Birth Registration and Birth Certificates

Typically the hospital certificate of birth, Thai ID cards of the informant and the parents, the house register the child will be added to, and the parents' marriage certificate if any. Where the father is a foreign national, the passport plus a certified translation is requested. Requirements vary by office, so call the office you will visit before travelling.

Yes. Late birth registration is possible, but the registrar must examine witnesses and documentary evidence to confirm identity and place of birth, so it takes considerably longer and carries a statutory fine. If the child was born outside a hospital, prepare witnesses who saw the birth plus whatever medical evidence exists.

No. Registration offices issue birth certificates in Thai only; there is no official English form. For overseas use you obtain a certified copy from the registration office, have it translated into English, and submit it for translation certification at the Legalization Division of the Department of Consular Affairs before any further embassy attestation.

Request a replacement or a certified extract of the record of birth at the registration office that made the entry, or at another office once the record sits in the central civil registration database. Bring the ID card of the record holder or of an interested party; a power of attorney is needed if someone else attends for you.

Yes — registration records the fact of birth in the Kingdom, so the child receives a Thai birth certificate. That certificate is not, by itself, proof of Thai nationality: nationality follows the Nationality Act B.E. 2508, which also looks at the parents' immigration status. Discuss this before planning the child's passport.

At the Thai embassy or consulate-general whose district covers the place of birth. Bring the legalised foreign birth certificate with a translation plus the parents' passports and marital-status documents. The mission issues a Thai birth certificate, which then supports a Thai passport application and adding the child to a Thai house register.

Present the Thai birth certificate issued by the mission, or the legalised and translated foreign birth certificate, at the registration office where the parents are registered. The registrar assigns the child a 13-digit personal ID number, which is needed for schooling, healthcare and a future ID card.

Yes. File a request with the registrar together with evidence of the correct facts — the hospital certificate of birth, educational records, or other official documents created near the time of birth. The registrar investigates before ordering a correction; where the evidence is thin a court order may be required.

Generally no, because Thai nationality law follows descent rather than place of birth. The child receives a Thai birth certificate recording the facts of birth, while nationality follows the parents. Register the birth with your own embassy as well so the child obtains national documents and a passport.

You can obtain a certificate of birth registration particulars from the registrar where the birth was recorded, which is accepted in place of the original in practice. Cross-province requests are often possible through the central registration system. Check that the romanised spelling in every translation matches your passport.

Register the birth at the Thai embassy or consulate-general to obtain a Thai birth certificate, then add the child to the Thai house registration. If using the foreign birth certificate instead, it must be authenticated under that country's system and the translation certified by the Department of Consular Affairs before filing with the registrar.

Registration is made at the Thai embassy or consulate-general in the country of birth, using the locally issued birth certificate certified under that country's law, the parents' passports and marriage registration. Once the Thai birth certificate is issued, the child can be added to a Thai house registration and apply for a Thai passport.

Typically the adoption registration, the approval or order from the responsible authority, the birth certificate and a house registration showing the relationship, all translated with the translations legalised. Some countries add certification at their embassy in Thailand, so request the document list in writing first.