How to prove your relationship with your Thai Partner to apply for an overseas visa

What you should do while at home

Make contact with your Thai partner in any way that can produce evidence. Without any evidence it is difficult to suggest you are in a real relationship.

Telephone calls

The embassy will need to see contact via telephone or internet calling. Landlines and contract phones are great as you get a monthly bill which will show all of the times you have contacted your Thai partner.

Once a week call your Thai partner for 1 minute from any phone that will provide a bill with her number on it.

LINE, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Most couples now keep in touch on LINE, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger, both for writing to each other and for voice and video calls. Use them as much as you like, but make sure you keep the evidence:

• Keep all of your chats with your partner and never delete them.
• App calls do not show on a phone bill, so take a screenshot of the call history from time to time showing the dates and how long you talked.
• Screenshots of video calls with both of you on screen are also good evidence.
• Save or print your chat history on a regular basis. The history is kept on your phone, so if you lose the phone or it breaks you can lose all of your contact history. See the quick guide below.

Emails

You should be sending emails at least twice a week to your Partner and she should be sending emails back. Print the emails on a weekly basis.

Quick guide: how to save and print your chat history

Menu names can change slightly between app versions.

WhatsApp

• Export a chat (iPhone): open the chat with your partner, tap their name at the top, scroll down and tap Export Chat.
• Export a chat (Android): open the chat, tap the three dots at the top right, then More > Export chat.
• Choose Without media for a small text file, or Include media to add photos, then email it to yourself or save it to your computer. The file shows every message with its date and time, ready to print or save as a PDF.
• Back up online: Settings > Chats > Chat backup. iPhones back up to iCloud and Android phones to Google Drive. Turn on automatic backups.

LINE

• Export a chat: open the chat with your partner, tap the menu icon (three lines) at the top right, go to Settings and tap Export chat history. Save or email the text file, then print it or save it as a PDF.
• Back up online: Home > Settings > Chats > Back up chat history to iCloud or Google Drive. Link your LINE account to an email address so it can be restored on a new phone.

Facebook Messenger

• Download your messages: in Facebook go to Settings > Accounts Center > Your information and permissions > Download your information, and select Messages. Facebook prepares a file you can download, open on a computer and print.
• Back up online: in Messenger, turn on secure storage for your chats (Settings > Privacy & safety > End-to-end encrypted chats > Message storage) and keep your PIN or recovery code safe.

Tips

• A backup lets you restore chats onto a new phone, but you cannot print it, so export your chats as well.
• Export your chats about once a month and keep the files together in one folder.
• You do not need to print every message. We will help you choose the right selection to cover the whole length of your relationship.