Thread: UK refuses visa to Thai wife of Irish farmer

"She drives the tractor and cleans out after the cows."......

Originally Posted by KEVIN2008

"She drives the tractor and cleans out after the cows."......

Probably easier than planting rice all day .

Originally Posted by dirtydog

^I should imagine it is a lot more in London than rural Ireland, wonder how he knows he is a fiver short per week.

Also, when they got married why didn't she take his surname? Are they actually married like properly married? Or some dodgy guy in orange robes married?

If she had already had a surname from a previous marriage it can be a pain to change the name. First she would have to go back to her home Amphoe to change it back to her maiden name with a death certificate or proof of divorce before she re-married. Then after the marriage she has to go back and change it to the new (Farang) name. She might have also been worried of loss of benefits having a non Thai surname in Thailand. It generally is not a big issue today, but simply having a non-Thai surname eithen though you are 100% Thai, can excluded you from some benefits in Thailand.

Originally Posted by DroversDog

but simply having a non-Thai surname eithen though you are 100% Thai, can excluded you from some benefits in Thailand.

Bollocks.

Name one.

Originally Posted by Sabai Prai

Originally Posted by DroversDog

At-least look up the spelling of a foreign word before you try using it. Otherwise you just look like a plonker.

You will find variations of spellings in Romaji depending if one is using the Hepburn Romanization, Kunrei-shiki Romaji, Nihon-shiki Romaji or variants within all three. You know this already though, being Japanese and all.

You could also write Tokyo as "Toukyou" using Wāpuro style Rōmaji as you have. It is nice for your keyboard but rather hard on the eyes (unless you slowly reading out aloud). Personally I find that 東京 is the best way to write and read Tōkyō.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

Originally Posted by DroversDog

but simply having a non-Thai surname eithen though you are 100% Thai, can excluded you from some benefits in Thailand.

Bollocks.

Name one.

It is certainely not "bollocks"... My wife recently wanted to apply for some cheap housing with one of her relatives (Both were looking at them as rentals). The relative was allowed to apply but my wife was not allowed as she had a Farang surname. So Gerbil go stick yourself up your own bum hole.

^ Show me the law that states that, not some petty officials interpretation of it.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

^ Show me the law that states that, not some petty officials interpretation of it.

I am sorry but it happens. It really does not matter what the law says if it does say anything at all.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

It happens if you let it happen.

Land department wankers have tried to pull similar on my wife in the past and she has stood her ground and told them what her rights are.

If you stand up to them, they back down.

Whether a woman keeps her Thai surname (as she's now been able to do since about 2002), or takes a farang surname when she marries. It doesnt matter, because her ID card will show her as married. In that case her husband must countersign all land and (official) loan transactions, even if he is a foreigner and has no rights to the land himself.

Again it did not matter whether she tried to stand her ground or not. She just was not going to win. Try getting the 1 Rai of land your wife gives to you in her will if she dies before you. You are entitled to it under Thai law if you can convince the Interior Minister to sign it off, but you will never get it.