US Citizenship

[forqalso]

My Thai wife took her exam to become a US citizen today and passed with flying colors 🇺🇸. I’m living in Jomtien and she stayed in California. She studied the 100 questions by listening to the questions online and in the last few weeks leading up to her interview, I would quiz her daily. There’s a hundred questions but they only pick ten at random to ask. She would get 100/100 consistently with me and today in the interview she got all ten correct. 

Years ago when we went to the immigration office for her green card, we were turned away for having cell phones on us, so this time she left hers in the car. After they told her she passed, she waited about 30 minutes for the rest of the new citizens to complete their interviews, and they were all sworn in and given their Certificates of Naturalization. We weren’t expecting to have the ceremony right away or I’d have flown back for it. It turns out she could have had her phone and got pictures of her receiving her citizenship but we didn’t know.

[forcebwithu]

Well done and congratulations to your Mrs.

[fforest]

Why cant we just answer 10 questions and become Thai citizens.....And never have to pay any more money for visas..

[forqalso]

49 minutes ago, fforest said:

Why cant we just answer 10 questions and become Thai citizens.....And never have to pay any more money for visas..

I think you answered your own question with that last line. 

[Britboy]

2 hours ago, fforest said:

Why cant we just answer 10 questions and become Thai citizens.....And never have to pay any more money for visas..

I wonder what those 10 questions might be? 🤣

1) How do you write "cheap Charlie" in Thai? 🤣

Not aimed at you @fforest, just the first thing that popped into my head.

[fygjam]

53 minutes ago, Britboy said:

1) How do you write "cheap Charlie" in Thai? 🤣

ขี้เหนียว

 

[fforest]

1 hour ago, Britboy said:

I wonder what those 10 questions might be? 🤣

1) How do you write "cheap Charlie" in Thai? 🤣

Not aimed at you @fforest, just the first thing that popped into my head.

I got a few questions that could be asked to farangs in Pattaya to get citizenship..

Like

1. Where are the cheapest girls found in Pattaya?.........Beach Road....

2. What is the most popular street for farangs in Pattaya?.......Soi Bukow

3.What is the most family friendly street in Pattaya?............Soi 6

4. How much is the Baht Bus?......10 Baht

5. What is the road next to the beach called in Pattaya?.........Beach Road...

6.Why do bar girls love farang so much....Because we are all sexy men.

7.Why is Walking street called Walking street.....Because people walk there...

8 Who has the cheapest food court in Pattaya....Terminal 21.....

Edited November 26 by fforest

[fygjam]

What is the correct transliteration of ซอยบัวขาว

 

[Glasseye]

29 minutes ago, fforest said:

I got a few questions that could be asked to farangs in Pattaya to get citizenship..

Like

1. Where are the cheapest girls found in Pattaya?.........Beach Road....

2. What is the most popular street for farangs in Pattaya?.......Soi Bukow

3.What is the most family friendly street in Pattaya?............Soi 6

4. How much is the Baht Bus?......10 Baht

5. What is the road next to the beach called in Pattaya?.........Beach Road...

6.Why do bar girls love farang so much....Because we are all sexy men.

7.Why is Walking street called Walking street.....Because people walk there...

8 Who has the cheapest food court in Pattaya....Terminal 21.....

 

You are a very bad man ff !

[forqalso]

Commonly asked questions and answers

Number of consonants/vowels in the Thai alphabet: 44 consonants and 32 vowels

At what age can a child get their first ID card? 7 years

The Thai age of majority: 20 years old

Number of Thai provinces: 77

Government official working hours: 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Thailand's system of government: Constitutional monarchy with the King as head of state.

Who is the current Prime Minister?

Who is the current Interior Minister?

What is the meaning of the Thai national anthem?

The meaning of the Thai flag colours: Nation/Religion/Monarchy for Red/White/Blue respectively

Royal birthdays:

HM King Rama 9: 5/12/1927

HM King Rama 10: 28/07/1952

HM The Queen: 12/08/1932

Questions about the nationality process are also asked:

When does an applicant officially become Thai: Upon publication in the Royal Gazette.

Which Minister has the power to grant Thai citizenship: The Minister of Interior

How long after being naturalized can a new Thai citizen vote: 5 years after being naturalised.

What are the duties of a Thai citizen?: (these are clearly outlined in Chapter IV of the Thai constitution.

[thegrogmonster]

One of the questions in Australia"s citizenship test is: What was Don Bradman's batting average when he retired?

99.94

[biggles]

I lived in OZ from aged 11, had no interest in cricket so could not get this one. What does an old sports question have to do with citizenship! 

Edited November 27 by biggles

[Zeb]

54 minutes ago, thegrogmonster said:

What was Don Bradman's batting average when he retired?

99.94

The ABC's GPO Box in Sydney (maybe elsewhere as well) is 9994 for that very reason.

[ChiFlyer]

On 11/26/2024 at 9:03 AM, forqalso said:

My Thai wife took her exam to become a US citizen today and passed with flying colors 🇺🇸. I’m living in Jomtien and she stayed in California. She studied the 100 questions by listening to the questions online and in the last few weeks leading up to her interview, I would quiz her daily. There’s a hundred questions but they only pick ten at random to ask. She would get 100/100 consistently with me and today in the interview she got all ten correct. 

Years ago when we went to the immigration office for her green card, we were turned away for having cell phones on us, so this time she left hers in the car. After they told her she passed, she waited about 30 minutes for the rest of the new citizens to complete their interviews, and they were all sworn in and given their Certificates of Naturalization. We weren’t expecting to have the ceremony right away or I’d have flown back for it. It turns out she could have had her phone and got pictures of her receiving her citizenship but we didn’t know.

Congrats. I went through this process with a PI now ex-wife about 20 years ago. Lots of work.

I really have no ill feelings toward said ex-wife. We just grew apart and wanted different things going forward. The marriage lasted 10 years and was for the most part a good marriage.

 

[Glasseye]

On 11/26/2024 at 5:00 PM, forqalso said:

Commonly asked questions and answers

Number of consonants/vowels in the Thai alphabet: 44 consonants and 32 vowels

At what age can a child get their first ID card? 7 years

The Thai age of majority: 20 years old

Number of Thai provinces: 77

Government official working hours: 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Thailand's system of government: Constitutional monarchy with the King as head of state.

Who is the current Prime Minister?

Who is the current Interior Minister?

What is the meaning of the Thai national anthem?

The meaning of the Thai flag colours: Nation/Religion/Monarchy for Red/White/Blue respectively

Royal birthdays:

HM King Rama 9: 5/12/1927

HM King Rama 10: 28/07/1952

HM The Queen: 12/08/1932

Questions about the nationality process are also asked:

When does an applicant officially become Thai: Upon publication in the Royal Gazette.

Which Minister has the power to grant Thai citizenship: The Minister of Interior

How long after being naturalized can a new Thai citizen vote: 5 years after being naturalised.

What are the duties of a Thai citizen?: (these are clearly outlined in Chapter IV of the Thai constitution.

 

Do you know anything about how they measure someones Thai language abilities regarding the Thai citizenship process ? 

or, do you only need to know one word ?    baht

[thegrogmonster]

14 hours ago, ChiFlyer said:

Congrats. I went through this process with a PI now ex-wife about 20 years ago. Lots of work.

I really have no ill feelings toward said ex-wife. We just grew apart and wanted different things going forward. The marriage lasted 10 years and was for the most part a good marriage.

 

Funny what you say about growing apart.

This year we have been married 22 years and the first few years the marriage was difficult and has now improved to the stage where we get on really well. The reason for this is we basically lead separate lives and do whatever we want but the rule is we tell each other what we are up to and where we are. We both ask the other if they want to be involved in whatever is happening. We do, do things together but mainly go our own ways.

I think we will be married to the end but in retirement my wife will move back to Thailand and I won’t. We will visit each other a couple of times a year I imagine.

Edited November 28 by thegrogmonster

[ChiFlyer]

8 hours ago, thegrogmonster said:

Funny what you say about growing apart.

......

I am actually on my 3rd marriage at this point. Some people never learn I guess. 🙂

My current wife (a Thai National) and I have been together about 8 years (married for 2) and live together in Thailand. We get along very well. We probably never would have legally married, but the number of assets we had acquired here in Thailand (house, car, motorbikes, bank accounts, condo, small farm, and a second house up North) made us decide to legalize our situation.

Both the Mrs and I have wills that cover all of our assets here in Thailand. I actually want all of those assets (except for the car, house, and my bank account) to go to her family in the unlikely event that she passes first. Marriage should make the execution of wills more straightforward, although given that TiT ??? My US assets are covered by a US will that protects those assets for my US bloodline. 

Wife #1 was the last America woman I ever dated. We did acceptable as divorced parents as we both tried to keep the best interests of my two sons at the center of things. Post-divorce I spent 12 years in AA so that I could be a decent divorced father. I have not spoken to wife #1 in well over 10 years now and that is ok with both of us.

Wife #2 was from the PI. I went through the entire soup to nuts Fiancee Visa thru helping her get American Citizenship. I taught her how to drive a car. Our original plan was that I would pay for her to earn a degree for a few years and then she could pursue a good job. She bailed on this and would hold several low paying jobs to support her family back in the PI. I paid for most US expenses. She was never at home. For 8 years I was seldom at home as well as I was an IT roadie. After I retired, things changed from my perspective. At that time I wanted to move abroad (decided on Thailand) and wife #2 wanted to stay in the US.

Fortunately, I had put in place a prenup. I also had the prenup reviewed in Tagalog for her with a PI lawyer before she ever got on a plane. I knew this was a high risk marriage and felt I needed to protect myself. I think that I treated her fairly in the divorce proceedings. My US lawyer was yelling at me for being too generous at times.

Of some interest both of my first two marriages lasted 10 years. hmmm - my current wife type situation is at 8 years. 😞 

Anyway - men and women?? And for that matter people???? Who da f**k knows?