Marry thai. Witnesses problem

[friendofthai]

Hi
In the local office in Phuket they said that they can provide their own witnesses only if two thai people want to marry.
But I am a foreigner, so they cannot help me with witnesses.
I suspect that other places do not have this rule. 
Could you recommend any foreigner-friendly place to marry thai woman?

 

Edited January 6, 2021 by friendofthai

[WineOh]

4 minutes ago, friendofthai said:

Could you recommend any foreigner-friendly place to marry thai woman

I've heard the Chapel o Love in las vegas will marry anyone, intoxicated or not with a valid credit card.

You want their number? 

Edited January 6, 2021 by Liverpoolfan

[colinneil]

Just now, friendofthai said:

Hi
In the local office in Phuket they said that they can provide their own witnesses only if two thai people want to marry.
But I am a foreigner, so they cannot help me with witnesses.
I suspect that other places do not have this rule. 
Could you recommend any foreigner-friendly place to marry thai woman?

 

You suspect other places do not have this rule, well mate you would be wrong thinking that.

I got married in Khonkaen and we had to go find 2 witnesses ourselves, as staff would not do it.

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

I did it in her hometown amphur, and brought the folks. Merriment was had by all.

[EricTh]

20 minutes ago, colinneil said:

You suspect other places do not have this rule, well mate you would be wrong thinking that.

I got married in Khonkaen and we had to go find 2 witnesses ourselves, as staff would not do it.

Must the 2 witnesses be Thai citizens?

[Bangyai]

Go to Bang Rak registry office in Bangkok. Providing you have the correct documents they will marry anyone and provide witnesses. At least, they did for us.

Its a big business for them there and they are famous for marrying people who have had issues elseware.

[petermik]

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

You suspect other places do not have this rule, well mate you would be wrong thinking that.

I got married in Khonkaen and we had to go find 2 witnesses ourselves, as staff would not do it.

They were only trying to warn off your dearly beloved about marrying a "cranky old <deleted>".........

and a Happy New Year to you col

[colinneil]

16 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Must the 2 witnesses be Thai citizens?

Yes thats what we were told, so we went back with the wifes 2 sisters.

[chickenslegs]

29 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Must the 2 witnesses be Thai citizens?

20 years ago, at Banglamung, our witnesses were my wife's sister and my English friend who was here on holiday.

 

[friendofthai]

33 minutes ago, EricTh said:

Must the 2 witnesses be Thai citizens?

Yes, sure

[blackcab]

You can choose any two Thai people to be witnesses. All they need is their Thai ID card.

 

You can literally get a couple of motorcycle taxi guys to be witnesses and give them a bit of thank you money afterwards. It really is that simple.

[Pmbkk]

48 minutes ago, Bangyai said:

Go to Bang Rak registry office in Bangkok. Providing you have the correct documents they will marry anyone and provide witnesses. At least, they did for us.

Its a big business for them there and they are famous for marrying people who have had issues elseware.

 

I go along with this, we got married there with no witnesses - the officers were the witnesses.

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2021 by Pmbkk

[86Tiger]

Amphur in Chon buri the young lady filling in the papers and lady sat at next desk signed as our witnesses.  So as with everything in Thailand, up to who ever ultimately approves/signs the paper.

 

 

ETA:  And thinking back another wierd item:  we sat in chairs in front of young lady doing our paperwork, of course my bride was chatting away with her the whole time as I sat staring at ceiling.  At one point we had to change chairs to desk of older lady desk who was directly in back of the first young lady.  The older lady never said a word, made a point to appear carefully and intensely reviewing every letter of every word, line by line.  She placed papers in basket of man sitting directly to her left who signed last page of the package and returned to his basket.  The older lady retreived from basket on desk and placed in her basket.  All this with not an utterance from any one.  The first young lady then rose from her chair, retreived the papeers and asked us to move back to the chairs in front of her desk.  It was sureal, I felt like was in some crazy B movie.

Edited January 6, 2021 by 86Tiger

[RichardColeman]

Because I wanted to get married quite quickly (no not that) I had an agent help me, Him and his wife stood witness for me, no problems

[varun]

1 hour ago, Bangyai said:

Go to Bang Rak registry office in Bangkok. Providing you have the correct documents they will marry anyone and provide witnesses. At least, they did for us.

Its a big business for them there and they are famous for marrying people who have had issues elseware.

+1 - that is what I did - although I did have 2 witnesses.

 

If you don't bring any - they will provide witnesses for you - some additional fee too I think.

Edited January 6, 2021 by varun

[Kwasaki]

2 hours ago, friendofthai said:

Hi
In the local office in Phuket they said that they can provide their own witnesses only if two thai people want to marry.
But I am a foreigner, so they cannot help me with witnesses.
I suspect that other places do not have this rule. 
Could you recommend any foreigner-friendly place to marry thai woman?

 

The lady in the Bkk office doing our marriage certificate that married us was the witness as well, 200 baht. ????

[EricTh]

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

The lady in the Bkk office doing our marriage certificate that married us was the witness as well, 200 baht. ????

200 baht if quite cheap....

[4MyEgo]

2 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

It was sureal, I felt like was in some crazy B movie.

Edited 2 hours ago by 86Tiger

Thaiefficiency it's called, I remember that happening when I applied for a yellow book, basket to basket, person collecting and putting in another persons basket and around it went for a couple of hours, big chief lady then goes through it all and checks word for word and signs off.

 

One day there might be a simpler system with loads of trees saved in the process, hopefully.

[Kwasaki]

28 minutes ago, EricTh said:

200 baht if quite cheap....

2003. ????????

[DaLa]

3 hours ago, colinneil said:

Yes thats what we were told, so we went back with the wifes 2 sisters.

Hope you were sober and  managed to marry the correct sister.

[colinneil]

Just now, DaLa said:

Hope you were sober and  managed to marry the correct sister.

You clearly have never seen my wifes sisters.????????????????????

[petermik]

7 hours ago, colinneil said:

You clearly have never seen my wifes sisters.????????????????????

What U trying to say col...be careful now or I,ll get my TGF to send a message to Mrs col...the <deleted> may hit the fan then.....not just cranky but cheeky with it....

[JustinCredible]

On 1/6/2021 at 1:55 PM, chickenslegs said:

20 years ago, at Banglamung, our witnesses were my wife's sister and my English friend who was here on holiday.

 

About the same time, Banglamung told us that we needed two witnesses. We said we would need to come back at some time so the lady dealing with just asked the next couple in the queue (both Thai) to act as our witnesses.  Job done ????  

[VyacheslavKHV]

I have used motorbike drivers who worked around ???? 500 THB

[wombat]

just put on a keg and witnesses will come out of the woodwork for you

[Acharn]

On 1/6/2021 at 2:09 PM, Pmbkk said:

 

I go along with this, we got married there with no witnesses - the officers were the witnesses.

 

 

 

Same with me and my late wife in Nakhon Sawan seven years ago. I believe it was true in amphoe Lam Plai Mat, changwat Buri Ram, when I married my first wife, but that was 48 years ago so things might have changed.

[KhaoYai]

On 1/6/2021 at 6:25 AM, Bangyai said:

Go to Bang Rak registry office in Bangkok. Providing you have the correct documents they will marry anyone and provide witnesses. At least, they did for us.

Its a big business for them there and they are famous for marrying people who have had issues elseware.

How long ago was that?  I don't know about witnesses but, much like other register offices, things at Bangrak have changed in the last year or two.   Foreigners now need to book a marriage registration slot for example, and there are only 5 slots per day. The law has always been that only the manager can register a marriage involving a foreigner but previously at Bangrak, if the manager was busy, other staff would do it and the manager would sign it - not now. Its possible that they no longer get staff to act as witnesses.

[NancyL]

On 1/6/2021 at 2:11 PM, 86Tiger said:

 

 

  It was sureal, I felt like was in some crazy B movie.

Similar procedure when Hubby and I, both westerners, got Amphur Final Wills in Ampur Muang, Chiang Mai.  Only the lady behind the one doing the work had to get involved because the country had recently installed a new computer program and they'd never done a foreigner-foreigner Final Will before.  Several Thai-foreigner Final Wills, but not foreigner-foreigner.  I give them credit that they didn't say "mai dai" and instead made phone calls to Bangkok and really stuck with it until they printed out Final Wills for us.  By that time, theyh knew them us well as family, so they served as witnesses.

[m Stender]

I got married 20 years ago in Udonthani in the town hall, only 2 clerks form office as witness

[connda]

On 1/6/2021 at 12:55 PM, friendofthai said:

Hi
In the local office in Phuket they said that they can provide their own witnesses only if two thai people want to marry.
But I am a foreigner, so they cannot help me with witnesses.
I suspect that other places do not have this rule. 
Could you recommend any foreigner-friendly place to marry thai woman?

 

Have you ever considered your karma is telling you something?

You think obtaining 2 witnesses is a hassle?  If you haven't really studied what it takes to stay here as a family, better start immediately.
Unless you are a woman marrying a Thai man, then the rest of your life here in Thailand will be an annual paper-chase to prove that you're worthy enough to remain in sacred Thailand and live with your family.

Had I to do it over again?  I'd have gone to some other country that has respect for the human rights of families and provides a foreign spouse married to their own citizen a path to at least residency.  Otherwise your just a misfortune away from being kicked out of Thailand and separated from your family. 

Reconsider while you can.  This county considers you naught but a national security risk - not a provider for a foreigner/Thai family.