When I die...

[bankruatsteve 1,805]

i am a US citizen and been with my partner over 20 years but not legally married.  I recall getting information somewhere that she will need some document from the US embassy to release my body to her (for cremation).  Is that a Thai requirement?  Something that can be ignored?  If not, is this document something that I can get ahead of time so that neither she nor my family in the states needs to be bothered with the bureaucracy. 

 

Didn't know where to post this and TV search not much help as usual.

 

 

 

[Crossy 27,212]

At least you won't be worrying about it

 

Let's shuffle this over the General for now where it will get seen.

 

I remember something similar being needed from the British Embassy when a mate died, so it's probably a Thai requirement.

 

 

 

 

[quake 1,192]

1 hour ago, bankruatsteve said:

i am a US citizen and been with my partner over 20 years but not legally married.  I recall getting information somewhere that she will need some document from the US embassy to release my body to her (for cremation).  Is that a Thai requirement?  Something that can be ignored?  If not, is this document something that I can get ahead of time so that neither she nor my family in the states needs to be bothered with the bureaucracy. 

 

Didn't know where to post this and TV search not much help as usual.

 

 

 

20 years together.

why not just get married, she can then do it all .

also make a will, if you have not already done it.

 

After all she can only run off with what you give her.-

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2020 by quake

[Halfaboy 2,621]

3 minutes ago, quake said:

20 years together.

why not just get married, she can then do it all .

After all she can only run off with what you give her.

 

You are right, but there must be a way to document what you want in case of....

[quake 1,192]

Just now, Halfaboy said:

 

You are right, but there must be a way to document what you want in case of....

i think the family of the deceased need to be contacted , before the paper will be issued by embassy to take to the morgue to release the body.

 

 

Edited November 19, 2020 by quake

[bankruatsteve 1,805]

6 minutes ago, quake said:

why not just get married, she can then do it all .

also make a will, if you have not already done it.

I do have a Thai will.  Get married?  Why fix what is working just fine the way it is?

 

[quake 1,192]

Just now, bankruatsteve said:

I do have a Thai will.  Get married?  Why fix what is working just fine the way it is?

 

don't then.

 

do the bureaucracy thing instead

 

sorry , she can do  the bureaucracy thing 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2020 by quake

[JAS21 2,699]

7 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

I do have a Thai will.  Get married?  Why fix what is working just fine the way it is?

 

You clearly want to make things as easy as possible for her... Doing what you appear not to be keen on may actually be the best way.. ... this is from a guy who’s been married nearly twenty years....

[quake 1,192]

op you could contact your embassy and maybe you can go there and do some legal document to be used when your gone. but maybe not ?

 

but she will be stuffed if its wrong and your gone.

back to the bureaucracy thing again

 

Edited November 19, 2020 by quake

[colinneil 74,383]

Funny this topic has just appeared on TV, a few days ago i contacted the British embassy consular section with a query regarding when i die, You know they post on here but guess what... THEY never bothered to reply.

[OneMoreFarang 26,637]

2 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

i am a US citizen and been with my partner over 20 years but not legally married.  I recall getting information somewhere that she will need some document from the US embassy to release my body to her (for cremation).  Is that a Thai requirement?  Something that can be ignored?  If not, is this document something that I can get ahead of time so that neither she nor my family in the states needs to be bothered with the bureaucracy. 

 

Didn't know where to post this and TV search not much help as usual.

 

 

 

So you have children or other relatives in the USA? Normally they will be asked about what they want after you die. It's their decision - unless you legally change that.

[Neeranam 7,903]

 

I would ask a US friend here to keep a letter that you have written, and take it to the US embassy when you die. might be easier that asking your partner to do it, assuming she/he's Thai.

[Lacessit 22,877]

When I die, it will be somebody else's problem. There is a Thai will and Australian will which say the same things.

I'd like my ashes scattered on a golf course, in homage to a game I have loved all my life. With the Thai thing about ghosts, they may have to go back to Australia.

[bankruatsteve 1,805]

I know of at least 5 former mates (from the UK) who died without legal marriage and they were ashes within 3 days.  So, whatever it is that Thai requires must be easy to get.  I am looking for what is the form or document that the Thai gov. requires so I know what to ask for.

[CanadaSam 677]

1 hour ago, quake said:

20 years together.

why not just get married

 

Many reasons, starting with he may already be married back home.