Wife'S Thai Birth Certificate

[farang000999]

She knows where she was born. What documents does she need to retrieve it? Does she have to go in person?

Thanks.

[7by7]

She needs to go to the Ampur where her birth was registered and take her ID card and if she still lives in that district her Tabien Baan.

[farang000999]

tabien baan is for another district (bangkok). is there anyway to obtain the BC without her going in person? can a hired third party obtain it on her behalf? can a relative?

[7by7]

The wife says she needs to go in person with her ID card.

I'm moving this to general as it's not a visa question and you may get more responses there.

[juanellis]

For my wife's BC (in Sisaket) she had an aunt go to the amphur and attempt to get it. Couldn't get it as they told her a male family blood relative (same last name) would have to get it. The next day her uncle went and was able to get her BC and mailed it to her in Bangkok. The procedure probably varies from amphur to amphur, but was worth the effort in our case as it saved us the trip to Sisaket.

[Thongkorn]

The wife says she needs to go in person with her ID card.

I'm moving this to general as it's not a visa question and you may get more responses there.

Correct , if she has any problem , get her to take some one who can vouch for her, that she lived in the village that she says she had. I had a simular problem and we solved it that way , also you may not be able to get her birth certificate from another province , because computer records only went back to about 1976, maybe they have changed now , hence a trip back to the place of birth.

[AmeriThai]

The wife says she needs to go in person with her ID card.

I'm moving this to general as it's not a visa question and you may get more responses there.

Correct , if she has any problem , get her to take some one who can vouch for her, that she lived in the village that she says she had. I had a simular problem and we solved it that way , also you may not be able to get her birth certificate from another province , because computer records only went back to about 1976, maybe they have changed now , hence a trip back to the place of birth.

Glad you mentioned that Thongkorn. My wife has no birth certificate because she was born at home in Sukhothai in 1950. When she was 8 or 9, her family moved to Saraburi province. When an occasion arose (for a visa) that required a record of birth, it was necessary to go to Sukhothai to obtain verification from people who knew her. Her mother, who I knew, was elderly, uneducated and couldn't remember the birth date. No one celebrates occasions like birthdays, and seldom had any need to know a date of birth, so the only date her mother could 'remember' was completely wrong. None of her brothers and sisters knew the date either. Both her mother and father have since passed away. Since she still has close relatives and longtime friends in Sukhothai, we stay in touch and visit with them from time to time. In this case, one of those people was a former school teacher who clearly remembered her and her family was able to provide a written statement which was then certified in lieu of an absent birth certificate. Evidently, this teacher had kept a record of all her former students. I'm not certain, but I think these days even home births are required be recorded with the provincial or district office within a reasonable period of time following the birth.