Silaworld commented : Except for registering a boat, a motorbike and a car on my name, I have no idea for what else this yellow book might be useful for?! I am also a registered "patient" in a government hospital in another province than the one where I applied for the yellow book. Hospital' s administration never asked me for that book and I pay exactly the same fees as any other Thai citizen.

Silaworld commented : [quote="Ted":7o2q2zec]Having read about the yellow book in the Bangkok Post some time ago, yesterday at the immigration office in Surat Thani I have organised mine. My question is if you go to government hospital and require medication, can you purchase it at the phamacy at the hospital and pay the same as thai's. I take my father in law every two months to the hospital. I require medication for heart valve and would have consultation with doctor then. Currently I visit private hospital and the medication is very expensive. I have private insurance but this does not cover medication.[/quote:7o2q2zec] [color=#800000:7o2q2zec]I am a registered <patient> in a government (Red Cross) hospital. As I stated before, being registered in a hospital has nothing to do with a <yellow book> which I have for other reasons. I pay exactly the same doctor's fees, medication bills, and so on as any other Thai citizen. I also do not understand how you got a <yellow book> at the immigration office. The yellow and blue books are issued at the Amphur-office.[/color:7o2q2zec]

Silaworld commented : I do'nt understand all the crap about lying and copying divorce-papers. You have been married and divorced twice... that's ok! The essential thing is that you get your Affidavit at your embassy to start with. What AjarnV wrote is basically true. Just go to your embassy and they will tell you all the necessary steps to do, such as translation, legalisation, Office at ChaengWattana road, Amphur-office aso. One more thing, if you cannot speak Thai, you will need a Thai witness at the district-office (Amphur) who can speak English and translate the procedure for you. The translator must not be official... it can very well be somebody of your future family-in-law if he/she can speak some English. In my case I took my wife's sister who cannot speak English perfectly but ... I had my Thai wife to help her, because she even speaks English better than myself .

Silaworld commented : boatman, I have been married and divorced more than once outside Thailand. I have been married and divorced once in Thailand with a thai citizen. At the amphur I presented affidavit with thai translation and legalised at Chaeng wattana. I also showed them my previous Thai marriage certificate + divorce -certificate but they didn't even look at it. All this happened less than four years ago. I do not pretend to say that US_embassy's information might be wrong but maybe it's out of date or maybe some amphurs just do what they like!? Instead of strolling around in websites, I suggest you to [b:3fpmwvlj][size=150:3fpmwvlj]TALK [/size:3fpmwvlj][/b:3fpmwvlj]with embassy officials and [size=150:3fpmwvlj][b:3fpmwvlj]TALK [/b:3fpmwvlj][/size:3fpmwvlj]with amphur officials. Then you will be totally sure of whatever documents might be required. My experience with Thai official websites is that they often do not reflect reality as it is on the field. I could give you examples of requirements for one year Visas which on the field of reality are complete nonsense.

Silaworld commented : I can give one truly good piece of advice to any Westerner who wants to get involved (marriage...) with a Thai woman (why do they all want to be called <LADY> anyway?). Buy everything on your own name, ... condo, car, motorbike aso ... . After all it's YOUR money, isn't it? If she really loves you and not so much your money, she will accept this without any problem. If it's your money she's after, see her reaction when you tell her how you see things.