Are you legally married in Cambodia? If so your wife can apply for a Carnet de Residence at the Sangkat which she is registered with, and have your name added to it as her husband.

Most Sangkats will not include a foreign husbands/wifes name in a Family book due to the vague wording in the Law on Marriage and Family.

If not legally married in Cambodia/in possession of an official Cambodian marriage Certificate, then the Sangkat still considers your wife as single and she will not be entitled to apply for her own Carnet de Residence or Family Book.

Adding my query here as it’s loosely related.

The other half has her own family book, with all 3 kids named. There has just been a debate with the Sangkat regarding my own name, and its inclusion in the family book. (For the record, I’ve no idea why the matter has come up today, when the purpose of her visit to the Sangkat was for another matter all together. But hey…)

They (Sangkat) appear to be amenable to attaching my name. I’m 50/50 whether I care or not- Ambivalent bordering on Apathetic. But the main query from the Sangkat relates to my name. Apparently, and this comes as a huge shock to me, it’s written in English. There’s no Khmer equivalent. Why not? On birth certificates and leases, police records, and anything else that I can find, my name has only ever been written in English. The Sangkat have now referred the matter to a higher office to find out if this is correct.

So, this begs the the following questions
-Does my name need to be transposed/translated into Khmer?
-Would this be done phonetically, or by some accepted local equivalent? Christian names is one thing, but family names could be another matter entirely. (Actually, even christian names can be a source of amusement- the little fella’s name was translated into Khmer, then translated back into English, before being mistakenly transposed into an equivalent Chinesey form written in Latin script, thus rendering his first Khmer passport utterly useless.)
-would this serve as an official document or representation of my name in a locally recognised script for other uses?

Freightdog wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:56 am
-Does my name need to be transposed/translated into Khmer?
-Would this be done phonetically, or by some accepted local equivalent?

It's done phonetically and the result is often poor.

My kid has my family name and even though the translation was done by the official guidelines, by the people from MoFA, it's still a poor result resembling the original for maybe 75%.

Freightdog wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 10:56 am
So, this begs the the following questions
-Does my name need to be transposed/translated into Khmer?
Yes
-Would this be done phonetically, or by some accepted local equivalent? Christian names is one thing, but family names could be another matter entirely. (Actually, even christian names can be a source of amusement- the little fella’s name was translated into Khmer, then translated back into English, before being mistakenly transposed into an equivalent Chinesey form written in Latin script, thus rendering his first Khmer passport utterly useless.)
Fuck knows how they translate, based on sounds isn't it. My name and my kids names are all translated into Khmer on all documents, and when read by a Khmer speaker it is spoken as my English name (if that makes sense)
-would this serve as an official document or representation of my name in a locally recognised script for other uses?
Yes

If the Sangkat are willing to add your name to the Family Book, then why not, better than not having it on there. Does your wife have a Carnet de Residence also?