travelerjim
March 9th, 2008, 21:56
Thia Visa.com has a discussion about Civil Partnerships
for British and Thai bf's...etc...
also may be applicable to those from Europe...via Spain..
see the discussion threads...
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php ... pic=171025 (http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171025)
For those Brits with partners, the following posting about registering Civil Partnerships in SE Asia may be of interest:
http://dragoncastle.net/gayforum/viewto ... pid=52#p52 (http://dragoncastle.net/gayforum/viewtopic.php?pid=52#p52)
One of the 2 partners should be British for the UK Embassy to have jurisdiction.
Even then if the non British partner is Thai for example, it would not be 'valid' in Thailand
as Thai laws do not recognize (yet) partnerships of the same sex.
What is interesting is that the UK Embassy in Thailand do not register partnerships
but the one in Vietnam does (for non-Vietnamese)
It saves a lot of trouble and expenses to do it in Vietnam instead of going all the way
to the UK to register it including the hassle and aggravation of getting a UK visa and
proving the partnership (to get the visa) at the UK Embassy in Bangkok.
Once the civil partnership is registered, the non British partner has a much easier task
to get visas for the UK and for the EU countries BUT not for countries which does not
recognize same sex partnerships, it might even be a obstacle.....
read more...an interesting discussion and possibilities for Europeans..and more.
for British and Thai bf's...etc...
also may be applicable to those from Europe...via Spain..
see the discussion threads...
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php ... pic=171025 (http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=171025)
For those Brits with partners, the following posting about registering Civil Partnerships in SE Asia may be of interest:
http://dragoncastle.net/gayforum/viewto ... pid=52#p52 (http://dragoncastle.net/gayforum/viewtopic.php?pid=52#p52)
One of the 2 partners should be British for the UK Embassy to have jurisdiction.
Even then if the non British partner is Thai for example, it would not be 'valid' in Thailand
as Thai laws do not recognize (yet) partnerships of the same sex.
What is interesting is that the UK Embassy in Thailand do not register partnerships
but the one in Vietnam does (for non-Vietnamese)
It saves a lot of trouble and expenses to do it in Vietnam instead of going all the way
to the UK to register it including the hassle and aggravation of getting a UK visa and
proving the partnership (to get the visa) at the UK Embassy in Bangkok.
Once the civil partnership is registered, the non British partner has a much easier task
to get visas for the UK and for the EU countries BUT not for countries which does not
recognize same sex partnerships, it might even be a obstacle.....
read more...an interesting discussion and possibilities for Europeans..and more.