PhuketAmerican

_{Yes I will in Transit under 24 hrs in China so I should be ok, however hearing about my wifes friends man getting jammed up has me anxious.}

On Sunday, my wife (Thai Citizen) and I (USA Citizen) are flying from  Phuket to NYC via China, with 2 connections in China (it was the cheapest flight option by far).  We have no plans on leaving the airports or entering China, and our transit period will be under 24 hours.  I was under the assumption this would mean no problems should be expected, my wife's visa is in order and all is above board.

However, my wife told me a friend of hers recently flew to Ohio from Bangkok via China with her US Husband and had a HUGE problem in China.  Of course she cannot remember what Chinese city they connected in, etc, the friend is a moron in my opinion.  Anyway, her American husband had a huge problem with the transit and ended up actually having to buy  new ticket on credit after being delayed by whatever problem there was with him transitting China.  I wish I could give more info, like the duration of his layover, but his wife is an idiot and stares blankly when I ask if it was >24hrs or what city it was (Jiin. Jiin.  Me Pan Ha Nai Prathet Jin.).

Has anyone been hassled or delayed with a layoever in China between Thailand and USA?  Here is our detail:

Just now, Shot said:

They won't transfer/move it, but they will stamp the new passport as follows:

 

"Endorsement No. #####

 

The holder has previously travelled on Passport No. ##### issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Bangkok on ## May #### which has been cancelled and returned to the holder, the visas duly affixed still remain valid."

 

Under that will be the official Ministry of Foreign Affairs seal and date.

 

We just did this in April for a trip back home. Just have her travel with both passports plus any name change stuff and she'll be fine.

 

 

 

Thank man, mind sending me a PM about the name change stuff and where you got the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thing done? Id like to avoid having to go to BKK if possible (we live in Phuket)

Does she need to go to the USA embassy for this?

Got this s*&$ answer, they didn't my inquiry:

As the publicly available info states, proof of name change is all thats needed if using the same passport with 6 months of validity.

I asked if I could transfer her 10 year B1/B2 to the new passport: this is the answer I got:

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Dear Mr. C#%&^@, 

Thank you for writing to the U.S. Visa Service Desk. 

We understand that you would like to clarify on the validity of your wife's visa after your marriage. 

Regarding this concern, please be advised that traveler s may use the existing valid visa eventhough the name change due to marriage or for other reasons provided that the passport is still valid for at least six months beyond the date of travel in the US. Proof of legal name change (Thai Name Change Certificate with certified English Translation) is required when traveling to US. 

To avoid likelihood of encountering delay at the port of entry, applying for a new visa can be done. 

We hope this information is helpful to you. 

For further details, please visit www.ustraveldocs.com/th. 


Please send us your feedback and suggestions through the link below: 

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Have a pleasant day! 


Regards, 
U.S. Visa Service Desk
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So did not answer my question I sent....

So just told me only that we can still use her visa with proof of name change, did not answer the underlying question of whether the 10 year visa is transferable to her new passport from the expired one.

Tomorrow she is taking off work to go to the thai passport office to see if they can transfer the visa to her new passport.

Otherwise its us starting to apply for a new 10 year visa that can realistically be used 4.5 yrs since Thai passports have 5 year validity,

Did the form, should know Tuesday (as Monday is holiday) Will let everyone know

She got a new passport with new name and the Valid B1/B2  visa

is in old passport

Hey, last year my gf at the time got a multi entry ten year B1/B2 visa under her name...  after we got married, she got a new passport and ID card with my last name. My question is, will she have to reapply EVERYTHING since her new passport has  my last name (she did it as a surprise for me) and her valid, 10 year multi entry visa has her old last name in her old passport? I sure hope not because it was time consuming, cost money (we live in Phuket and had to to go BKK) and seems like a total waste of time since the visa is clearly still valid, just in her maiden name.  We are legally married both in the Amphur in Phuket (after time consuming translation in Chaeng Wattana, BKK) and legally married in my county in North Carolina, and married in the Islamic Office in Koh Keaw. 

Anyone have a similar experience?  We plan to visit GA, FL, NC, SC in April 2017.  Her visa is a 10 year Multi entry b1/b2 used once in 2015 issued feb 2015 valid until 2025 but in her old maiden name passport.

thanks everyone for the info, I will fill out form beforehand and do VOA for her.

Can my thai wife get a Visa On Arrival for a 2 week stay in Nepal with me? anyone been recently? Wikipedia says so but I'd love first hand account

Hello y'all-

For the past 4 years I have lived here on non Imm B visas with 1 year extensions based on work renewed a few times. Now that I am married and starting a nothew job soon I plan to obtain a non-Imm O Visa at Penang next week. I am going with an agency but preparing my own documents- this is a list that I have, if anyone has successfully obtained a non-Imm O Visa based on marriage to a Thai national let me know if anything else is needed. Again, this is for Penang, not Savannakhet or some other place.

Passport

Work Permit

Signed Copies of both

4 x 6 photos with white background

Copy of wedding certificate issued at Amphur office in Phuket

Signed copy of wife's birth certificate

Signed copy of wife's Tabien Ban (house book)

Signed Copy of Wifes ID Card

Color Original photos of us together, wedding, etc

Visa Application

Proof of income >1,000,000 baht in Thailand last year

Proof of 100,000 baht in bank

Bank Book Copies

Bank Book Original

Tax statement for last year

Am I missing something?

My wife is generally ignorant of history outside of Thailand and local Phuket, Tang, and Satun history mostly. She saw I disapproved of kids with nazi- style swaztika jackets on in Bangkok, and and asked me who Hitler was, so then we watched Shindhlers List and Saving Private Ryan. I tried a Pacific War Documentary but she fell asleep during that, and refuses to accept that Thailand was an ally/vassal of Japan for the start of the Pacific War with Prison Colonies in Ko Tarutao and other nearby areas until the turn of the war and the submission of Japan. She understands that only the USA every used "Nucrear Bomb" on people and that it was on Japan.

Anyone else ind "Uncle Tom" Rum funny? With the picture of the old black guy smoking a pipe on the front? Maybe it's because I'm from the southern USA where you have to read "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in high school, but seriously however created this brand had to be in on the joke. I think it tastes like crap too, we use it at work sometimes.

Ok So I thought I would come back to this thread with some reliable, first person information on how it works to obtain a Nikah (Islamic Marriage) certificate in Phuket.

I went to the Ko Keaw Mosque and Islamic School compound near the boat lagoon in late December with my fiancee and her parents and brother to convert to Islam for the purpose of marriage. This cost 500 baht. This is how they sting you- when I came back Feb.3rd the marriage document fee was 6000 that I wasnt told until after the ceremony when going to get the document in offices.

I had to memorize 4 different important parts of Islamic prayers and teaching including the Fatiha (Bismallah) prayer, the Surah, 5 Pillars and 6 Points of Islam.

The Imam questioned me in 80% good English and addressed my fiancees family in thai. Two other scholars spoke to me in Thai and asked me questions including quizzing me on how I was supposed to manage my wife such as making sure she prays and showers and personal things. I stumbled and said I would be jai diao (faithful) to her when I ran out of answers to how I should treat her. He was quick to remind me it's ok to have up to 4 wives but no more and I must treat them fairly.

I struggled with the first Arabic prayer and they got into me but the head guy was sympathetic. After paying a token sin sod of $10k baht cash and presenting the gold I had bought her over the past 3 years about 5 baht weight, the pronounced us married and I accepting our Nikah.

Afterward got document and stung for 6000 baht at the office. Thai's dont have to pay this much and there are other options for Malays/Indons/Arabs/Persians.

I am glad the head Imam spoke English enough to converse because my Thai is ok for work but not good enough for theological discussions and my vocabulary is too imprecise to have argued my case as well.

My Islamic name is Suleiman. Our normal wedding reception was yesterday Feb. 5th at the Pearl Hotel downtown Phuket, great venue in our honeymoon to the US will be in May to have a party with my friends there when we make US papers for her.

"If you have a son who does nothing good… deliver him at once into the hands of a merchant who will send him to another country. Or send him yourself to one of your close friends... Nothing else can be done. While he remains with you, he will not mend his ways."

-Paolo of Certaldo, Venetian Merchant c. 15th century.

I am anticipating this with my wifes 10 year old and agree with other advice to make sure he knows you wont bail him out. The most successful children (male and female) I see in this situation are the ones who get the most education. Are your sons fluent in your native language or you fluent in Thai? This another big factor.

Forget the baby mama drama- he'll have to sort that out. When I had girls fighting or their fathers going off, my folks had no interest and I had to sort it out for myself.

Make sure your wife says the same as you and present a united front.

We live in Thailand, I have a work permit and non Imm B visa. Is being married to me really grounds for a refusal? We are going to meet my family and take a 3 week holiday. Thanks for the link from the other poster, looks like Im up for at least $160 USD in fees plus a trip to BKK for her to do the consultation.

I'm sure this has been covered but I could only dig up UK related stuff. I am getting married to my Thai partner of 2 years in 1 month's time on February 5th. We plan to visit the USA in early May for a friend's wedding. Would it be cheaper/easier/faster to attempt to obtain a B2 tourist visa for her or a K marriage visa? I hope the 4 months we have until then is a plausible timeframe. Would she be required to go to the USA Embassy in Bangkok for an interview for her tourist visa or is this manageable through agents or something more convenient. I'd love to hear from someone with experience getting a visa for a 2-3 week visit with their Thai partner to the USA. She has no red flags, i.e. criminal history, liens, previous visa attempts, and has a valid passport with only Malaysia and India stamps in it from our visits there.

Depends on both the family and the farang- closer the age the better, for example I am 1 year older than my fiancee, work in a related field as her father/brothers (maritime) so garner some respect for being able to drive large boats, have learned passable (not great) Thai, and treat her with respect. She is still mistaken for a prostitute unfortunately sometimes when we are out, particularly in larger towns and tourist areas. But the only derision she has openly told me about is jealousy of some neighbors that we are getting married and probably because I do earn more than the average Thai (but by no means rich)

My wife makes her own money, and I pay for house rent/my car payment.... pathetic to me when I see guys forking over 30k+ baht "salary" to their mia chaws. up to them I guess

In the middle of a crowd of various farangs on Phi Phi island my otherwise well spoken girlfriend blurts out: "Honey you can buy paper to my pussy? Blood come" .... still working on polite language. Also hit the steering wheel one time and said "Boooonng Sheesh".... she meant "Bullshit!" from hearing my road rage before.

Thanks to those with constructive replies, and to all the haters/bigots/ignorant losers, you can go to hell. Our wedding is set for May 5th, and before that I will make "Niqa" to learn the Shahada prayer. It's more for her family than anything, they are much more conservative than her, women wear hijab, they pray salat every day, no tattoos/unusual piercings, fast for Ramadan. I'm taking a pragmatic approach to this issue so I can be with the woman I love and keep her family on good terms with her and myself. I kind of like some of their principles as I am a conservative fellow myself.

I fully expected the ignorant racists comment as well, but my religious beliefs are between me and the God or Abraham. When in the USA we will attend the Baptist Church I grew up in.

So thanks again for the helpful comments from folks who have gone through the process and shared with me. Now I need to get the paperwork done and go to the embassy. Excited for the goat curry, one of my favorite Thai Muslim wedding foods.

Assalamalaykum!

This is probably covered somewhere but just want some clarification to make sure I'm. correct I am a 27 year old US citizen living in Phuket 100% legally the past 3 years with a full time job staying on a non Imm B visa extended every year with my work permit. I am currently engaged to my girlfriend of 2 years and we have a wedding date set for February 5th. I downloaded this document:

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/thailand/231771/acs/marriage_affidavit.pdf

I know we need to do some paperwork at the Amphur in Phuket and that the USA recognizes this, but I don't know what else she needs to do. The kicker is, in May we are traveling to the USA for some friend's weddings. I need to get her a visa for this as well. I think it will be easier after we are married, is this a correct assumption? She has a full time job w/ proof of income, no surprises like Thai Husbands or previous visa attempts to other countries, no criminal record, etc.

Am I missing and steps to getting our marriage recognized/validated in Thailand and USA? Do I have to go the US Embassy in Bangkok? I'd like to hear please from an American who has gone through the marriage process.

Please no trolls too, ain't nobody got time for that. Thanks Thaivisa People!

My fiancee refers to herself as "kheak" because she her family are dark skinned Muslim Thais. I have also heard my staff refer too our foreign customers as "kheak" because they are outsiders (not necessarily farang, Chinese etc. also) and that is the word they choose. I don't think it's that offensive, it seems to be mean outsider in general and Semitic/Persian/Pakistani/Indian/Bengali/Burmese/Maldivian/Malay/Sri Lankan/Indonesian also

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What next you have to join isis, Wow talk about selling your balls for a women. does her family go by sharia Law also. RUN !!!!!!

If someone told me I had to show my penis to some grand poobah religious figure, I'd immediately beotch slap him.

If I thought I had to show my penis to this guy I wouldn't be able to show him my balls because I wouldn't have anyAnd

And yet, I bet you've shown it to your doctor several times ... not to mention the boys in the shower room. I think you doth protest too much.

The negative is that you have to show your penis to some old poohaa.

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The positive is that you can beat up your wife and nobody will consider you a lowlife of the worst kind.

Well 24 hours later I cannot say I'm suprised that about 10% of post were ignorant bull and I got some good advice from a few people that have been through similar circumstances. Thanks for the input and I will may have questions for the people that messaged me if they come up during the education process.

To all the haters/trolls/losers

I am a 27 year old white American southerner raised Baptist Christian

I took some elective classes in Political Islam and World Economics at Virginia Tech (VPISU)

Have studied Torah, Bible, and Koran in churches/faith groups on my own previously

Lived in Thailand (Phuket) since June 2012 working in marine industry.

My fiancee only wears her "headgear" (hijab) on Ramadan and some other Islamic holiday, or funerals.

Drinks alcohol occasionally, has been hammered before, rarely prays. Dresses modestly, her line is no pork at home/hard drugs/dogs/tattoos which I am OK with.

I like more traditional girls that think its important to cook and take care of the house in addition to working hard to save money for the future, and if her Islamic tradtions fit this that's fine with me. Reminds me of my grandmothers in the South cooking a proper breakfast for my grandfathers every morning.

Thanks for the advice to the useful posters, my message to the trolls: go get herpes from the hard dragon lady skank waiting for you to die.

Please don't flame me or even reply unless you personally have experience with this or are very familiar with the process from relatives.

I am a US citizen working legally in Thailand and satisfying all the legal requirements for my marriage in February to a Thai woman from Phuket. Her family, especially parents and older members are quite religious. So far as a prelude to getting married I understand I am required to convert to Islam in the presence of her local Imam in Ao Po, Phuket and need to go every night for 2 weeks to "Learn for Musalim" (her words) to prepare for this. I also have to show my penis to the Imam to prove I've been cut. Sounds pretty crazy to me, surely not everywhere is like this. Has anyone else gone through this and what should I expect.