change passport/ ID card to my Surname name for visa

[BEDBANDIT]

My wife and I were married in march this year in Thailand , we registered our marriage at the local office and got our marriage certificates.
shes not sure if anyone asked her about changing her surname when we was at the office place , Would she be asked there?

so my questions is , how dose she change it to "Smith"

where and what dose she have to do first . and do i need to be with her 

 

she been told she needs to go back to the office where we first registered (pattaya)our marriage and change it there, is this true ? she in Udon right now so pattaya is not local ..And all will do is change our marriage certificate , is this enough for her to change her ID card and passport ... and what about her Tabinan-barn paper ? 

 

shes just had a 6 months hoilday in the UK , and we are going to apply for a settlement visa  next year . i want this visa to say "Mrs Smith" .  time is tight , i  need to be submitting the application around the end of January .
is it going to be possible to change her ID card and passport within a month ?

 

appropriate any advice on this matter cause im lost .

thanks 

 

 

 

 

[ubonjoe]

Moved to here since you are asking about a visa to the UK.

She can change her name in Udon. They will not change her name on the marriage certificate. Only her house book registry and ID card will be changed.

Name change should only a few hours at the most. Passport about a week to get a new one with her new name in it.

[BEDBANDIT]

thanks for the reply Joe ...what paper work will need to take to change her surname ?

she has copys of my passport , our baby birth certicate ( uk)  house book , marriage paper . Also dose her mum have to go with her to sigh something ? 

thanks 

 

[theoldgit]

You seem to be asking about your wife changing her last name before she applies for her settlement visa for the UK, that is very much a Thai procedure.

When my wife and I married she was given a separate sheet of paper with my name and passport details, written in Thai, as well as her details, she was advised to take this to the District Office where her ID card was issued, not where we married, and they would issue a new ID in her married name, there isn't actually a requirement to do so though, it's her decision.

She should be able to get her new ID in an hour or so, and she can then apply for her passport in her married name, should that be her wish, that can be done within a week.

Armed with the new passport and ID she can apply for her settlement visa in her married name, but again I must stress there's no requirement to do so, she could apply for a settlement visa in her maiden name if she so wishes, but if it is her intention to take your name, it's obviously easier to do it here in Thailand.

When your wife applies for her settlement visa she should include a translated copy of her marriage certificate, I would translate a copy of the supplementary document that was supplied, for good measure.

[keeniau96]

From our experience it is not advisable for wife to change her name if you even consider the possibility of buying Thai property. Had to get chanote for two pieces land and each turned out to take longer and be far more expensive in the various underhand payments. Farengs are indeed a very expensive ATM machine, also require extra stops at the various approval levels. This is all with my wife being very much a Phuket local with large family from more than 100 years back.  No discernible benefit to the name change, large cost and nuisance.

[theoldgit]

^^^. Save that in this case the lady concerned intends moving to the UK, so your experience shouldn't really be a problem.


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10 hours ago, keeniau96 said:

From our experience it is not advisable for wife to change her name if you even consider the possibility of buying Thai property. Had to get chanote for two pieces land and each turned out to take longer and be far more expensive in the various underhand payments. Farengs are indeed a very expensive ATM machine, also require extra stops at the various approval levels. This is all with my wife being very much a Phuket local with large family from more than 100 years back.  No discernible benefit to the name change, large cost and nuisance.

 

My wife changed her surname to mine when we married 16 years ago, and has never encountered any of these problems; even when we bought property in Bangkok, which is, of course, in her name.