happylarry

17 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

Thank you for that. Can you confirm that by "it" you mean the Affirmation? And that you didn't need to go to MFA yourself? Any other documents apart from the translated copy needing to go with to MFA?

You mention "Agency". How do you establish if they are accredited with MFA?

 

Thank you again!

Its best to get your passport translated and stamped at the same time as the affirmation because you never know if the amphur is going to insist on it or not, so its best to have it ready.

The MFA do not have a list of accredited agency’s. There are a couple of translaters within the MFA building but they are independants and not part of the MFA.

Have trust in the people who hang around outside the Embassies. They are just collecting customers and take them to the translation shop, for a small commision from the shop. All the translation shops get the documents stamped for you and posted to your home for a reasonable charge, its well worth doing.

HL

1 hour ago, kickstart said:

We did the UK embassy part, then the translation and as Lopburi 3 said, it has to go to the MAF,( we did ours in Bangkok, the MAF was up in Chang Wattana, we did by post, took 2 weeks to get back to us.)

Then we went down to our local Ampur with all the documents plus passport, cost me 200 baht .

Been trying work out when our wedding anniversary is, date from the embassy or the date from the Ampur.

You can only get married by registering it at the amphur, and then they give you your marriage certificate to prove it.

HL

Personal message sent with my wife’s phone number if you want to ask her advise as she deals with custody cases on a weekly basis, it seems.

HL

With the history that you have described then you should have no problem getting sole custody by going through the Thai courts.

HL

The lawyer you spoke with is correct, you definately have to go through the court to get a child of that age legitamised. Theoretically you may be able to do it at an amphur but you will not find one anywhere that will be willing to do it until the child is at least seven years old and even then many amphurs will refuse.

HL

Does your gf not know if she was legally married then?

Anyway assuming they were then she can sue for abandonment as its over three years since he has been gone. But this needs to go through the courts and therefore needs a lawyer etc.

HL

If you are officially married to the mother then you can go with your wife to the district office and show them the marriage certificate and ask them to add your name.

If you are not officially married to the mother then its a case of going through the court process to prove that you are the legitimate father, including having a DNA test etc. Then when you have the court ruling you can ask the district office to add your name.

I have sent you a pm with my wife’s contact details in case you want any more advice.

HL

Ive sent you a pm. 

HL

Ive just checked with my wife and if there is no will then if any relative decides they want a bit of the pot then they can go to court and ask for their share. The surviving spouse still has to go to court even with a will in order to get a court order for the banks to release the money, it all takes time but is made so much easier and causing less heart ache when your wishes are all written down.

At a time like that the surviving spouse needs all the help they can get.

Even if you do get married then you still need to make the wills, both home and away, so it may be prudent for you to start with that anyway.

HL

Out of interest I just read your Embassy web site and it seems that it may be a lot easier for you to go and marry in Denmark. Have you considered that?

HL

Who told you this?

The agent selling the condo, the bank or a lawyer???

In Thailand people make things up just to make themselves seem important or even to make things difficult for farangs. Please note that I do not know whether it is true or not but just wondered where this info came from, as you didnt say.

Indeed have you checked it out with a second source before coming on here?

HL

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

Only if they move to the new house, blue book is who lives in the house.

Blue book is for those who are registered at the property. Most people whose names are in blue books do not live at the property. For instance when children move to the city for work or get married and move to live in a rented house etc. they still stay registered in the family property blue book.

It is simply a way for the government to keep track of how many people are in the country as every person is registered somewhere.

HL

In your original post you stated that your wife was not even officially married to the father, therefore she already has 100% full custody and he has no say whatsoever in anything. Therefore you have no worries at all and your wife and daughter can do what they want.

HL

On 6/8/2018 at 8:10 AM, happylarry said:

My wife tells me that you can sue your wife for divorce in the court, when they grant the divorce they will then issue an order for you both to register your marriage at an amphur first in order to then complete the divorce.

My wife tells me she has worked on a similar case before and this is what happened, however she will check it out today to be sure.

I’ll let you know.

HL

Ok, my wife checked this out with the lawyer and it can be done as I said in my previous post. Sue for divorce through court and then the court issues an order to register the marriage and then divorce at the same time. If one party refuses then it goes back to the court and the court then takes the necessary steps to enforce the order. It can take time and money but it is possible to do.

I dont know what the court can do to enforce the order though as the cases they were involved in were settled in the first instance.

HL

Anything purchased during the marriage including property will be split 50/50.

The divorce courts have no interest whatsoever in the silly bit of paper that the land office makes you sign, that is only for their own benefit for some unknown reason.

Unless there are any extenuating circumstances or unless a different agreement has been reached at the negotiation hearing then the court will award 50/50.

HL

20 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

I also was considering the Pink ID card just to avoid hangling my passport around.

 

But what if the Police challenge you to produce a passport despite having the pink ID card ?...as the ID card does not show when you entered the kingdom, what visa you have and if you have overstayed ?...or am I wrong ?

Well I cant answer that question as I havent been asked by the police for my passport......only ever been asked for my driving licence when driving and they are thirsty.

But I would imagine that the police would realise how difficult it is to get a pink card and would therefore accept that the person was not an overstayer etc.

Dont forget you need a yellow house book before you can get the pink card so you already have many personal details on many government web sites.

42 minutes ago, Patriot said:

Thank you Larry ..... are you an Ubonite??

Nope, I’m a Koration.......lol

George and dragon only has a pool table.

There are many Thai snooker halls around the city. A big one with many snooker tables is above the Monkey Bar.

HL

She can get the custody but will need to go through the family court to do so.

HL

My wife says that normally if you have custody of your son then you can change the address no problem, BUT, as with everything in Thailand it depends on the officer on the day. So it is probably worth trying if you have someone willing to put him on their bluebook, I think that is the only way you will find out for sure.

HL

3 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

The Australian Embassy told me that the documents need to be authorized by the Thai Department of Consular Affairs. Do not know if this is the same as the MFA quoted above.

Yes its the same....the official name is The Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (MFA)

HL