How many falang have Thai passports?

[willyhilly]

Watching a NZ show on airport security. They intercept a Dutchman who has swallowed coke in South America. But he is travelling on a Thai passport. How? Come in Richard.

[angsta]

I know an old Italian guy in Korat who has a Thai passport. He got it in the 1980's apparently, before they changed the law. It is still possible to get one now but it involves lots of painful paperwork, possibly sponsorship and major ass kissing.

[phuketrichard]

Maye one of his parents was thai?
OR
if he obtained citizenship he could have a thai passport
I know 2 farangs have them. but both got them decades ago

[Captain]

"Farang" originally referred to the French, but now applies to all Caucasians. So the answer is, none of them have Thai passports unless they're fake.

[phuketrichard]

"Farang" originally referred to the French, but now applies to all Caucasians. So the answer is, none of them have Thai passports unless they're fake.

they can be Farangs and have thai passports and NOT be fake
plenty of dual citizens

My daughter, if asked, will say she is American, but holds a thai passport

[Captain]

Is your daughter Farang ?

[prahocalypse now]

"Farang" originally referred to the French, but now applies to all Caucasians.

I believe that the Thai word farang was borrowed from some Indian language in which the term for a white-skinned European was feringhee.

This Indian word itself was borrowed from the Persian farangi, which was borrowed from the Arabic word faranji.


The Arab word faranji dates back to at least the 10th century and meant Franks.


Interestingly, the Persians used to refer to Western Europe as Farangistan, much in the same way some modern-day farangs refer to farang countries collectively as Farangland.

[Clutch Cargo]

I understood 'farang' came from the thai saying 'farangset' which originally referred to the French.. Happy to be corrected on that tho..

[Felgerkarb]

I know one foreigner (USA white guy) in Thailand who got his passport after 10 years living and working in Thailand. It is possible.

[phuketrichard]

Farang (فرنگ) is a Persian word which refers to Franks, the major Germanic tribe ruling Western Europe. In the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia "Farang" refers to Europeans. This in turn comes from the Old French word franc, meaning "Frank", a West Germanic tribe that became a major political power in Western and Central Europe during the early Middle Ages, and from which France derives its name. Because the Frankish Empire ruled a large part of Europe (France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Low Countries) for centuries, all Europeans and even Middle Easterners associated the word "Frank" with Latins who professed the Roman Catholic faith. Frangistan (Persian: فرنگستان‎) was a term used by Muslims and Persians in particular, during the Middle Ages and later periods, to refer to Western or Latin Europe. Muslims traders referred to European traders as Farang and it also entered in the local vernacular of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Farang (Thai: ฝรั่ง [faràŋ], colloquially [falàŋ]) is a generic Thai word for person of white race no matter where they may come from. The Royal Institute Dictionary 1999, the official dictionary of Thai words, defines the word as "a person of white race".

PS:Farang is also a tasty fruit