sas_cars Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Hi Guys, I currently hold Thai PR status on my current citizenship passport. I will hopefully obtain a second citizenship by next year which has a better visa free travel than my current citizenship. If possible, I would love to move my Thai PR to my new citizenship passport. I don't know if it will be possible/allowed by Thai immigration? Has any body got any info or personal experience regarding this? I would have asked this question at Chaeng wattana PR department myself but my next trip to them is not due until November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 It might be easier not to change you PR status to a new nationality. Just do what Thai's do that have another nationality do. Leave the country using your passport that your PR is based upon, enter and depart the the other country using your other passport and then enter Thailand using your passport that your PR is for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 5 hours ago, sas_cars said: ...I would have asked this question at Chaeng wattana PR department myself but my next trip to them is not due until November. Your immigration office will not mind if you visit them now with your PR transfer question without having another pending business with them at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas_cars Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 9 hours ago, ubonjoe said: It might be easier not to change you PR status to a new nationality. Just do what Thai's do that have another nationality do. Leave the country using your passport that your PR is based upon, enter and depart the the other country using your other passport and then enter Thailand using your passport that your PR is for. Yes that's right. But unfortunately passport swapping is not possible to do on land borders that's the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I seem to remember that new PR approvals are published in the Government Gazette with the name and nationality of the permit holders. If this is the case, I see no way for immigration to change the PR permit from one nationality to another but to be absolutely sure you have to ask your local immigration office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrenn Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Whilst it may be technically possible, I wouldn't do it. Thai bureaucracy is creaky at times, and you might fall into unexpected administrative black holes in the future, where, for example, a new set of officials or a different part of the government refuses to recognise the change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stbkk Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I'd also leave things as they are, unless you absolutely have to do it for some reason. As we all know, trying to do things that are 'unusual', even if technically possible/legal in Thailand, is often a recipe for disaster! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamini Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 21 hours ago, Maestro said: Your immigration office will not mind if you visit them now with your PR transfer question without having another pending business with them at the moment. You know that you dont need to have a passport if you have PR unless you want to go abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 21 hours ago, Maestro said: Your immigration office will not mind if you visit them now with your PR transfer question without having another pending business with them at the moment. Agree, I go to Immigration in Chiang Mai to get my new exit/re-entry stamps every year, the 3 ladies who take care of this all speak quite good English, very friendly, good listeners and very keen to answer any questions. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukKrueng Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 11:15 AM, sas_cars said: I currently hold Thai PR status on my current citizenship passport. I will hopefully obtain a second citizenship by next year which has a better visa free travel than my current citizenship. If possible, I would love to move my Thai PR to my new citizenship passport. I don't know if it will be possible/allowed by Thai immigration? Has any body got any info or personal experience regarding this? I would have asked this question at Chaeng wattana PR department myself but my next trip to them is not due until November. As was already mentioned - you can go to immigration at any time, no need to wait till your re-entry permit need renewal... As for moving your PR status from 1 nationality to another - it seems unlikely. PR is granted according to quotas per each country. You got it for your current nationality, therefore I'd say you'll have to go through the whole process of applying for new PR status under your new nationality. Even with the worst possible nationality (passport) for visas to neighboring countries and VERY frequent travel it can't be worth the trouble and costs of doing so. Will probably be cheaper to fly to those destinations and swap passports that way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas_cars Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Thanks for the replies guys. So it seems the consensus is to leave it as is. Will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamini Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 3/1/2020 at 11:10 AM, LukKrueng said: As was already mentioned - you can go to immigration at any time, no need to wait till your re-entry permit need renewal... As for moving your PR status from 1 nationality to another - it seems unlikely. PR is granted according to quotas per each country. You got it for your current nationality, therefore I'd say you'll have to go through the whole process of applying for new PR status under your new nationality. Even with the worst possible nationality (passport) for visas to neighboring countries and VERY frequent travel it can't be worth the trouble and costs of doing so. Will probably be cheaper to fly to those destinations and swap passports that way Many years agoI trired to have it from my UK passport to my NZ one. Cant be done. PR must be on same passport as when you applied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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