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A couple with a baby is travelling to Thailand as tourists (both parents have a three month tourist visa obtained from a Thai consulate outside of Thailand). What visa does the baby need and how is it obtained, especially if the baby does not have its own passport?

I have searched online for an answer to this question, but all the links I have found are about child visas for "non-immigrant" (not tourist) visas or family-child reunions.

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    How can the baby travel without a passport?
    – nikhil
    Commented Jan 12, 2023 at 4:11
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    I have no idea, isn't that possible in some countries by a special stamp on both parent's passports?
    – osman al biladi
    Commented Jan 12, 2023 at 4:13
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    Do you know any countries that do this? I know India did this before 1998 where minors were endorsed in parents passports. But I think this is a thing of the past, now most countries don't do this, and issue passports to minors.
    – nikhil
    Commented Jan 12, 2023 at 4:16
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    Ireland used to do this and not just for babies. When I was young, the whole family travelled on my father's passport. There was a space for the wife's photo but just for names of children. Probably the UK as well. I did not see it used with a UK passport but it had a space for a wife's photo. A child's passport needed to be updated sfter 5 years, they would add a new photo in the wife's space.
    – badjohn
    Commented Jan 12, 2023 at 8:25
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    @phoog I just looked at my old passports. A UK one issued in 1971 has space for a wife's photo and details and there is just a small space for children's details. Note "wife", it is assumed that the main holder is the husband (and no provision for same sex marriages). The wife's photo space actually contains an updated photo of me. An Irish one issued in 1991 has similar space for wife and children. Neither current one does.
    – badjohn
    Commented Jan 12, 2023 at 11:41

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You cannot do international travel without a passport (with some exceptions like schengen area and us-canada border). This applies to a newborn baby also.

If the baby is born overseas, you can approach respective embassy to get passport. If birthright citizenship does apply (eg: USA), then the current country can also issue passport to the baby.

Visa is given for a passport. Without passport, you cannot get a visa.

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    I was born on a US military base in W Germany. I had a US passport issued and traveled home to the US on it at 3 month old. This was... a few moons ago, so it's not like this is a new requirement.
    – FreeMan
    Commented Jan 12, 2023 at 14:24
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US babies need a passport and visa. There was a time when babies could be on a parent’s passport - but no more.

If a baby born in another country qualifies for US citizenship, there is a stack of paperwork to be completed and submitted to the local US embassy. The baby will get a certificate as an American Born Abroad, which can be used to get a US passport

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    There’s no mention of a US aspect in the OP’s question
    – Traveller
    Commented Jan 12, 2023 at 9:05

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