Elite visa holders downvoting posts here again 😄

On 12/22/2025 at 10:53 AM, Liquorice said:

Fees

Certificate of Freedom to Marry (Certificat de Coutume/Nulla Osta)

Per Irish applicant: €60

Non-refundable postage and handling fee: €6

Total per Irish applicant: €66

 

Late fee

If you submit your application 28 days or less before the date of your intended marriage you’ll have to pay an additional fee of €60 per Irish applicant.

https://www.ireland.ie/en/thailand/bangkok/services/marriage-and-civil-partnership/

I was married in Thailand in August this year. I provided a notarized statement of Freedom to Marry that I had signed at the American consulate in BKK. Do the Irish folk allow/provide that service? The Thai MoFA will accept that.

53 minutes ago, Peabody said:

Do the Irish folk allow/provide that service?

Yes, but standard service to process is 4 months.
Read previous posts on the subject.

3 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Yes, but standard service to process is 2 months.
Read previous posts on the subject.

So you are saying that you can walk into the Irish Embassy and get a notarized Freedom to Marry certificate, but it takes 2 months to get an appointment?

21 minutes ago, Peabody said:

So you are saying that you can walk into the Irish Embassy and get a notarized Freedom to Marry certificate, but it takes 2 months to get an appointment?

Read the previous posts, as I'm not the OP that posted the issues, I simply replied.

12 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

Read the previous posts, as I'm not the OP that posted the issues, I simply replied.

Replied "yes" to my question, without any knowledge? Not particularly useful.

6 hours ago, thaiasia said:

I was in Thailand for about 270 days in 2025. Now in Vietnam. I've been here about 3 weeks now.

If I wanted to come back to Thailand, and fly to Suvarnabhumi/Don Mueang, are they going to let me in or put me on the plane back to Vietnam? I've been thinking about using the agent service but then again, it's 2026 now so not sure if I need it 😐

By air thats really risky, I would not without agent. Was your 2025 time with exempts and tourist visas?

1 hour ago, at15 said:

By air thats really risky, I would not without agent. Was your 2025 time with exempts and tourist visas?

Only exempts

5 hours ago, thaiasia said:

Only exempts

Best to use a safe entry service when reentering with your history.

13 hours ago, thaiasia said:

If I wanted to come back to Thailand, and fly to Suvarnabhumi/Don Mueang, are they going to let me in or put me on the plane back to Vietnam?

I sure would consider using a safe entry company, you are exactly the demographic of people they are looking for to deny entry to. By that I mean it appears you have been living here on free back-to-back 60 day visa exempt entries.

These are the three companies that are the big players in safe entry,

Thai Visa Service

https://thaivisaservice.com/

Thai Visa Centre

https://tvc.co.th/

Friendly Thai Visa

https://friendlythaivisa.com/

16 hours ago, Peabody said:

Replied "yes" to my question, without any knowledge? Not particularly useful.

You asked if the Irish Embassy offered a service to provide an affidavit of freedom to marry.
I answered 'yes', based on knowledge and experience.
The procedure of the Irish Embassy is irrelevant to the process offered of the US Embassy.

https://www.ireland.ie/en/thailand/bangkok/services/marriage-and-civil-partnership/

Making an application

Online questionnaire

To apply for a Certificate of Freedom to Marry, you must complete an online questionnaire about yourself and your upcoming marriage or civil partnership.

Statutory declaration

Based on this questionnaire, you’ll be presented with one or more statutory declarations to complete and a checklist of supporting documentation you'll need to submit with your application.

You need to:

Print and sign your questionnaire.

Print out a copy of each statutory declaration.

Print out your checklist.

Complete the declarations and have them witnessed.

Post them to us with your supporting documentation, signed questionnaire and fee.

Print off or save each form right after your online questionnaire, as you won't be able to retrieve them later.

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When to apply

Submit your application a minimum of four months before the date of your marriage or civil partnership.

Your witnessed statutory declaration(s) cannot be dated more than six months before the date of your marriage.

Your application is not complete until we get hard copies of your questionnaire, statutory declaration(s), and all supporting documentation.

The Op submitted the application in November and been advised his affidavit should be ready for signing and witnessing sometime in February.

The reason he posted this issue is that he's already on his 3rd VE entry.

Excuse my paranoia, but just checking that visa-exempt for a Brit on a UK passport going to Thailand for the first time since February 2025 is stil 60 days?

I'm going from Feb to April, as I've done for the past 3 years and I'm travelling in 3 weeks so now's the time to be certain!

The UK Embassy site indicates it is, but they are notoriously slow to update.

I do know i shall need to do a TDAC within 3 days of travel.

Thanks in anticipation.

8 minutes ago, VBF said:

Excuse my paranoia, but just checking that visa-exempt for a Brit on a UK passport going to Thailand for the first time since February 2025 is stil 60 days?

I'm going from Feb to April, as I've done for the past 3 years and I'm travelling in 3 weeks so now's the time to be certain!

Still 60 days.

1 minute ago, Liquorice said:

Still 60 days.

Cheers - I thought so but paranoia is not always your friend 🤔

1 minute ago, VBF said:

Cheers - I thought so but paranoia is not always your friend 🤔

There have been rumours of it returning to 30 days, but that won't happen, if at all, until a new government has been elected.

37 minutes ago, Liquorice said:

There have been rumours of it returning to 30 days, but that won't happen, if at all, until a new government has been elected.

That was exactly why I'm checking.

Someone on another thread said much the same (actually, it may have been you!) but as I said, if I did need a visa, now would be the time to get it.

As it is, a visa-exempt will do the job - thanks.

8 minutes ago, VBF said:

That was exactly why I'm checking.

Someone on another thread said much the same (actually, it may have been you!) but as I said, if I did need a visa, now would be the time to get it.

As it is, a visa-exempt will do the job - thanks.

Even if it returned to 30 days, you'd have no problem entering VE with your history and applying for a 30-day extension, for up to 60 days stay.

Just now, Liquorice said:

Even if it returned to 30 days, you'd have no problem entering VE with your history and applying for a 30-day extension, for up to 60 days stay.

Oh I know, but, it's far less hassle and cheaper to get a 60 day SETV before travelling, than to mess around with Jomtien Immigration. You know, all the copying, getting a TM30, waiting around. As you know, getting a visa is online and if I had needed it, far better to waste 30 mins while still home than at least half a day of my trip!

But, yes, I appreciate the comment 👍

1 minute ago, VBF said:

Oh I know, but, it's far less hassle and cheaper to get a 60 day SETV before travelling, than to mess around with Jomtien Immigration. You know, all the copying, getting a TM30, waiting around. As you know, getting a visa is online and if I had needed it, far better to waste 30 mins while still home than at least half a day of my trip!

But, yes, I appreciate the comment 👍

Agreed!

On 1/2/2026 at 10:20 PM, BillyBobzTeeth said:

Earlier Post ---- Wife spoke to her Imm friend today, who works at the Wang Prachan border in Satun next to Malaysia.

 

The word there is, it's back to 2 visa exemptions per year, so if, like me, you've had more than 2 this year, don't bother going there, you won't get another.

 

I was paying their 2000 baht fee every 60 days, which was a good deal for me, but that ends now.

 

They also said it could change to something new in January lol

Update Coming Soon --- I'll be there this month and will update this thread for this border, hope it helps a few of you chaps out.

Went to the Wang Prachan border this week near Malaysia.

Things went smoothly; I was out and back in the same day and got another 60-day exempt—my eighth one since my Non-O visa expired.

Paid 2,000 baht fee at the Thai immigration window before getting my exit stamp. The nice lady there told me I could do one more this year, but that might change after the elections in February.

7 minutes ago, BillyBobzTeeth said:

Went to the Wang Prachan border this week near Malaysia.

Things went smoothly; I was out and back in the same day and got another 60-day exempt—my eighth one since my Non-O visa expired.

Paid 2,000 baht fee at the Thai immigration window before getting my exit stamp. The nice lady there told me I could do one more this year, but that might change after the elections in February.

Good update as you promised, thanks.

I would add something other than the election that may change the current, fortunate stasis, and that's a sudden surge of out-of-province, same-day, visa-exempt border-hoppers.

20 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Paid 2,000 baht fee at the Thai immigration window before getting my exit stamp

There are a couple southern land borders with Malaysia that do this. Some hand the foreigner a laminated card to show the Malay side of the border control so that they know you're just bouncing out/back (and have "greased the wheels" to make it happen 😆

The recent government change obviously is not wanting to make things more easy for the falangs.

On 1/6/2026 at 3:40 AM, Tod Daniels said:

I sure would consider using a safe entry company, you are exactly the demographic of people they are looking for to deny entry to. By that I mean it appears you have been living here on free back-to-back 60 day visa exempt entries.

These are the three companies that are the big players in safe entry,

Thai Visa Service

https://thaivisaservice.com/

Thai Visa Centre

https://tvc.co.th/

Friendly Thai Visa

https://friendlythaivisa.com/

I'm in Thailand now. I used the safe entry service and it was a breeze. Got a new stamp in my passport, no questions asked 🙂

2 minutes ago, thaiasia said:

I'm in Thailand now. I used the safe entry service and it was a breeze. Got a new stamp in my passport, no questions asked 🙂

Roughly how much did u pay out of interest?

I got quoted 3,500 from one agency and another 6,500.

In the end I went to Wang Prachan and paid 2,000.

The Muslim immigration lady at the border told my fiance it is possible to do more than 2 land border runs if we do it alone and agree not to try to extend:).

As long as it doesn't draw attention, basically.

However, we should be married by the end of February and not need to.

1 minute ago, hatyaidan said:

Roughly how much did u pay out of interest?

I got quoted 3,500 from one agency and another 6,500.

In the end I went to Wang Prachan and paid 2,000.

The Muslim immigration lady at the border told my fiance it is possible to do more than 2 land border runs if we do it alone and agree not to try to extend:).

As long as it doesn't draw attention, basically.

However, we should be married by the end of February and not need to.

I paid 4,500 baht. Wang Prachan sounds good if it's only 2,000.

Just now, thaiasia said:

I paid 4,500 baht. Wang Prachan sounds good if it's only 2,000.

Yes easy enough from Hatyai, 90 minutes each way but taxis 1,500 return too.

So 3,500 total.

On 1/13/2026 at 11:01 AM, thaiasia said:

I'm in Thailand now. I used the safe entry service and it was a breeze. Got a new stamp in my passport, no questions asked 🙂

Was it VE or did you apply for a TV while in Vietnam? (I'm in Vietnam myself now and trying to decide if I need a TV - two VE with extensions in 2025)

8 minutes ago, Chuck443 said:

two VE with extensions in 2025)

Did you obtain 30 day extensions to both.

When was last time in Thailand.

21 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Did you obtain 30 day extensions to both.

When was last time in Thailand.

Correction:
Actually the first extension was with a TV, then a VE with extension - and the last VE without extension (I left for Vietnam in mid Jan without even trying to apply for an extension at Laksi)