Thai passports

Documents required when applying for a Thai passport

Males

• Identification card
• Copy of House Registration
• Military service document (for those aged between 17-45 years)
• Passport (in case of renewing a passport)

Females

• Identification card
• Copy of House Registration
• Passport (in case of renewing a passport)

Children and youths (under 20 years of age)

• Birth Certificate or Identification card
• House Registration of child, mother and father
• Military service document (if aged 17 and over)
• Marriage Certificate of mother and father
• Identification cards of mother and father
• Both parents or legal guardians of the child/youth must grant permission by signing application form, and witnessed by an official of the Consulate-General.

Other documents (if applicable)

• Document certifying a name change
• Marriage Certificate
• Divorce Certificate
• Adoption papers
• Document certifying a person's lawful child
• Alien Identification Card of parents

Note

• Originals of the above-mentioned documents must be presented together with one "certified true copy" photocopy.
• Passport fees: 350 RMB.
• If applying for a new passport (not renewing), the Consulate-General will forward the passport application to Bangkok for issuance. Then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok will forward the new passport back to the Consulate-General.  This process will take about 4-6 weeks.

In the case of a lost or stolen passport

The loss must be immediately reported to the local Public Security Bureau. The original report must be presented to the Consulate-General when applying for a replacement travel document. The Consulate-General will issue the Certificate of Identity in lieu of passport for traveling back to Thailand. The report must also be presented to Chinese authorities when applying for a new visa to replace the visa in the missing passport. Failure to obtain a replacement visa can result in a fine by the Chinese authorities when leaving China.