Becoming Thai: Talking With Chris Larkin from ThaiCitizenship.com [S4.E72]

Greg interviews Chris Larkin, creator of ThaiCitizenship.com, a
website that answers all the confusing, conflicting, confounding
questions about getting citizenship in Thailand. Half Thai-Half
Australian, Chris grew up mainly in Australia and got his Thai
passport in his early twenties. Now married to a woman from New
Zealand, it was their yearly slog up to Chaeng Wattana to deal
with visas and work permits that led them down the path of
getting Thai citizenship for her, and setting up a site to help
others get the info they need.


Greg and Chris walk through the two main routes to citizenship:
via permanent residency, or applying directly via marriage. The
requirements are similar but not exactly the same, and some
strategy is needed to determine what is best for you. Chris runs
through some common misunderstandings (that you
must be fluent in Thai for example), discusses
the process, and lays out what he has learned over the years
about best practices. 


In short Chris says that the process is definitely somewhat
complicated and a lot bureaucratic, but if you dot all your i's
and cross all your t's, you are very likely to end up with a
shiny Thai passport. Good news for Greg and Ed, and our listeners
too!


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