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    Living in Thailand - adjusting + settling in

    Weekly ‘Sanook’ column

    By modsquad, Created on: 08/11/2010, Last updated on: 08/11/2010

    » Andrew Biggs writes the weekly ‘Sanook’( roughly translated sanook means fun ) column which appears in the Sunday Brunch section. A fluent Thai speaker and long time resident, his columns explore the sometimes humorous and subtle traits of the Thai people. Forum readers might enjoy re-visiting...

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    Getting married / divorced in Thailand - what's required

    Are divorce papers required

    By boatman37210, Created on: 23/08/2010, Last updated on: 23/04/2015

    » I am an American who will marry a wonderful Thai lady in November. I am 62 and have been married and divorced twice over the years. Do I have to provide copies of divorce papers for both marriages in order to marry? The reason I ask is the first divorce took place 30 years ago and I've since lost...

    • Danthai commented : Mr. Ajarn V: Sunbelt responds: When registering marriage in Thailand, you will need to provide the District Office with a document called the "Affirmation of Freedom to Marry". If you have been married before, you must obtain another document called an "Affidavit of Single Status" proving that you have been divorced or widowed. I'm afraid you will have to get these two documents from your embassy as they will not issue one without the other. You may even have to provide them with a translated English version of your Thai Divorce Certificate (certified at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Thai marriages are recognized by US laws, therefore you will have to report to them that you have been divorced; this is the main reason why the US Embassy requires both affidavits. It will appear in their system that you have requested an "Affirmation of Freedom to Marry" from your previous marriage. [b:156zwreq]Once you have both affidavits, you must then translate them into Thai and have them certified at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok. [/b:156zwreq] It will take approximately 2 - 3 days for the certification of document but may be longer depending on the volume of applicants for certification. As soon as they issue the certification, you are now ready to register your marriage at the District Office in Korat. Bear in mind however, that some District Offices reserve the right to request for a translated Thai version of your passport. [b]Just what I said in my previous post about taking docs to record at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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    Getting married / divorced in Thailand - what's required

    International Marriage - a new type of Human Traffickings

    By Anonymous, Created on: 08/11/2006, Last updated on: 08/11/2006

    » A female teacher of Ubon was hooked up through the famous international dot com website 'M' marriage/match-making site and met a Pakistan men, who murdered her in Bangkok. A Kalasin prostitute married an American man and moved into New Jersey and finally dumped by the man and she is now...

    • 0 replies, 2,508 views

    Getting married / divorced in Thailand - what's required

    Do You Support Your Thai In-Laws?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 02/03/2006, Last updated on: 14/02/2007

    » In Thailand, children take care of their parents. They kind of pay back the debt that they contracted just by being born and educated by their parents. And contrary to "popular" belief, it is valid whether you are rich or poor (but of course far more meaningful if the parents are poor...)....

    • Anonymous commented : Well, my parents settled in their hometown since they have relatives there. Many of people who knew them were gone and some still around beside their nieces and nephews. Most of their brothers and sisters are still around with their extended families. Family circle is their main reason. Where is your hometown? Do you have close relatives around in your hometown? I think the number one rule is not to show-off about your living in USA or how rich you are from your hardworks in USA. They would not understand it and thinking that you have money to spread around. If they notice your Thai-lish, you can simple tell them that you have been working with companies with farang employees for most of your career. There are bus terminals in every cities in Thailand this is how majority of Thais traveling around Thailand and to their hometowns. About the nice and cool weather, any countryside and rural areas will have nice weather and traditional Thai life styles. I was up in Korat and Roi Et early this year to visit my and wife's parents; the weather is so nice and cool around 60'F to 70"F degrees. I was walking around in my short, and other natives were wearing sweaters. It was around the harvesting period, so we went out to help them harvesting rice. Thailand is not a large country like USA, and it does not take long to go from one place to the next place. If you do not want to live close to foreigners, than you need to stay away from Pattaya and those tourist areas. Bangkok and metroplexes are out of your question since the air is not very clean and weather is not very nice. There is hot spring in Ranong. Big and small waterfalls are all over Thailand. As for national parks, there are everywhere in Thailand too. As for fruits and foods, these things are available and prices are depending on the distribution. Big supermarkets are now available in large to medium size cities. If you love the sea the most, I would think that you might like to live in Phetchaburi; it is not far from Bangkok. I have a cousin who owned a house close to Kang Kra Jai/Chan National Park, but you probably wanting to live on the eastside of Muang Phet since it is close to the sea and with fishing fleet harbor. It is about two hours or so on private vehicle from Bangkok. My family has our compound in the countryside north of Bangkok since I have to conduct some of my businesses in Bangkok. Now, there are highway loop around Bangkok so it is much quicker to bypass Bangkok to go to other cities and to the beaches. If you are planning to live alone, than a townhouse or condomenium would seem to be a choice; you would still have small garden in townhouse or pot garden in condo.

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