Hi

I just noticed my daughter was written in my sister in law's blue book. My wife told me she made it because we rent and don't own the house.

Is it a normal practice? Why my daughter is not registered under my roof? If I have a problem with my wife, can it be a problem for me?

Just asking, in case...

Thanks for your coming answers:)

Stef

The blue book is for registering those who live in the house, nothing to do with ownership, if your wife has registered your daughter in someone else's house then alarm bells should be ringing on why!

Your daughter should be registered in the house where she lives, presumably that is with you?

I wouldn't worry about it. It's quite normal for Thais to be registered in a housebook with family rather than the place they live, especially if that's rented. It saves the hassle of having to change things if you move.

This is also why there is a mass migration at the moment as its voting time, many are registered in a home they dont live in and havnt for years but when its time to vote they must return to where they are registered to do it. Many will leave it in their parents home as it makes things easier, nothing more, just dont have to mess around with re-registering as they move around. As and when you get your own place and settle down I would then move her over but as you are renting I dont think their is anything to worry about,

My wife and daughter are both registered up in her parents village rather than where we rent - I am not even sure where the blue book is for the house we live in. It saves having to change anything when we move but the drawback is it makes it harder to get a visa extension based on marriage if your wife is not registered in the same province you are applying.

If you dont own your house you can put your childs name in your familys blue book, Because you only rent its better because you may move several times,

I think this whole thing with the Blue House book is nonsense anyway.

When I met my wife she owned land but there was no building on it yet she was given a Blue Book. Now we have a house built on the land so that saved us a problem later. But to me this was rather strange.

This aside, my wife's 14 year old neice now lives with us as her parents are divorced and she does not want to live with either of them. Both her parents are happy with this arrangement (why not, we feed her, buy nice clothes and pay for schooling).

Question: Can we now get her name on our Blue House Book??

JohnC , yes, it was my first impression.

Anyway I understand this is very common practice.

So the only question is :

=> if I have problems with my wife (divorce, etc...), can it be bad for me if the baby is registered under somebody's else house ?

Thanks

JohnC , yes, it was my first impression.

Anyway I understand this is very common practice.

So the only question is :

=> if I have problems with my wife (divorce, etc...), can it be bad for me if the baby is registered under somebody's else house ?

Thanks

No, it will not be an issue. The courts are like any other Thai very much aware that people are registered at another place than actually living.

Place of registration does has some consequences, for example for choice of school. If parents want their child into a good school, they also often change the addres where the child is registered as a certain percentage of admission to a school is based on the adress and the rest can be made up by how good students are.