Imagine you have carried out all the required procedures from acquiring your Affirmation to Marry to having it translated and handed it to the Department of Consular Affairs then to have it sent to you via EMS.
Now with such glee you open the treasured envelope and your heart just drops, you are stunned- there is an error in the translation
What? I went to an approved translator who has this wonderful stamp saying it is certified as a true translation
Well the end result we did not get married on the 7th September 2015, fiance cannot get leave to marry in September only one day a month during the week. Works 6 days a week with Sundays off.
I have no leave to get to Bangkok except for school holidays- so we are going to get married Easter Saturday,26th March 2016.
So during October I will have to do the whole process again.
The translator says" We can do nothing for you" admittedly they corrected the error and sent me via a 37 Baht stamp (EMS) the correction however it is of no use since we can no longer marry in September.
I contacted them yesterday could they just change the month of marriage from September to March next year- their response
http://wlab.benchama.ac.th/pr/doc/20150902060922.pdf
We do nothing for you. Best Regards, Sunee
www.bangkoktranslationoffice.co.th
So there you go you have no recourse but to do the whole thing again
The error: passport issued IPS England
Translator: passport issued IPS London England.
Amazing but this is Thailand.