creative1000 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Are photocopies of Passport + Thai marriage certificate ok for the Tabian Baan? Or do I have to get a certified Passport photocopy from the US Embassy, get it professionally translated + certified by the Thai Foreign Affairs Office ...like I did for the Thai Marriage Certificate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanoshi Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) The requirements from individual Amphoe's can vary, so you should first check with them. This is the requirement at mine, yours may vary. First and foremost, you must have the permission of the Blue book holder to use their address for registration. They have to attend with you to sign the application form. Under the Civil Registration Act, a Yellow House book can be issued to any foreigner meeting the requirements, regardless of his marital status, or living situation. Original Documents. 1. Passport. 2. Certified (Embassy) copy of your Passport, translated into Thai, then the certified copy and translation legalized by the Legalisation department of Thailand's MFA. 3. 2 x Passport Photos for application form. Copies. 1. Passport Photo Page. 2. Passport page of current Visa or Extension. 3. TM6 (Departure card) 4. House owners Tabien Baan (signed with tele number) 5. House owners ID card (signed with tele number) Edited May 14, 2021 by Tanoshi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arick Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 They need your parents name and D. O. B translated into Thai and stamped. Your parents names are entered into the yellow book. My Amphur didn't ask for the passport translated because you get the residence cerficate from immgration. So why do they need a translated copy of your passport? Its amazing that many embassy dint provide affadvits or letters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 OP, As others have said, the requirements can vary depending on the local ampher. Usually an MFA certified translation of you name (and parents) is required. If you are married in Thailand, you already have an MFA certified translation of the names, if you still have the documents. I was able to present marriage documents in liew of getting passport translated etc, at my local ampher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creative1000 Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 Thanks everyone. Appreciate the replies. Looks like we'll make a trip to the local Amphur Office to double check. My "landlord" is my wife, and the Amphur Boss already signed our Thai Marriage certificate at our wedding a few months back, so with luck they can reuse the same certified MFA documents on file. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee2 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I have had a yellow-book for about 5 years. I drove the wife to the Amphur's office. She submitted her blue-book, our marriage certificate and my passport, while I sat in the waiting area. My only contribution was the 20 baht fee. About 30 minutes later, we were on our way back home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anant72 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 19 hours ago, Tanoshi said: The requirements from individual Amphoe's can vary, so you should first check with them. This is the requirement at mine, yours may vary. First and foremost, you must have the permission of the Blue book holder to use their address for registration. They have to attend with you to sign the application form. Under the Civil Registration Act, a Yellow House book can be issued to any foreigner meeting the requirements, regardless of his marital status, or living situation. Original Documents. 1. Passport. 2. Certified (Embassy) copy of your Passport, translated into Thai, then the certified copy and translation legalized by the Legalisation department of Thailand's MFA. 3. 2 x Passport Photos for application form. Copies. 1. Passport Photo Page. 2. Passport page of current Visa or Extension. 3. TM6 (Departure card) 4. House owners Tabien Baan (signed with tele number) 5. House owners ID card (signed with tele number) Those were the requirements for me at Bangkhae Amphoe. When I went to the Amphoe with the Bluebook holder, It took a few hours to do the paperwork but it went very smoothly and the civil servants were, well, quite civil. I was then directed to another office worker to get the pink ID card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyenyen Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 To the OPP. After you get your Yellow Tabien Baan, stay for another 30 minutes and get your Pink Card. It's easy to get and useful to have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) On 5/14/2021 at 10:59 AM, creative1000 said: Are photocopies of Passport + Thai marriage certificate ok for the Tabian Baan? It really depends of where you stay. You need to go to the tessa ban-office (not amphor, but the office that issue building permissions and house books), and aks what they require. Some posters have said it easy-peasy to get a yellow house book for aliens, whilst others needed a lot of documentation; including myself, with officially translated passport and two witnesses knowing me well, typically neighbors of which one should be government employed, and an interview (translator was accepted). Edited May 15, 2021 by khunPer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 22 hours ago, creative1000 said: Thanks everyone. Appreciate the replies. Looks like we'll make a trip to the local Amphur Office to double check. My "landlord" is my wife, and the Amphur Boss already signed our Thai Marriage certificate at our wedding a few months back, so with luck they can reuse the same certified MFA documents on file. Cheers! Did mine no translations needed or parents DOB . Took my wife of course not a copy of her LMFO. Good Idea just turn up at your local Amphur, I can't remember if i needed a L.O. Residency though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arick Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 On 5/15/2021 at 7:08 AM, Peterw42 said: OP, As others have said, the requirements can vary depending on the local ampher. Usually an MFA certified translation of you name (and parents) is required. If you are married in Thailand, you already have an MFA certified translation of the names, if you still have the documents. I was able to present marriage documents in liew of getting passport translated etc, at my local ampher Immgration residence certificate has your name in Thai and last time I checked there are no parent names in your passport. The reason they take marriage certificates is for your parents names. No another reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 9 hours ago, arick said: Immigration residence certificate has your name in Thai and last time I checked there are no parent names in your passport. The reason they take marriage certificates is for your parents names. No another reasons Your name is NOT in Thai on an immigration resident certificate. Amphers get an MFA certified translation of your name from either a passport translation, or marriage documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arick Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: Your name is NOT in Thai on an immigration resident certificate. Amphers get an MFA certified translation of your name from either a passport translation, or marriage documents. Your parents names are on the UK marriage certificate. Question does it just need to be translated certified and post to the MFA. We dont need it stamped by an embassy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, arick said: Your parents names are on the UK marriage certificate. Question does it just need to be translated certified and post to the MFA. We dont need it stamped by an embassy? Th MFA certifies and legalizes translations (ie: its a correct translation from a legitimate document) It depends on the document but they usually want an embassy stamp saying the docs are real etc, otherwise it could just be a document you made up in photoshop. As everyone says, the requirements can vary depending on the Amphur, but the basic requirement is an MFA certified translation of yours and parents name. What a lot of people don't realise is Thai (or foreign MFA certified) marriage documents already contain the required MFA certified translations of yours and parents names. If you don't have marriage docs then its usually a matter of getting passport, birth certified etc, translated and MFA certified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arick Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Peterw42 said: Th MFA certifies and legalizes translations (ie: its a correct translation from a legitimate document) It depends on the document but they usually want an embassy stamp saying the docs are real etc, otherwise it could just be a document you made up in photoshop. As everyone says, the requirements can vary depending on the Amphur, but the basic requirement is an MFA certified translation of yours and parents name. What a lot of people don't realise is Thai (or foreign MFA certified) marriage documents already contain the required MFA certified translations of yours and parents names. If you don't have marriage docs then its usually a matter of getting passport, birth certified etc, translated and MFA certified. My name is already in Thai on the Chanote? So I will ask them this morning what else it could just be my parents names. The MFA website doesn't ask for a stamped copy of the document the just ask for the original with stamped translation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arick Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Peterw42 said: Th MFA certifies and legalizes translations (ie: its a correct translation from a legitimate document) It depends on the document but they usually want an embassy stamp saying the docs are real etc, otherwise it could just be a document you made up in photoshop. As everyone says, the requirements can vary depending on the Amphur, but the basic requirement is an MFA certified translation of yours and parents name. What a lot of people don't realise is Thai (or foreign MFA certified) marriage documents already contain the required MFA certified translations of yours and parents names. If you don't have marriage docs then its usually a matter of getting passport, birth certified etc, translated and MFA certified. I will collect yellow book in the morning. After my partner called his sisters in other province Amphur and them call my Amphur in Chiayaphum. The only documents needed was a photo copy of my passport and visa and house book nothing else. No translation nothing from the MFA. The Buriam office just kept laughing saying Canadians just need a copy of their passport. Maybe because Miss universe Thailand is half Canadian....... 555 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaiyenyen Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I feel I was quite lucky. They accepted the Thai translation of my name from my Thai marriage cert. The translation of my parents names was done by the HR dept at work (Not certified). They were happy with that. My parents names aren't on my Thai marriage cert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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