@Kim ********

yes, easier for her also.

@Chris **********

Thanks.

@Bryan *******

. It's never an issue until they move back to Thailand .

@John *******

. Example... In the next village the government were giving allotments to the locals in the village. Because my friends wife had a farang name she was refused an allotment.

Another was my business partner. He died and his wife had a job getting her new I'd card with her Thai name . There are more examples and it often depends on the local gov officials.

@John *******

. Not true!!

Mine didn't. She kept her own name.

If your wife keeps her own name it will give her more entitlements in Thailand.

@Olivier ********

. Just in a local shop in Udonthani.

We have one. After bringing it here to Thailand 26 years ago wood is fine but workings have stopped. Got it fixed a few years ago but it stopped again.

41.5 baht .

@Paul ******

After 26 years here and having many mates in the same predicament as the said guy who posted I would shy away from the lawyer sharks and sort it other ways. Very few success stories in this country. Read the forums.