nakhonfalung Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Hi,I've been married to my thai wife for 10 years now living in the uk,we are moving to resettle in Thailand shortly,we will have to register our marriage so I am able to get my marriage visa,now my wife is worried that if she is married to a foreigner it will affect her ability by law to buy property,land or business,does anyone know if this is correct,we appreciate any advice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 A Thai national can own property, including land when married to a foreigner. The law prohibiting that was changed in 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmuang37 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 My wife has my surname and she owns 3 houses, 2 of which she purchased after we were married. So no problems for you or her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefox999uk Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) My wife has my surname, and every thing, and i mean every thing is in her name Have A Nice Day Edited June 21, 2014 by firefox999uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utkb Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 One golf resort in Hua Hin refused to sell their freehold units to thai spouses, only allowing them to buy the 30 year lease option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 There might be some slight hurdle at the land office. Maybe you and she have to sign a document stating all the money needed for buying property was in the Thai nationa's possession BEFORE the marriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpharma Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 No, as long as she keeps her Thai nationality there is no problem about buying or heriting Thai property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCENT2012 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 There might be some slight hurdle at the land office. Maybe you and she have to sign a document stating all the money needed for buying property was in the Thai nationa's possession BEFORE the marriage. exactly....and also a document who says that the husband renounce to his rights on the property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utkb Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 There might be some slight hurdle at the land office. Maybe you and she have to sign a document stating all the money needed for buying property was in the Thai nationa's possession BEFORE the marriage. exactly....and also a document who says that the husband renounce to his rights on the property. Nope this was entirely the developers stance. Did not care If she had the money before marriage or not. And did not care about the declaration. They just flat out did not want to sell the land. Only wanted to do 30 year lease hold and figured they could get away with it unless both husband and wife were thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHuaHin Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 One golf resort in Hua Hin refused to sell their freehold units to thai spouses, only allowing them to buy the 30 year lease option. I had heard this one also ... not sure the same elite resort .... a case of discrimination because one has a Thai spouse!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laislica Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 There might be some slight hurdle at the land office. Maybe you and she have to sign a document stating all the money needed for buying property was in the Thai nationa's possession BEFORE the marriage. Of course TiT so what is OK in one area may not be in another. My wife recently bought land and it was straight forward at the land office. The marriage made no difference as far as I could tell except that they were provided with copies of the marriage cert and change name cert. I was not asked to sign anything but my Missus thinks that I am a co-owner with her..... At the end of this month, the final signing will take place at the land office (after the initial sale, it takes about 3 months for all the paperwork to be checked and finalised prior to completing the sale and land transfer.). I shall pay more attention and try to see if my name is included..... I thought foreigners may only own condo's, not land. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakhonfalung Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Thanks for all the advice,the problem might be getting the credit to buy a car or condo etc,lenders might be wary of giving credit to people married to foreigners. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utkb Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 My point to the OP is that in theory your wife should not give up any of her Thai rights to owning land. You may have to sign some papers and produce some documents. But in some (likely isolated) instances she may be subject to discrimination, for which you have no recourse. In the example I referred to, perhaps they saw mixed marriage deals as too risky or troublesome as a way to justify their stance. It was not a case of financing (would have been full cash payment) or lack of willingness to sign the papers. Just a very strict policy to try to force purchase of the land as lease hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utkb Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) Deleted repeat Edited June 22, 2014 by utkb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utkb Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Thanks for all the advice,the problem might be getting the credit to buy a car or condo etc,lenders might be wary of giving credit to people married to foreigners. If you are American, then she will find increased limits placed on her ability to open bank/investment accounts if she is married to you. Citi has told my wife that she can only have time deposits and they expect more thai banks to follow suit in the next few years - and she isn't even a green card holder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveH Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> There might be some slight hurdle at the land office. Maybe you and she have to sign a document stating all the money needed for buying property was in the Thai nationa's possession BEFORE the marriage. Of course TiT so what is OK in one area may not be in another. My wife recently bought land and it was straight forward at the land office. The marriage made no difference as far as I could tell except that they were provided with copies of the marriage cert and change name cert. I was not asked to sign anything but my Missus thinks that I am a co-owner with her..... At the end of this month, the final signing will take place at the land office (after the initial sale, it takes about 3 months for all the paperwork to be checked and finalised prior to completing the sale and land transfer.). I shall pay more attention and try to see if my name is included..... I thought foreigners may only own condo's, not land. Confirm that there is no problem for spouse buying land I had to sign to say that it was her money, which much of it was anyway, I don't understand the 3 months for paperwork bit, we agreed the purchase and completed the sale the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laislica Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> There might be some slight hurdle at the land office. Maybe you and she have to sign a document stating all the money needed for buying property was in the Thai nationa's possession BEFORE the marriage. Of course TiT so what is OK in one area may not be in another. My wife recently bought land and it was straight forward at the land office. The marriage made no difference as far as I could tell except that they were provided with copies of the marriage cert and change name cert. I was not asked to sign anything but my Missus thinks that I am a co-owner with her..... At the end of this month, the final signing will take place at the land office (after the initial sale, it takes about 3 months for all the paperwork to be checked and finalised prior to completing the sale and land transfer.). I shall pay more attention and try to see if my name is included..... I thought foreigners may only own condo's, not land. Confirm that there is no problem for spouse buying land I had to sign to say that it was her money, which much of it was anyway, I don't understand the 3 months for paperwork bit, we agreed the purchase and completed the sale the next day. The 3 months was to allow the land office to check and measure the actual plot. I will post when it's all done Edited June 22, 2014 by laislica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 No, none whatsoever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falang07 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Yes, Thai wife married to a foreigner can buy a land or house but the foreign husband must sign a paper that he waives all and any rights to the property and that the property is being bought using her money only. If I remember well, in the past the Thai wives having foreign husbands were not allowed to buy any land in Thailand but later on the law was adapted so that they could buy the land, too, but it was necessary to make sure that the farang does not get any rights whatsoever to such property purchased with his wife so this "I waive all my rights" document signed at the Land office was introduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laislica Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> There might be some slight hurdle at the land office. Maybe you and she have to sign a document stating all the money needed for buying property was in the Thai nationa's possession BEFORE the marriage. Of course TiT so what is OK in one area may not be in another. My wife recently bought land and it was straight forward at the land office. The marriage made no difference as far as I could tell except that they were provided with copies of the marriage cert and change name cert. I was not asked to sign anything but my Missus thinks that I am a co-owner with her..... At the end of this month, the final signing will take place at the land office (after the initial sale, it takes about 3 months for all the paperwork to be checked and finalised prior to completing the sale and land transfer.). I shall pay more attention and try to see if my name is included..... I thought foreigners may only own condo's, not land. Confirm that there is no problem for spouse buying land I had to sign to say that it was her money, which much of it was anyway, I don't understand the 3 months for paperwork bit, we agreed the purchase and completed the sale the next day. I should have the answer next week but my wife said it could have been done the same day for an increased fee. The waiting time saves Big Money LOL I'll let you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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