marian08

Hello,

My fiancee and I are coming to Bangkok in July to be married.

I am Australian and and she is from the Philippines, we thought getting married in Bangkok would be much more convenient and romantic than in our respective countries, we can do that later.

We will be coming to Bangkok on our own and just wanted to cover the necessary Embassy documentation, and then just go to the nearest Municiple hall and tie the knot.

Since having made all our plans, we have found out that it is now a rule of the Philippine Government that any of their subjucts getting married, have to obtain a License from their Embassy, and the Embassy must post the license application in the diplomatic system for a period of 10 days before they will issue the license. Which makes our stay much longer than necessary, can anyone verify this rule.

I am laughing right now. Get married in the Philippines if you can, trust me, it is a lot easier. Is there any particular reason why you want to marry in Thailand?

Here is the process to get married here in Thailand:

You go to the Australia embassy and get a paper that say you are free to get married, that should be pretty easy, others can advise you on that.

Next, your fiance needs to get the same paper from the Philippine Embassy. hahahahahaha I am seriosuly laughing as I write this because it is a pain and a half. The Philippine Embassy is Bangkok will only issue the Certificate with if the Filipina can present a duly authenticated CERNOMAR from the Philippines.

How do you get that? First off, she needs to request a CERNOMAR(Certificate of No Marriage Record) from the Philippine NSO office. It has to be printed on SECPA paper. This takes about 3 to 5 weeks to get. Once she has it in hand, she must now get it duly authenticated. Secondly, she must take the CERNOMAR to Malacanang Palace in Manila for them to certify the the NSO certification. This takes anywhere from 1 to 3 days. After it is ready for pickup, she must then deliver it the DFA Office in Manila for them to authenticate it. It is commonly called Red Ribbon authentication. This takes 3 to 5 days to complete. After she picks it up, she can then take the autheticated document with her to Thailand and request the certificate of singleness from the embassy.

The Philippine Embassy will not budge, no duly authenticated cernomar, no certificate of singleness. Without a letter from the embassy, short of a bribe, you will not get the amphur to register the marriage. Get the idea? Can you understand my laughter?

You may have reasons for not getting married in the Philippines. If that reason is about the waiting time, it is a lot more waiting time getting NSO paperwork from the Philippines,etc...and in the Philippines, 1000 pesos does away with the 10 day waiting period to get married. If it is because she has a previous undisolved marriage, the NSO will catch it, whether you marry in Thailand or the Philippines.

If you are interested in place to get married quickly without a lot of BS, I might suggest Hong Kong. You can file the paperwork via mail. Just file the paperwork, set the wedding date, and fly in, get married and take care of everything. You do not need a certifcate of singleness to get married in Hong Kong.

wow, seems very easy to get married in Hongkong, but is it a legal marriage or i mean will my own country will recognize that marriage when i go back to my own country (Philippines)?

Because i heard alot of stories got married in other country and they will know later when they go back to Philippines that their marriage is not recognize by our country and she's still single.

She needs to file a police report and contact her Embassy.

how long does it takes?

and can she get passport her in thailand?

My friend lost her passport her in thailand.

and she's planning to go back to her country this week

What is the best thing to do?

yes, my work permit is still valid until dec.2009

but my visa expired already,,that visa is the non-immigrant visa

i wasn't able to go to immigration after my work permit issue so I dont have 90 days stamp in my passport

If you check the date in your Work Permit you will find that it works together with your Visa. If you are on overstay already it is possible your work permit is cancelled already. I'd go and check with the Labour Office to see where you stand on that though.

My work permit is still valid until dec. 2009

the problem is i didn't extend my visa.

yes they told me that i can have extension but only 7 days extension.

but I'm overstay for 9 days now

A visa only allows a 90 day stay unless extended. It appears you did not do that and have been here over 90 days? So overstay and owe 500 baht per day (or perhaps jail/court if regular police stop you before you leave - not likely to happen but could). You need to exit country and pay fine asap. You will also have to obtain a new non immigrant B visa. Doing so in Manila may be difficult as they have a very poor record of being helpful. Be sure to have all company documents and work permit with you. Also have phone/fax numbers available in case they need 'extra' paperwork from your employer.

is going back to philippine is the only solution for this problem?

yes this thursday i will go back to phil.

and can i process my non-immigrant B in phil and if I can get non-B there, can i get re-entry permit in my country too so that my work permit won't be cut?

A visa only allows a 90 day stay unless extended. It appears you did not do that and have been here over 90 days? So overstay and owe 500 baht per day (or perhaps jail/court if regular police stop you before you leave - not likely to happen but could). You need to exit country and pay fine asap. You will also have to obtain a new non immigrant B visa. Doing so in Manila may be difficult as they have a very poor record of being helpful. Be sure to have all company documents and work permit with you. Also have phone/fax numbers available in case they need 'extra' paperwork from your employer.

A visa only allows a 90 day stay unless extended. It appears you did not do that and have been here over 90 days? So overstay and owe 500 baht per day (or perhaps jail/court if regular police stop you before you leave - not likely to happen but could). You need to exit country and pay fine asap. You will also have to obtain a new non immigrant B visa. Doing so in Manila may be difficult as they have a very poor record of being helpful. Be sure to have all company documents and work permit with you. Also have phone/fax numbers available in case they need 'extra' paperwork from your employer.

thanks lopburi!

so can i pay my overstay fine in the suvarnabhumi airport when i go back to phil?

i HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY VISA I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP ME ABOUT THIS

I apply for non-immigrant B and after this I got a work permit.

I don't know that after this I will go to immigration again and my boss didn't inform me about this also.

Now, I'm planning to have my vacation in Philippine for 3 weeks so yesterday I went to immigration to get a re-entry permit

but when i went there they said I'm overstay so I was shock about this..So i have to pay for my 10 days overstay here and they can't give me a re-entry permit..they said "don't worry you just pay your overstay in the airport and then go to the thai embassy in phil to get a re-entry".

Is this correct?

i'm worried that if I can't get a re-entry my work permit will be cut..

My departure is next month already so,,i'm on cramming now!

anyone here can give me information about this, please?