behavior.
If working in Thailand, he or she must have an income of at least
80,000 baht a month or have paid taxes in the year the citizenship
application is made of 100,000 baht or more.
If living in Thailand for "reasons of humanity" such as being
marriage with a Thai people or having a Thai-born child or having
graduated from a university in Thailand, he or she must have an income
of at least 30,000 baht a month and be able to prove that he or she has
paid taxes in Thailand for at least three years.
He or she must have lived in Thailand contunously for at least five
years before applying.
The applicant must know the Thai language, including speaking,
listening and understand, be able to sing the National Anthem and
Sanserm Phra Baramee and pass an interview in Thai with government
officers.
Points are awarded to applicants on the following basis: Age and
education, 25 points; Occupation, 35 points; Length of residence in
Thailand, 10 points; Relationship with Thai people and Thailand, 10
points; Thai language knowledge, 10 points; Personality, 10 points.
Applicants must score a total of at least 50 points in order to qualify
for consideration. They must also have two guarantors of their behavior
and assets. These guarantors must not be relatives.
Documents applicants must supply are;
Five copies of passport
Five copies of documents verifiying address in Thailand
Five copies of work permit
Five copies of house registration
Five copies of marriage registration (translated into Thai)
Two copies each of ID cards and house registrations of two people who
guarantee the applicant's behavior and assets.
Copy of birth certification, ID card or passport of a wife or husband
and children, if any. If the applicant has changed names or surnames,
documents relating to these must also be provided.
Documents showing income tax paid over the past three years.
In the case of applicant being a director or partner in a limitewd
liability company or partnership, documents verifying that company
taxes have been paid for three years.
Two copies each of company or partnership registration, licenses, lists
of shareholders, value-added taxes and other related documents of the
organization the applicant works at.
Two documents verifying occupation from the organization where he or
she works. Salary and position of the applicant must be stated, and the
documents must be signed by an authorized person in that organization.
Two documents verifying the applicant's educational background and
those of his or her children, if any.
A document verifying bank accounts, and showing they contain a minimum
of 80,000 baht.
A document verifying donations to charity. These should total not less
than 5,000 baht and the money must have been donated a long time ago
- not just a time to support the citizenship application.
A dozen photographs, 2.5x2.5 inches in size, showing the applicant
dressed politely.
A document verifying that the applicant has reaches majority according
to the laws in his or her country of origin.
Applicants must present all original documents in person, along with an
application fee of 5,000 baht fee. Bangkok-resident applicants should
go to the Nationalization Office, Special Branch, Royal Thai Police,
the 5th building, Phraram 1 Rd, Kwang Bangmai, Pathumwan Bangkok.
Residents outside Bangkok should apply to the Provincial Police.
Documents will be sent to the relevant authorities for checking. The
officers will present those documents to higher ranking officers.
The Interior Minister is the final authority for the decision. There is
no exact timetable for consideration - it depends on the length of
the checking process.
Last year 48 people applied for Thai nationality. Ten received approval
from the Minister of Interior. "
Thursday, October 28, 2004 Pol Lt Col Somdej Khanthawong, Special
Branch, Royal Thai Police, Bangkok
This is a strange one!!
"A document verifying donations to charity. These should total not less
than 5,000 baht and the money must have been donated a long time ago
not just a time to support the citizenship application".
BTW They forgot these two requirements:
With your application you also must also lodge a dodo's egg with your
name engraved on it and to show your civic mindedness you must do good
works in Lumpini park by bringing a pickup truck load of rocking horse
dung and spread it around the trees there.
Don't think I'll bother :-)
Sandy
Huay Khwaang
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