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You also need the marriage documents certified by the THAI embassy in your home country.

That is not required to register a foreign marriage. The MFA certification takes care of that.

Hi UbonJoe, I had our marriage certificate legalised by the UK FCO, then had certified translations done.

We were advised at our Amphur to take these to CW for processing before taking them back to the Amphur.

At CW we were quite rudely told that we had to get them stamped by the British Embassy in Bangkok. This seemed absurd as they had already been legalised by the FCO, so I called the Embassy while I was still in the CW office.

When the Embassy assured me that we were being wrongly advised by the Thais, I asked them to speak to the officials at CW there and then, which they did.

The officials at CW then insisted that we have to take the already legalised and translated marriage certificate to the Thai Embassy in London.

This was around September of last year. Can you confirm that they are wrong and help point me in the right direction please?

Thanks in advance.

You did not even have to have your marriage certificate certified by the UK FCO. You can do a statement to do a self certification at the embassy.

Did you have your certified marriage certificate translated to Thai and then have it certified by the MFA? That step is enough to satisfy the Amphoe.

We started the process when we were living in the UK. We were told by the Thai embassy that we had to get the FCO to legalise our certificate then get it trAnslated, which we did.

We originally brought the legalised certificate to Thailand in 2014. The a amphoe told us we had to take it to the MFA, which was locked down at the time.

We're now living in Thailand. When we went to the MFA they told us we had to take it to the Thai embassy in London first.

Thanks for your advice. It looks like it will be easiest for us to start again with an affidavit at the British embassy.

BM

You also need the marriage documents certified by the THAI embassy in your home country.

That is not required to register a foreign marriage. The MFA certification takes care of that.

Hi UbonJoe, I had our marriage certificate legalised by the UK FCO, then had certified translations done.

We were advised at our Amphur to take these to CW for processing before taking them back to the Amphur.

At CW we were quite rudely told that we had to get them stamped by the British Embassy in Bangkok. This seemed absurd as they had already been legalised by the FCO, so I called the Embassy while I was still in the CW office.

When the Embassy assured me that we were being wrongly advised by the Thais, I asked them to speak to the officials at CW there and then, which they did.

The officials at CW then insisted that we have to take the already legalised and translated marriage certificate to the Thai Embassy in London.

This was around September of last year. Can you confirm that they are wrong and help point me in the right direction please?

Thanks in advance.

Finding golden syrup. Still haven't managed it and the alternatives (corn syrup etc.) just don't do.

OP were you married in Thailand or Australia as that can make a difference.

Could you please elaborate. We were married and registered in Australia.

If you have a foreign marriage you have to bring that foreign marriage certificate to Thailand and go to your embassy in Bangkok and swear an affidavit on the certificate. Then you have this affidavit and certificated translate from your home country language to Thai and then these get registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or MFA for short. Now you can go to any amphur and have your marriage recognize and on fill in Thailand. For proof and you have to submit this to immigration for a marriage extension you need a Kor Ror 22 this you get at any amphur and cost about 20 baht. You normaly need a new one ever year. If you were married in Thailand it is a KR 2.

You also need the marriage documents certified by the THAI embassy in your home country.

We went quite recently and just sailed through immigration with no questions asked, but then that was what I had expected.

It seems most posters here are pro Barcelona in a Thailand based forum, hmm a bit odd,

Has it occurred to you that not all of us who live in Thailand live in Bangkok? I love living in Suphanburi but have no desire to live in Bangkok whatsoever. Given the choice between Bangkok and Barcelona I would opt for the latter, but neither would have any chance of tempting me away from here, indeed nowhere else on earth would.

These scammers need to be put on the Prison work crews that root out the sludge in the city sewers for five years.....then sent home for more prison.

How are you sure they have w/p's?

Now come on.....read the title, read the rest.............

But some of us aren't fishing anymore...made the big catch...

Maybe the chef is not quite so crazy after all.

"She received a conditional discharge and a fine"

Ok so that sorts Maya, now who are these two people who were jailed for 2 years?

Don't hold your breath.

Owner? I think he just got "owned".

Has anyone else noticed how ironic that guy's Teeshirt is?

"Luxury Lifestyle", hardly compatible with his destination if found guilty!

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Not good news for Thailand when UNHRC is investigating the rights abuse in Thailand. Today they slammed Thailand for handing over Chinese fleeing from conflict. More to come.

"Not good news for Thailand when UNHRC is investigating the rights abuse in Thailand."

You mean, the UN Human Rights Council chaired by <drum roll> Saudi Arabia???

Ha ha ha

Saudi Arabia which, just like Thailand, is a "Tier 3" rated country in regards to Human Trafficking violations!

Tier 3 being defined as: "Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so." That Saudi Arabia? What a joke.

Or the one that's based in Geneva and has a German president?

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There are several topics about this.

Some offices are enforcing the existing rule a home owner must report the presence of a foreigner staying in their home. This is done by submitting a TM30 form.

I note you say some offices, which I haven't noticed before. This is quite reassuring as I've previously asked my wife to call the office for our area to check and they have told her a couple of times not to bother as they already know where I live. The last time was last week as I wanted to know if we had to report when we return from our holiday in Bali in a couple of weeks. The answer was an emphatic "No".

Whilst responding here I'll take the opportunity to thank you for your seemingly tireless attempts to help people understand visa/extension of stay laws, procedures and interpretations. I haven't posted much but I have been reading plenty on here over the past couple of years. We moved here in February, prior to that my Thai wife lived with me in the UK.

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We have plenty of birds here in Suphanburi, it's one of the many things that I love about life here. We've even had them nest and raise young in one of the shrubs on our balcony.

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Congratulations, thanks for sharing. I hope that you're both as happy as Mrs BM and I are. We married in Suphan three years ago.

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he is most definately being sarcastic!

nice to see there is a thread for the champions at last, good work

Do you mean men's champions of England or Women's champions of England?

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A lot of you seem to be assuming that the Thai driver with the dashcam is a man. This is not the case according to my wife, who read the original, Thai post. This IMO makes the clown not only an uncouth idiot but a cowardly uncouth idiotic bully.

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Cowardly? I wouldn't want to get a Thai woman p!$$ed off

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A lot of you seem to be assuming that the Thai driver with the dashcam is a man. This is not the case according to my wife, who read the original, Thai post. This IMO makes the clown not only an uncouth idiot but a cowardly uncouth idiotic bully.

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