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Recognition of MarriageHello;
If you want your marriage in Thailand to be recognized in Canada you =
have to have what your calling the "Licensed" wedding. Not really a =
wedding just registering it at the Government Agent. Give yourself a =
couple days to get it done though, you will first have to goto the =
Canadian Embassy and get the forms, then to the Thai Foreign Affairs =
building, then translators, and back to the Embassy. From there you can =
got the Marriage register and get legally married. If I remember =
correctly I had to go back to the Embassy and give them a photo copy of =
the marriage certificate. If you don't speak Thai bring a Translator =
with you, it can't be your wife to be, but can be anyone else that =
speaks Thai and English. All forms will be in Thai.
The ceremony you are talking about isn't a legal marriage and is =
optional, in the eyes of the law after you goto the marriage register =
and sign the papers you are married.
On a positive note for you, your wife to be won't loose her property =
rights the rules changed about 2 years back , we own a house in Thailand =
in my wife's name without a problem, but your name can't be on the deed. =
You won't be able to own property unless you invest a large sum of =
money in the country, then you can own 1 rai of land, about and average =
city lot.
And just to clarify again the ceremony is not a legal marriage even =
to the Thai Authorities, it is recognized by most people and they =
consider you man and wife but not legally.
There is a fair bit more advice I could give you if your interested, =
like first of all if you want to do an inland sponsorship and she =
doesn't have a good job, education, and comes from a well off family, =
DON'T. If your married and she doesn't have the above there is very =
little likelihood of her getting a Visitor Visa. Much more likely if =
she isn't married, and you do that here.
Anyways you can feel free to email me if you like I have been =
through the whole process my wife just finally got all her papers a =
month ago. ***scarecrow***@aisl.bc.ca Remover the (***) of course.
"ThaiCdn" wrote in message =
news:BBCC57D3.E063%someone@somewhere.com...
How can I find out if a marriage will be recognized by Canada/CIC? I =
am engaged and planning to marry in March my Thai fianc=E9. We have not =
started the immigration process yet and are planning to wait until after =
marriage.=20
The problem is that if we have a 'licensed' Thai wedding, my fianc=E9 =
could lose her right to own property (which she currently does) in =
Thailand. A traditional wedding 'up-country' that we are planning is =
accepted as official in Thailand without license, when the brides father =
'gives away' the bride. There will be plenty of her family in =
attendance, as well as some of mine. Plenty of photos and other =
evidentiary documentation will be kept for our own memories as well as =
for spousal visa app.
Any knowledge/advice to help us know if this will be acceptable to =
Canadian govt. is greatly appreciated. =20
Thank you.
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If you want your =
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"Licensed" wedding. Not really a wedding just registering it at =
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Government Agent. Give yourself a couple days to get it done =
though, you=20
will first have to goto the Canadian Embassy and get the forms, then to =
the Thai=20
Foreign Affairs building, then translators, and back to the =
Embassy. From=20
there you can got the Marriage register and get legally married. =
If I=20
remember correctly I had to go back to the Embassy and give them a photo =
copy of=20
the marriage certificate. If you don't speak Thai bring a =
Translator with=20
you, it can't be your wife to be, but can be anyone else that speaks =
Thai and=20
English. All forms will be in Thai.
The ceremony you are =
talking=20
about isn't a legal marriage and is optional, in the eyes of the law =
after you=20
goto the marriage register and sign the papers you are=20
married.
On a positive note =
for you, your=20
wife to be won't loose her property rights the rules changed about 2 =
years back=20
, we own a house in Thailand in my wife's name without a problem, but =
your name=20
can't be on the deed. You won't be able to own property unless you =
invest=20
a large sum of money in the country, then you can own 1 rai of land, =
about and=20
average city lot.
And just to clarify =
again the=20
ceremony is not a legal marriage even to the Thai Authorities, it is =
recognized=20
by most people and they consider you man and wife but not =
legally.
There is a fair bit =
more advice=20
I could give you if your interested, like first of all if you want to do =
an=20
inland sponsorship and she doesn't have a good job, education, and comes =
from a=20
well off family, DON'T. If your married and she doesn't have the =
above=20
there is very little likelihood of her getting a Visitor Visa. =
Much more=20
likely if she isn't married, and you do that here.
Anyways you can feel =
free to=20
email me if you like I have been through the whole process my wife just =
finally=20
got all her papers a month ago.
href=3D"mailto:***scarecrow***@aisl.bc.ca">***scarecrow***@aisl.bc.ca=
=20
Remover the (***) of course.
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"ThaiCdn" <
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wrote in=20
message
=
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one@somewhere.com...
Canada/CIC? I am engaged and planning to marry in March my Thai =
fianc=E9.=20
We have not started the immigration process yet and are planning =
to wait=20
until after marriage.
The problem is that if we have a =
=91licensed=92 Thai=20
wedding, my fianc=E9 could lose her right to own property (which she =
currently=20
does) in Thailand. A traditional wedding =91up-country=92 that =
we are=20
planning is accepted as official in Thailand without license, when the =
brides=20
father =91gives away=92 the bride. There will be plenty of her =
family in=20
attendance, as well as some of mine. Plenty of photos and other=20
evidentiary documentation will be kept for our own memories as well as =
for=20
spousal visa app.
Any knowledge/advice to help us know if this =
will be=20
acceptable to Canadian govt. is greatly appreciated. =
Thank=20
you.
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