Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.
Thai children and teenagers under 20, including those born in Australia, apply for an e-passport with parental consent. A child born abroad can get a first passport without a 13-digit Thai ID number, but registering for one is advised.
Where to apply in Australia
Royal Thai Embassy, 111 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla ACT 2600, which serves the whole of Australia for these services (online booking; hours Mon-Fri 8:30-16:30). Also offered at the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Sydney.
Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of Thailand.
How to apply
Book an appointment | both parents sign the consent form in front of a consular officer, or use the letter-of-consent procedure | submit the child's documents in person | collect or post as for adults
Documents you need
- First passport: Thai birth certificate
- Later passports: current Thai ID card
- Copy of the minor's Thai house registration
- Parents' Thai ID card, or passport/driving licence for a non-Thai parent
- Consent form signed by both parents before a consular officer (other documents apply if a parent is abroad, absent, deceased or divorced)
Fees and processing time
- Official fee: AUD 60 for 5 years; AUD 90 for 10 years (Canberra page)
Processing time: About 6 to 8 weeks.
Good to know
Fee for minors is not separately stated; the Canberra fee list is applied. Sydney's minor-passport page was not read. No publication date is shown on the Canberra or Sydney pages used.
Official sources
- canberra.thaiembassy.org/en/content/thai-electronic-passports
- canberra.thaiembassy.org/en/content/letter-of-consent
- sydney.thaiembassy.org/en/page/89619-thai-passports?menu=5d847cc315…
Check before you apply
This page summarises information published by Thailand's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.
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More services of Thailand in Australia
- Bringing human remains or ashes into Thailand
- Certified translation
- Certified true copy of an embassy-issued document
- Emergency passport and emergency travel document
- Fingerprinting for Thai police clearance certificate
- Legalisation of documents (certified documents)
- Letter of consent (parental consent for a minor)
- Military draft deferment (students)
- Power of attorney
- Registration of divorce
- Registration of marriage
- Thai birth certificate (registration of birth)
- Thai death certificate (registration of death)
- Thai e-Visa
- Thai national ID card (renewal, replacement, changes)
- Thai passport - adult (new e-passport)