Marriage question

[Farangdanny]

Can anyone with recent experience please tell me exactly what documents are required to marry a Thai lady at Municipality ?

 Thank you.

[canthai55]

No hard and fast rule.

Check with the Amphur where you live, as each one is different.

[MAF666]

You will need to attend your Embassy in Thailand and make a stat dec certified that you are free to marry. If married previously you will need a Decri Nisi also certified. In addition they  will give you a document to certify your passport. These documents then need to be translated into Thai and certified. 

Present at the Amphur with your wife to be with her house book and IC and 2 witnesses, and they will register the marriage and give you 2 copies of the marriage certificate.

Amphur cost is minimal, Embassy and translation costs are not.

[Teak]

Yes, you must be both legally free to marry, however, if you are divorced in another country you are still married in Thailand, unles you you file and translate your foreign divorce documents. Consequently, I have one wife in Thailand and one wife in China. Hopefully, one will get rich !

[canthai55]

As I said above - check with your local amphur

the 2 posts before this one did not apply to me when I got married.

No embassy, no translation, more than 2 people to vouch for me ...

[OneZero]

Go to Star Visa near the US Consulate & for a relatively few thousand baht (exactly, I don't remember, but well worth it) they will lay out everything you need & they will do the tedious difficult stuff (like sending docs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs in BKK).

[canthai55]

never did that either

nothing got sent anywhere - never contacted any outside department except the local amphur

[steve187]

3 hours ago, Teak said:

Yes, you must be both legally free to marry, however, if you are divorced in another country you are still married in Thailand, unles you you file and translate your foreign divorce documents. Consequently, I have one wife in Thailand and one wife in China. Hopefully, one will get rich !

what are you talking about, what utter rubbish

[Teak]

If you are married in Thailand and then proceed on to a divorce,,,,,say in Canada. The Thai authorities have no knowledge of that divorce,  unless you submit a divorce decree in Thai to to the Ampur where you were married. Then you are divorced in Thailand and can remarry. As we were registering our daughter for ID at 23 yrs....we had to provide all the house papers, marriage documents etc. to prove her citizenship. My ex stated 'divorced' and was told she did not file her international divorce with Thailand so 'in Thailand ' she is still considered married. The foreign divorce was 12 years ago........we just did not consider registering our divorce in Thailand. I later remarried in China using my Canadian divorce status. Some provinces in China require me to go to China for a divorce and take a finger print, which is why you must be present. Divorce is the last thing we think about when considering marriage, but probably the first think to consider.

 

[steve187]

4 hours ago, Teak said:

If you are married in Thailand and then proceed on to a divorce,,,,,say in Canada. The Thai authorities have no knowledge of that divorce,  unless you submit a divorce decree in Thai to to the Ampur where you were married. Then you are divorced in Thailand and can remarry. As we were registering our daughter for ID at 23 yrs....we had to provide all the house papers, marriage documents etc. to prove her citizenship. My ex stated 'divorced' and was told she did not file her international divorce with Thailand so 'in Thailand ' she is still considered married. The foreign divorce was 12 years ago........we just did not consider registering our divorce in Thailand. I later remarried in China using my Canadian divorce status. Some provinces in China require me to go to China for a divorce and take a finger print, which is why you must be present. Divorce is the last thing we think about when considering marriage, but probably the first think to consider.

 

you didn't say that in your other post here is what you said 

 

15 hours ago, Teak said:

Yes, you must be both legally free to marry, however, if you are divorced in another country you are still married in Thailand, unles you you file and translate your foreign divorce documents. Consequently, I have one wife in Thailand and one wife in China. Hopefully, one will get rich !

please do not post something without explaining it fully, ''if you are divorced in another country you are still married in Thailand'' does not explain it fully

[thaibeachlovers]

23 hours ago, steve187 said:

you didn't say that in your other post here is what you said 

 

please do not post something without explaining it fully, ''if you are divorced in another country you are still married in Thailand'' does not explain it fully

I understood what he meant the first time.

If the OP doesn't understand then the OP can ask for an explanation.

[Farangdanny]

On ‎1‎/‎7‎/‎2020 at 7:03 PM, canthai55 said:

never did that either

nothing got sent anywhere - never contacted any outside department except the local amphur

Please tell me which Ampur.

[Farangdanny]

On ‎1‎/‎7‎/‎2020 at 7:03 PM, canthai55 said:

never did that either

nothing got sent anywhere - never contacted any outside department except the local amphur

Please tell me which Amphur ?

 

[canthai55]

Doi Saket

[silverhawk_usa]

16 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Doi Saket

I was married in Doi Saket in November 2018.  I needed all the documents as stated above by MAF666 in post number 3.  I will say they were quite congenial and helpful. One lady who spoke English gave me all the requirements needed without alerting my wife to be. Also as someone already posted; Star Visa did all the government leg work on the Thai side.  The Amphur did not ask for two witnesses as their staff volunteered for that. 

[Just Weird]

On 1/7/2020 at 3:25 PM, MAF666 said:

If married previously you will need a Decri Nisi also certified.

Decri Nisi [sic]?  Are you sure about that, isn't a decree absolute required?

[Just Weird]

On 1/7/2020 at 4:01 PM, Teak said:

Yes, you must be both legally free to marry, however, if you are divorced in another country you are still married in Thailand, unles you you file and translate your foreign divorce documents. Consequently, I have one wife in Thailand and one wife in China. Hopefully, one will get rich !

So one of your marriages is bigamous?  Let's hope that wife isn't the one who gets rich.

Edited January 11, 2020 by Just Weird

[Just Weird]

On 1/9/2020 at 7:01 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

I understood what he meant the first time.

If the OP doesn't understand then the OP can ask for an explanation.

The OP?  It's the other posters who need the OP's explanation, not the OP!

[canthai55]

44 minutes ago, silverhawk_usa said:

  I needed all the documents as stated above by MAF666 in post number 3.

I did not - as of 2558 - 5 years ago

[MAF666]

46 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Decri Nisi [sic]?  Are you sure about that, isn't a decree absolute required?

Absolutely correct. Decree Absolute is required. 

It seems just weird how Google translates Latin to Oz.

[silverhawk_usa]

On 1/11/2020 at 2:15 PM, canthai55 said:

I did not - as of 2558 - 5 years ago

I believe you.  Just related my own experience, 1 year ago.. 

[Tounge Thaied]

Honestly... do a quick search to get you started on the obvious things that will be needed. Beyond that, you have to go down to the Ampur you will be dealing with. They can give a list of what THEY will need. As previously pointed out, each Ampur will have different requirements. I used a service, it was not a lot, I think I paid 8000 baht. But it was all facilitated nicely within three days. I am not endorsing Siam Legal... just providing this video for the basics.