Buying land in a Thai spouse's name during marriage (Letter of Confirmation)

Letter of Confirmation

At:.....................................

Date:............. Month ............................ Year..............

I, Mr./ Mrs..................................... and Mr./ Mrs...............................

are registered/ unregistered both spouses. We together confirm that the money which Mr./ Mrs.............. ................................ shall expend on the purchase of land title deed/ N.S.3 K/ N.S 3 no..................... ... ............... Sub-district...... .... ...............District.................................................... Province.................................. or Condominium Unit no......... Floor.................... Name of the Condominium................................. Sub-district.......................................... District........................................ ... Province...................................... ............... is wholly Suan Tun or the personal property of Mr./ Mrs............................................ alone, not Sin Som Ros or the matrimonial property between husband and wife.

(Signature)................................ Certified spouse

(Signature)................................ Certified spouse

(Signature)................................ Witness

(Signature)................................ Witness

This agreement is made in the presence of ............................ Competent Official

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The above letter of confirmation is based on a regulation issued March 23, 1999:

'The procedure for the acquisition of land by Thais having spouses being aliens, either by lawful marriage (with proper registration of marriage) or unlawful marriage (without proper registration of marriage) and children of aliens have been changed to be as follows:

• Any Thai having an alien spouse may purchase or accept land as a gift with no consideration and register the ownership of such land during marriage under the condition that the spouse must jointly provide a written legal confirmation stating that the entire source of funds for such purchase or gift is solely from the Personal Property (such as defined by Thai laws) of such Thai.
• Without written confirmation from an alien spouse, the request for such registration must be referred to the Land Department in order to obtain an approval from the Minister.

Any alien's minor having Thai nationality may purchase or accept land as a gift with no consideration and register the ownership of such land if it does not appear after investigation that he/she has done so to avoid the law'

Source Most Urgent Letter: No.Mor.Thor 0710/Vor.792 dated March 23, 1999