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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Divorce from my Thai wife, in Belgium or Thailand?
Dear readers,
My Thai wife and I are separated, I want a divorce but we got married in Thailand. Can I apply for a divorce in Belgium or do I have to go to Thailand? Or can this be done through the embassy?
We live here in Belgium. Our marriage is registered here.
Regards,
Do
Hello Will. I was also once married to a Thai. We were then officially married in Bangkok. Afterwards left for Belgium and had the marriage registered there. The divorce in Belgium went through a notary because we have a son. And so through the court. In Thailand we therefore had to do the divorce.
I'm not sure, but you got married in Thailand and then legalized it in Belgium.
Then I suspect that you have to go the same way again… ie first to Thailand to get a divorce and then have it legalized or registered in Belgium.
I don't think you can even get a divorce in Belgium… Maybe the Thai embassy can do something for you…
If you are married in Thailand, and also registered in Belgium, then you must also do the divorce in Belgium and then in Thailand. If you have children, it goes through the notary and the court. If you do not have children, then simply file for divorce through a court in Belgium and divorce with mutual consent. Then in Thailand. This was the road we had to travel with a son born in Belgium. As well as the many others I know from the circle of friends who were married to a Thai in Thailand and registered in Belgium had to go the same way. If you only do the divorce in Thailand, you will remain married under Belgian law.
think in Belgium.
Can You Just Do It At The City Hall Where You Are Married ( Province) Done and Out in 15 Minutes!!!
That might be good if you are only married in Thailand. But as soon as you have also registered your marriage in Belgium, it becomes a completely different story.
Hello Will,
Married in Thailand = Divorce in Thailand. If you agree with the two of us then it's a piece of cake. To the town hall, fill in the form and both sign. Finished! I think 160 bath needs 2 witnesses, may also be officials sitting there. You are both bound by what you enter on the form about, for example, distribution. You can also fill in nothing.
If you do not have an agreement with ega, you can go to family law. You can't do that without a lawyer!
After divorce you will receive a document with which you can deregister in your home country.
Succes
Sake.
The document you get in Thailand that you are divorced in Thailand is “not” valid in Belgium if marriage has been registered in Belgium before. In Belgium you also have to officially file for divorce.
Dear will
You can easily do this in Belgium. Make sure you have the marriage documents. Just go to a notary for divorce by mutual consent. Is the easiest.
I was also once married in Thailand for Belgian law and we also lived in Belgium for 7 years, when the divorce was also pronounced, it was no problem in 2009.
Divorce in Thailand takes half an hour if both agree, you can divorce in your own country, but with the necessary difficulties.
It doesn't take long in Thailand. But if the marriage is also registered in Belgium, and the divorce is not done in Belgium, then there will be a lot of problems afterwards. The piece of evidence that you are divorced in Thailand is not valid at all in Belgium.
If you are entering into a divorce in Thailand, you must have the documents of this divorce translated by a translation agency recognized by the Belgian Embassy. This agency can also have the translated documents legalized (Chang Wattana) and then present them at the Belgian Embassy where they are also legalized. When these documents are subsequently submitted to the “population” service in Belgium, the divorce will also be registered there.
I was married in 1993 in Bangkok, and then registered in Antwerp. I had the legalized translations as they said on the Belgian in Bangkok, and addresses they gave in Bangkok for the translations. Afterwards in Belgium to the population of the city of Antwerp with the legalized translation from Bangkok. These were simply refused; I had to have the Thai marriage certificate translated in Belgium. Address was assigned to me by the court clerk. And the only translator who was allowed to translate legally into Antwerp lived in Zwijndrecht (Antwerp). Among the translations were my wife's birth certificate, marriage certificate, and a few other documents. In 1993 this cost about 25 euros per A4 side in euros. With these official translations I was able to register the marriage. I then also went to ask in another place in Antwerp, and that was exactly the same; Translations from Thailand are not valid at all in Antwerp.
Divorce in Belgium Have the deed translated by a sworn translator and legalized in Thailand. I didn't have to go to Thailand and my ex then sent copies.
If you don't do that in Thailand, you will remain married on paper even if you are legally divorced in Belgium
I was married in Thailand (Bangkok) in 2000 and divorced in Belgium in 2007, I arranged all the papers myself (looked up on the internet), so no lawyer or notary was involved.
We are divorced by mutual consent, no children, then everything cost us a total of 52 Euros.
First time signing together with the court 1 month after filing for divorce, three months later, second time signing together, and it was resolved. So the process then took time four months.
It is said that my ex-wife here in Thailand later arranged the papers for Thai law on her own.
Regards John.
Dear Will,
Not an answer to your question, but relevant.
Keep in mind that during the "negotiations" regarding the divorce, the person who initiates the divorce usually gets off slightly less well financially.
Don't count too much on a "good notary". Once the customer is on the hook, they make little effort.
Good luck and keep your head and heart cool.