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I am a foreign woman married to a Thai man with a pending citizenship application. With this type of application, the husband’s ability to provide for the wife seems to be the primary consideration. The husband will need to have filed Thai taxes and earn a minimum income. The wife does not need a work permit or any income. This article provides a good description of the process. https://thaicitizenship.com/thai-citizenship-based-on-marriage-to-a-thai-husband/

To clarify, are all 2019 applicants still waiting for their MOI interview, or an unlucky subset of them? Thanks.

My application was recently passed from Special Branch to MOI. I think it would have taken longer to complete the step with the local police station, but my husband happens to have a friend who knows someone high up in our particular neighborhood station. He made a phone call for us, and this seems to have accelerated progress after an initial delay (likely due to our trip abroad causing a loss of momentum) with that step. Expecting the wait for an MOI interview to be long, but hoping it will come quickly. All in all, we are pleased with the process so far. It seems like we've been treated fairly and even reasonably accommodated when possible. That said, I am mostly an outsider to the process since my husband handles nearly all interactions.

A work permit + visa question if that's alright... I'm preparing to apply for a work permit for the first time via a service provider. I'm in the process of being re-hired by an American company that I've worked for in the past (remote work from home - I realize I may not truly need a work permit since I am not taking a job from a Thai, but I'd rather be safe than sorry). Since the company has no presence in Thailand they are unable to help me obtain a work permit, hence the service provider. I'm currently on a non-immigrant O visa which will expire in October. I'm unable to extend it as my husband is working in the US right now and he would have to be physically present with me in Thailand to apply for the extension (or so I've been told by one immigration officer). I'm aware of my options regarding the visa. I can leave Thailand, apply for a new non-immigrant O, and all should be well. Or, I could work with the service provider to switch me to a B visa (extra costs involved that I'll avoid if practical). My question is, what happens with my work permit if I do either of those things? Is the work permit connected to the exact visa I have when I apply for it? Or can the work permit be transferred to the new visa? Should I get a new visa before applying for the work permit? Thank you!

Out of curiosity, what sort of problems could this lead to? Primarily that the granting of the citizenship itself could be challenged? Or other things? Thanks! If not married to a Thai man, or if married to a Thai man but choosing to apply on the basis of PR instead, then would a woman receive a naturalization certificate?

I'm prepping the docs for the NIA. Female married to a Thai male with registration of marriage abroad and คร.22. Thus far, I have kept my own last name, but I'm not opposed to taking my husband's name. Does anyone know if I need to reserve a Thai name? I've been assuming not, but now looking at the checklist from NIA feel a little less certain.

Update and question... Although we were warned that the initial police investigation might be delayed due to the election and my husband being abroad for 3 months this summer, I *think* we may have moved to the next phase. I received a call and a request for documents from the National Intelligence Service today. My Thai remains a work in progress so I was unable to ask questions competently. Does this mean the initial investigation performed by our local police station is likely over? Or do these things sometimes occur concurrently? If this is already the next phase, I'm very pleasantly surprised by this quick pace.

I'm a grad student enrolled in an American university while living in Bangkok. I would like to do some research locally, but am intimidated at the thought of just randomly going to local libraries and asking for help, especially since I am not yet fluent in Thai. I am enrolled in a class at Chula that will start in November, but otherwise I have no student status in Thailand. I am an established resident with a yellow tabien baan and pink foreigner ID card if either matters for the purpose of library privileges. I am learning Thai but not yet fluent enough to read native content. Accordingly, my research objectives fall into either of these two categories: 1. English content about Thai history, society, art, culture, etc. 2. Demographic or other data (could be labeled in Thai since data labels should be easy enough to manually translate) Any advice about what libraries might be worth going to? And what to expect from librarians or the overall experience once I'm there?