Quote Originally Posted by UncleSam
Can I ask a few questions? Why does a UK and Thai couple have to go to Vietnam to create a Civil Partnership when the UK guy and his bf seem to have the right to do that in the UK? Are there some sort of barriers to CP in the UK between you two? Does your CP have any legal effect in Thailand?
In the absence of a reply, I'll take a shot at this. Getting a visa for the UK is hard enough even with a civil partnership and even more difficult without. A civil partnership in Vietnam is recognised in UK and should ease the way to entry permission. As I understand it, civil partnerships are not recognised in Thailand but...........