Name Of Father On Birth Certificate

[tevez32]

What is the law regarding father's name on birth certificate, does a farang father have to be married to the Thai mother?

[gregb]

If the mother is married to someone other than the farang, or was divorced from someone other than the farang less than 10 months before the birth of the child, then that someone other than the farang is the legitimate father.

In practice, if the mother was divorced at the time of giving birth, the hospital will not investigate as to the exact date of the divorce, although technically they should. If they do ask, all the mother has to do is lie about the date and this 10 month requirement is ignored.

If the mother is married at the time of the birth, the hospital will list her legal husband as the father on the birth certificate. If the mother is not married, the hospital will ask her who is the father, and she can name anyone she wants. She could say Abhisit was the father if that is what she wanted.

Of course, this practice can be abused, so just being listed as the father on the birth certificate means nothing if you do no legalize your parental rights. A father not married to a mother has neither rights nor responsibilities towards the child. You need to go to court to finish that part, and it will take about 3 months.

Lots of information here to help you out with that. There is a pinned topic at the top of this forum.

[tevez32]

Thanks for the info.

[Mario2008]

Topic here:

[ear8jp]

Hi - I think gregb's post clarifies this but I was wondering if anybody could give some final confirmation.

My gf is expecting our first baby this December. I am British, she is Thai, we are not married. We have been together 3.5 years and she has visited the UK once. We hope to apply for a British birth certificate and passport for baby at the British embassy as soon as possible as we plan to move to Singapore, where I work (another visa hassle but will deal with that later). The application requires the baby's Thai birth certificate, as issued by the Umphur, to have my name on it as the Father.

As I understand, the hospital will issue a paper from the doctor declaring the live birth and this will have the Mother's name and the Father's name, as stated in the above post. For the official Thai birth certificate, does the Umphur use the same information that's on the hospital paper ? Do we have to get the baby legitamised first before my name can go on the birth certificate ? Or is that just required to gain parental rights as a Father ?

Thanks,

JP

[Mario2008]

Legitimization is only required if you want to become the legal father of the child.

Your girlfriend can just name you as the father on the birth certificate. However, the birth certificate is in Thai. it might be handy to give her a copy of your passport ID page and a translation of your name from English to Thai. Especially if you want the child to have your last name.

[ear8jp]

Thanks for the info. and advice.