Thailand - Land for our son

[John & Nan 0]

maybe someone from Thailand can answer this... My wife will be getting land from her mom. Can she give the land to her kids, if they are American citizen's ?

[hniHnitsuJ 8]

maybe someone from Thailand can answer this... My wife will be getting land from her mom. Can she give the land to her kids, if they are American citizen's ?

I don't know about Thai Land, but for Viet Nam is NO, NO, and NO.

[David-Hien 11]

maybe someone from Thailand can answer this... My wife will be getting land from her mom. Can she give the land to her kids, if they are American citizen's ?

I don't know about Thai Land, but for Viet Nam is NO, NO, and NO.

If your son has Vietnamese passport and Vietnamese citizenship, it will be "YES". That's the new law. Pls check with your VN relatives.

[daboyz 36]

maybe someone from Thailand can answer this... My wife will be getting land from her mom. Can she give the land to her kids, if they are American citizen's ?

Will they be Thai citizens as well? If not, chances are slim. Farangs can not own land on their own in Thailand.

[John & Nan 0]

maybe someone from Thailand can answer this... My wife will be getting land from her mom. Can she give the land to her kids, if they are American citizen's ?

Will they be Thai citizens as well? If not, chances are slim. Farangs can not own land on their own in Thailand.

mmm I guess that depends when the become 18. I really can not see them living in the county side in Thailand, There is not work there and if they have their pick, I think they would pick USA to live.

I know we want to build a house there in the future. but can not see the kids doing it. But I would like for chase to have a Thai wife

[hniHnitsuJ 8]

I know we want to build a house there in the future. but can not see the kids doing it. But I would like for chase to have a Thai wife

You never know? It's always better to has a house back home. Maybe for vacation or getaway.

[thongd4me 69]

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mmm I guess that depends when the become 18. I really can not see them living in the county side in Thailand, There is not work there and if they have their pick, I think they would pick USA to live.

I know we want to build a house there in the future. but can not see the kids doing it. But I would like for chase to have a Thai wife

I don't know if you should depend on your son marrying a Thai, but another question

which I have no idea of the answer is:

If your wife becomes a US citizen, who owns her Thai property because she has become a farang?

My fiancée also owns real property in Thailand but we haven't discussed the possibility of her changing citizenship.

I think it might not be a good thing because we have been talking about building a house on her land.

[John & Nan 0]

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mmm I guess that depends when the become 18. I really can not see them living in the county side in Thailand, There is not work there and if they have their pick, I think they would pick USA to live.

I know we want to build a house there in the future. but can not see the kids doing it. But I would like for chase to have a Thai wife

I don't know if you should depend on your son marrying a Thai, but another question

which I have no idea of the answer is:

If your wife becomes a US citizen, who owns her Thai property because she has become a farang?

My fiancée also owns real property in Thailand but we haven't discussed the possibility of her changing citizenship.

I think it might not be a good thing because we have been talking about building a house on her land.

Well this is the first time she talk about it ,in the passed she had said no to changing. I know Thai don't allow Dual citizenship. But I am told they don't really know if they are. But with Chase he must decide,If he want to keep his Thai citizenship maybe he would have to go in the Thai army so they dont know he is dual.

[daboyz 36]

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mmm I guess that depends when the become 18. I really can not see them living in the county side in Thailand, There is not work there and if they have their pick, I think they would pick USA to live.

I know we want to build a house there in the future. but can not see the kids doing it. But I would like for chase to have a Thai wife

I don't know if you should depend on your son marrying a Thai, but another question

which I have no idea of the answer is:

If your wife becomes a US citizen, who owns her Thai property because she has become a farang?

My fiancée also owns real property in Thailand but we haven't discussed the possibility of her changing citizenship.

I think it might not be a good thing because we have been talking about building a house on her land.

Well this is the first time she talk about it ,in the passed she had said no to changing. I know Thai don't allow Dual citizenship. But I am told they don't really know if they are. But with Chase he must decide,If he want to keep his Thai citizenship maybe he would have to go in the Thai army so they dont know he is dual.

They passed some wacky thing recently. If a Thai is married to a farang, and the Thai wife owns the property, then they can take it away. It'll probably change again next week. As far as the dual citizenship, there is no problem with that. She enters Thailand on her Thai passport, and enters the US with the green card.

[John & Nan 0]

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mmm I guess that depends when the become 18. I really can not see them living in the county side in Thailand, There is not work there and if they have their pick, I think they would pick USA to live.

I know we want to build a house there in the future. but can not see the kids doing it. But I would like for chase to have a Thai wife

I don't know if you should depend on your son marrying a Thai, but another question

which I have no idea of the answer is:

If your wife becomes a US citizen, who owns her Thai property because she has become a farang?

My fiancée also owns real property in Thailand but we haven't discussed the possibility of her changing citizenship.

I think it might not be a good thing because we have been talking about building a house on her land.

Well this is the first time she talk about it ,in the passed she had said no to changing. I know Thai don't allow Dual citizenship. But I am told they don't really know if they are. But with Chase he must decide,If he want to keep his Thai citizenship maybe he would have to go in the Thai army so they dont know he is dual.

They passed some wacky thing recently. If a Thai is married to a farang, and the Thai wife owns the property, then they can take it away. It'll probably change again next week. As far as the dual citizenship, there is no problem with that. She enters Thailand on her Thai passport, and enters the US with the green card.

Do you have a source for this ? They are talking now about doing all the deed changes soon, just fight over the detail. If this is true then Nan will just sale the land. I know our kids would never use it, But I would love to build a summer / retirement home there.

The Dual citizenship question was about Chase our son and what happens when he turn 18. I think next month when we are in Bkk we will go get him a Thai passport. right now he has only an American passport. We do have plans for him to spend the summer in Thailand when he get older and to go to school there also.

[thongd4me 69]

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mmm I guess that depends when the become 18. I really can not see them living in the county side in Thailand, There is not work there and if they have their pick, I think they would pick USA to live.

I know we want to build a house there in the future. but can not see the kids doing it. But I would like for chase to have a Thai wife

I don't know if you should depend on your son marrying a Thai, but another question

which I have no idea of the answer is:

If your wife becomes a US citizen, who owns her Thai property because she has become a farang?

My fiancée also owns real property in Thailand but we haven't discussed the possibility of her changing citizenship.

I think it might not be a good thing because we have been talking about building a house on her land.

Well this is the first time she talk about it ,in the passed she had said no to changing. I know Thai don't allow Dual citizenship. But I am told they don't really know if they are. But with Chase he must decide,If he want to keep his Thai citizenship maybe he would have to go in the Thai army so they dont know he is dual.

They passed some wacky thing recently. If a Thai is married to a farang, and the Thai wife owns the property, then they can take it away. It'll probably change again next week. As far as the dual citizenship, there is no problem with that. She enters Thailand on her Thai passport, and enters the US with the green card.

Do you have a source for this ? They are talking now about doing all the deed changes soon, just fight over the detail. If this is true then Nan will just sale the land. I know our kids would never use it, But I would love to build a summer / retirement home there.

The Dual citizenship question was about Chase our son and what happens when he turn 18. I think next month when we are in Bkk we will go get him a Thai passport. right now he has only an American passport. We do have plans for him to spend the summer in Thailand when he get older and to go to school there also.

If a Thai is married to a farang, and the Thai wife owns the property, then they can take it away.

I too would like to see where that has been enacted. I just copied it to my SO and she

says she's not sure if it's true or not.

The questions that then arise are,

does the Thai spouse lose property by getting a green card

or US citizenship, or by neither, just by marriage to a farang?

[AaronLV 12]

They passed some wacky thing recently. If a Thai is married to a farang, and the Thai wife owns the property, then they can take it away. It'll probably change again next week. As far as the dual citizenship, there is no problem with that. She enters Thailand on her Thai passport, and enters the US with the green card.

Do you have the link to the actual Thai Law? I thought it was a scare tactic for the developers in Phuket, that were marrying girls and buying land through them? Get married and next thing you know these girls who had no money buy millions of Baht worth of land.

I have a friend that is Thai, and has citizenship in both countries, he uses his US passport to enter the US, and his Thai when he enters Thailand, he has never had a problem, or been questioned.

[John & Nan 0]

ok Found it

Land Ownership and Foreign Nationals

Land Ownership and Foreign Nationals - Generally speaking Thai law prohibits foreign nationals from owning land in Thailand. The definition of a "Foreigner" is a person not of Thai Citizenship or juristic entities such as companies which are owned or have a controlling allocation of a foreign national.

Thai Nationals married to a foreigner were also prohibited from owning land in Thailand as it was presumed that a spouse may be holding the land on behalf of the foreigner. Recently this stance has been amended and the current policy is that the Thai spouse may own land however the foreign spouse must sign a waiver to state that they have no interests or claims to the land and that the land was paid for by the Thai spouse.

Under certain circumstances the law does make allowances, such as section 86 of the Thai land law. This law decrees that a foreigner may own land if permitted to do so under a treaty between consenting countries. The predicament with this method is that there are currently no such treaties in existence.

[daboyz 36]

ok Found it

Land Ownership and Foreign Nationals

Land Ownership and Foreign Nationals - Generally speaking Thai law prohibits foreign nationals from owning land in Thailand. The definition of a "Foreigner" is a person not of Thai Citizenship or juristic entities such as companies which are owned or have a controlling allocation of a foreign national.

Thai Nationals married to a foreigner were also prohibited from owning land in Thailand as it was presumed that a spouse may be holding the land on behalf of the foreigner. Recently this stance has been amended and the current policy is that the Thai spouse may own land however the foreign spouse must sign a waiver to state that they have no interests or claims to the land and that the land was paid for by the Thai spouse.

Under certain circumstances the law does make allowances, such as section 86 of the Thai land law. This law decrees that a foreigner may own land if permitted to do so under a treaty between consenting countries. The predicament with this method is that there are currently no such treaties in existence.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/forum/viewtopic...f=55&t=2102

Foreigners cannot use a Thai spouse as a nominee to buy property in Thailand, however.

“If the Thai spouse has enough money to buy the house that is fine, but if the Thai has no money and uses money given to him or her by a foreigner to acquire property, that is against the law. If we check and find out later that a Thai person has been using money from a foreigner to buy land anywhere in Thailand, we will revoke title deeds,” he said.

[John & Nan 0]

So I guess then it will be OK for my wife to be give the land by her mother. Our kids can not have it. So I think we put in my wife's will to give it to her brother if anything happens to her.