Hello all,

 

just after a bit of clarity if I'm correct or wrong...

 

Me and my wife were married in 2013 and now live in the UK, she now wishes to take my name when we next visit Thailand as we didn't do this at the time.

do we just go to the local amphur in Bua Lamphu where her family is based & present my passport & her id with the Tabien Baan to change it?

we were married in Bangkok so I'm unsure if we have to go to the same amphur in Bangkok or we go to the local family one?

her id card would change instantly but all the tickets re travel are all in her unmarried name, does she keep the same passport with the unchanged name to travel back here then start the process of getting a new passport & there shouldn't be any problems with the id card & passport been different?

 

thanks for any advice given...

Avoid all the trouble and just change your last name to hers. Jonathan Arpawichaporn doesn't sound so bad.


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We did the same. Married in BKK and name change locally. Maybe need your marriage cert. and your passport translated but not sure about that. I seem to remember we had to go to a larger city for her driving license name change rather than the local one. The passport change later sounds right due to restrictions on ticket and ID needing to match.

1 hour ago, mduras01 said:

Avoid all the trouble and just change your last name to hers. Jonathan Arpawichaporn doesn't sound so bad.
 

 

if we were living in Thailand, I'd consider it :)

 

1 hour ago, KMartinHandyman said:

We did the same. Married in BKK and name change locally. Maybe need your marriage cert. and your passport translated but not sure about that. I seem to remember we had to go to a larger city for her driving license name change rather than the local one. The passport change later sounds right due to restrictions on ticket and ID needing to match.

 

we are taking the marriage certificate so we are good from that point of view, I have a certified translation of it by the embassy here as well so I guess that will add it to. my wife seems to think I've got to fill in a form before we get there but she doesn't know what its called or how to get it

OP why change wifes name?

Leave her name alone leave it Thai, a lot less bother.

Nothing good will come from changing her name to a farang name.

16 hours ago, colinneil said:

OP why change wifes name?

Leave her name alone leave it Thai, a lot less bother.

Nothing good will come from changing her name to a farang name.

 

its something we always said we would do, always have, we are both 34 & we want kids together so would like it all under 1 name, also a think its a bit of tradition.

 

can you explain why its a lot less bother? I keep reading that but no-one ever explains why 

7 hours ago, bubbles said:

 

its something we always said we would do, always have, we are both 34 & we want kids together so would like it all under 1 name, also a think its a bit of tradition.

 

can you explain why its a lot less bother? I keep reading that but no-one ever explains why 

 

 

I have sent you a pm

16 hours ago, colinneil said:

I have sent you a pm

I'd be interested to learn about the bother too please? Although I think I will change to wife's family name in future.