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**ZIZITOPER** · 09-21-2012, 09:56 PM

No, it isn't.

David

I'm still a bit puzzled. I just heard about it recently, and because I never heard of that before, I checked at the website of the Thai consulate in Antwerp, and they really stipulated a clause that you need a "bewijs van goed gedrag en zeden", which is something of a "clearance re criminal record" - I'm not sure what the exact right wording is in English, and small words can make big differences. But whatever the interpretation, it sounds odd that this would be needed - and I had never heard of this anyway.
So I thought it might be some kind of very recent rule, which on top of it may not be really enforced, or the interpretation might just be that they want the paper, to weed out the serious criminals (which might make sense : it wouldn't be about the marriage, but about letting them in Thailand)
But the website of the Thai embassy in London doesn't require British nationals do give any criminal record or clearance or whatever.

Maybe the Belgians have a really really bad name ?

Bit strange

----------------- just found the equivalent (or closest possible equivalent) in English (UK English) :
police clearance - “Subject Access Report”.

09-21-2012, 09:56 PM	#7
ZIZITOPER Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 513 Senior Member	No, it isn't. David I'm still a bit puzzled. I just heard about it recently, and because I never heard of that before, I checked at the website of the Thai consulate in Antwerp, and they really stipulated a clause that you need a "bewijs van goed gedrag en zeden", which is something of a "clearance re criminal record" - I'm not sure what the exact right wording is in English, and small words can make big differences. But whatever the interpretation, it sounds odd that this would be needed - and I had never heard of this anyway. So I thought it might be some kind of very recent rule, which on top of it may not be really enforced, or the interpretation might just be that they want the paper, to weed out the serious criminals (which might make sense : it wouldn't be about the marriage, but about letting them in Thailand) But the website of the Thai embassy in London doesn't require British nationals do give any criminal record or clearance or whatever. Maybe the Belgians have a really really bad name ? Bit strange ----------------- just found the equivalent (or closest possible equivalent) in English (UK English) : police clearance - “Subject Access Report”.
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