My Thai wife ad I were married 20 years ago in Vegas.

Have been trying to get that marriage recognized in Thailand.

Leaving out all the details - The US Department of State got our certification application -- and lost the certificate.

Rather than repeat the onerous process, we're thinking of getting married here in Thailand.

• I would need to visit the Embassy in BKK for an affirmation of ability to marry (I have a divorce certificate).

• A visit to the local Amphur to check their requirements.

My question - Any one out there have experience with the same situation?

My wife thinks they won't let us marry twice.

Before we walk into the Amphur office, I'd like to have information that may help - Sometimes the Amphur visits feel like russian roulette.

(And no - I don't feel lucky).

Thanks in advance -

NO you cannot get married again in thailand 🤒

You get the marriage certificate from the US legalized by your state first, then it goes to the Dept of State to get stamped and finally after that it goes to the Thai Embassy that controls your state to get stamped by them.

THEN you can take those documents to a translation service, get them translated, get them stamped by the Ministry of foreign Affairs here, and FINALLY you can show up at an Amphur to get the marriage to a thai abroad registered inside thailand <- your objective is to get a Kor Ror 22 form so you can use the marriage as a reason for a visa/extension.

There isn't an Amphur is the country that will let you register a marriage to a thai in the US without going thru that above process

Sounds like you know the drill, know what's involved and just need to start jumping thru the hoops to get it done (bummer about the Dept of State losing your documents though)
OR
You need to just suck it up and get a "retirement visa/extension"

From memory (38 years ago married) we had to get our marriage certificate stamped as real in Bangkok by Thailand.

Then to amphur and certificate of marriage made (passport, Thai ID card, plus some tea money [my wife always does this as a thank you to the head guy].

Bit vague and may have forgotten something.

3 minutes ago, carlyai said:

From memory (38 years ago married)

that is ancient information and sadly tens of years out of date ☹️

If you were married to a thai in the US it is now a 3 step process to get the marriage certified in the US so you can even begin the process of translation/certification by the MFA here before you can get the marriage recognized
Get the marriage certificate stamped by who ever legalizes stuff in the state you were married in
Get that stamped by the Dept of State
Get that stamped by the Thai Embassy that controls the state you were married in

There are 4 thai consulates in the US; (Chicago, LA, Washington DC and New York) and depending on where you were married you get the stamp from the appropriate embassy

Sorry for the misinformation.

Visit a lawyer who is qualified in marital law and obtain a proper legal opinion. At the same time, review your wills. If you don't have them, get them. Also prepare the powers of attorney that allow for access to property and bank accounts in the event of incapacitation. Every case has its own specific characteristics.

You have another problem, the divorce decree needs to be apostilled and translated too. So since you need to do all this you might as well do the marriage certificate at the same time. It would be easier in the US because the original apostille comes from the Secretary of State for the State of Nevada, as well as the secretary of state or the court in the state of your divorce decree.

The US does not have a national marriage registry, so the Federal State Department cannot attest your documents without a local apostille. Once the documents are stamped by the local and federal state departments, they will need to be stamped again by the Thai consulate(s) in the US and then translated and stamped by the MFA in Bangkok.

I would start with obtaining instructions from the appropriate Thai Consulate in the US. I went through this two years ago and it was a 6 month pain in the butt.