British female married to Thai male

**abbies2** · 03-01-2013, 12:41 PM

Hi all!
just wanted to know if anyone on here can help me,
I got married to my Thai husband this year and and
still struggling to find what women are entitled to here in Thailand,
does is make any differences with anything, working, visa's passports etc.
our daughter has her dual nationality sorted
but now were trying to find out more about my
situation but cant find anything, I have spoken
with immigration and others and just get pushed
from place to place one is true the other is not etc,
if anyone knows anything or where I could find out this
information would be great thank you!

**misskit** · 03-01-2013, 12:51 PM

I think there is only one poster on this forum, Natalie8, who is a faring woman married to a Thai.

None of the foreign women I know married to Thai men have work permits and have been working in Thailand for years and years. They all have to do 90 day reporting and yearly non-o visas.

**abbies2** · 03-01-2013, 01:18 PM

thanks! just to try finding some more info somewhere somehow, i have my o visa but i dont have to do any of the 90 day reporting which is one of my benefits i have found out and is sorted with my local immigration, but she did also say to me to that there could be benefits with work permits which is what confused me because she did not know herself

**Gravesend Dave** · 03-01-2013, 01:38 PM

Think your find your in the same boat as a bloke who is married to a Thai lady.

Do you honestly expect special treatment for being female.

Your farlang simple as that!

**Necron99** · 03-01-2013, 01:45 PM

She does get special treatment, easier PR and she can become a citizen by dint of being married, which men cannot.

**Loy Toy** · 03-01-2013, 01:57 PM

My ex-secretary who was born in the Philippines achieved full Thai national status purely because she married a Thai male. Passport the lot, needs no work permit and is treated by Thais as 100% Thai.

**Gravesend Dave** · 03-01-2013, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Necron99

She does get special treatment, easier PR and she can become a citizen by dint of being married, which men cannot.

Did not know that!
So because she,s a bird married to a Thai bloke she can get Thai citizenship,without all the hassle.

Why is different for women then,she is still a farlang and you would imagine both sexes to be treated the same.

If this is fact there must be a valid reason.

**Marmite the Dog** · 03-01-2013, 02:07 PM

She can also use her Thai husband's salary for her permission to stay extension, but I cannot use my Thai wife's.

**abbies2** · 03-01-2013, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

My ex-secretary who was born in the Philippines achieved full Thai national status purely because she married a Thai male. Passport the lot, needs no work permit and is treated by Thais as 100% Thai.

hi thank youu!
this is what i have also been told previously, but everywhere i am trying to find information im being lead from one to another is there anywhere you would know/ your friend where to start?

**Bobcock** · 03-01-2013, 03:27 PM

I have a friend who is an American married to a Thai.

She was able to put in an application for a passport a few years after she was married.

I think it took about 12 years to be processed though......

**Chairman Mao** · 03-01-2013, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave

Think your find your in the same boat as a bloke who is married to a Thai lady.

Do you honestly expect special treatment for being female.

Your farlang simple as that!

Incorrect.

12 month Extension of Temporary Stay based on marriage. Females are exempt from having to show proof of funds (400k in bank for 2 months or income of ??? is it still only 40k p/m?).

Anyway, they don't need to show any of that to get the 12 month marriage extension.

**Loy Toy** · 03-01-2013, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by abbies2

this is what i have also been told previously, but everywhere i am trying to find information im being lead from one to another is there anywhere you would know/ your friend where to start?

She is presently abroad in Manila and upon her return I will ask her to contact you as she quite easily can arrange all the paperwork on your behalf as this is one of the things she now does professionally.

**Chairman Mao** · 03-01-2013, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by abbies2

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

My ex-secretary who was born in the Philippines achieved full Thai national status purely because she married a Thai male. Passport the lot, needs no work permit and is treated by Thais as 100% Thai.

hi thank youu!
this is what i have also been told previously, but everywhere i am trying to find information im being lead from one to another is there anywhere you would know/ your friend where to start?

She would be ASEAN.

ie, the South of East Asian version of the E.U.

**Necron99** · 03-01-2013, 03:52 PM

Section 9 of the Thai naturalization act provides for a female married to a Thai to acquire citizenship.

Section 9. An alien woman who marries a person of Thai nationality shall, if
she desires to acquire Thai nationality, file an application with the competent official
according to the form and in the manner prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.
The granting or refusal of permission for acquisition of Thai nationality shall lie with
the discretion of the Minister.

You may have trouble with the competent bit,but I suggest you go to the Immigration office at chaeng wattana and see if you can find one.
There will be a form somewhere, keep asking until they give it to you.

**abbies2** · 03-01-2013, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Necron99

Section 9 of the Thai naturalization act provides for a female married to a Thai to acquire citizenship.

Section 9. An alien woman who marries a person of Thai nationality shall, if
she desires to acquire Thai nationality, file an application with the competent official
according to the form and in the manner prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.
The granting or refusal of permission for acquisition of Thai nationality shall lie with
the discretion of the Minister.

You may have trouble with the competent bit,but I suggest you go to the Immigration office at chaeng wattana and see if you can find one.
There will be a form somewhere, keep asking until they give it to you.

Thank you very very much

**pseudolus** · 03-01-2013, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by Necron99

Section 9 of the Thai naturalization act provides for a female married to a Thai to acquire citizenship.

Section 9. An alien woman who marries a person of Thai nationality shall, if
she desires to acquire Thai nationality, file an application with the competent official
according to the form and in the manner prescribed in the Ministerial Regulations.
The granting or refusal of permission for acquisition of Thai nationality shall lie with
the discretion of the Minister.

You may have trouble with the competent bit,but I suggest you go to the Immigration office at chaeng wattana and see if you can find one.
There will be a form somewhere, keep asking until they give it to you.

Isn't it about time a Thai Wife of a Farang challenges this ruling then as being unconstitutional to them? If a thai man gets it all so easy for his farang wife, it is unconstitutional that a Thai women (who, lets remember, needs to be treated equally by law) has to be discriminated against.

So as all of us here are married to Lawyers, Barristers, CEO, Politicians (or their HiSo Daughters), surgeons, doctors, MD, CFOs, and every other high flying job in the world surely one of us has a Mrs willing to take this fight to the cunts in power? I would, but she's not speaking to me still following NY.

**Necron99** · 03-01-2013, 04:38 PM

^ It's surprising that someone hasn't.

**Marmite the Dog** · 03-01-2013, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave

As far as I have been made aware if your married its irrelevant whether it yours or your wife,s salary(can be joint)that is shown for extending your your marriage visa.

That is how it was for about 3 months until they backtracked and changed it to what I previously stated.

**Gravesend Dave** · 03-01-2013, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Gravesend Dave

As far as I have been made aware if your married its irrelevant whether it yours or your wife,s salary(can be joint)that is shown for extending your your marriage visa.

That is how it was for about 3 months until they backtracked and changed it to what I previously stated.

Take your word then Marmite,thanks for the update.

**superman** · 03-01-2013, 07:21 PM

Interesting read.

Foreign women married to Thai men can apply for Thai citizenship based on their marriage to a Thai man after five years of marriage and the same should apply to foreign men married to Thai women.

Easier Thai Citizenship for Foreign men Married to Thai Woman | DoingBusinessThailand.com

**DrAndy** · 04-01-2013, 07:46 AM

a link quoting Drew Noyes

555

**ltnt** · 04-01-2013, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by superman

Fcuking stinks if you ask me.

So, change your sex and marry a Thai man? Super woman appears in a flash....

**superman** · 04-01-2013, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by ltnt

So, change your sex and marry a Thai man? Super woman appears in a flash....

Any farang woman that marries a Thai male has to be some kind of superwoman in my book. Just my observation.

**Gravesend Dave** · 04-01-2013, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by superman

Originally Posted by ltnt

So, change your sex and marry a Thai man? Super woman appears in a flash....

Any farang woman that marries a Thai male has to be some kind of superwoman in my book. Just my observation.

Agree,why are there so few I wonder!

**hazz** · 05-01-2013, 12:12 AM

I know a Singaporean lass married toa Thai and she is not having any of the crap that the rest of us have to put up with and has been running a food counter at a mall for years without a wp or Thai citizenship without any issues.

But one thing I would say is the advantages you have now with 90 day reporting can disappear with no notice and with no grandfathering.... This is what happened last time the changed the extension rules when the changed the 40k family income requiremt to a husbands income.

It's also worth noting that the Thai constitution states that men and women are equal, and clearly this preferential treatment is probably unconstitional.

Its not worth a Thai wife or foreign husband challenging the rules as the victory would be meaningless as the only change the Thais would make would be to treat foreign wives in the same way that foreign husbands are currently treated. However there is always a risk that someone within the government might decide that the constitution is more than toilet paper and deserving of some respect. If this were to happen you would most likely loose your advantages, as equal treatment is enforced.

So I would suggest that if you want to take advantage of those adavantages you currently have beyond the extension, you should do it the sooner the better. Welcome to he forum and best of luck with your endevers

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