Hello,

If i legaly marry my thai girlfriend in my home country and get a marriage certificate from registrar of marriage in my home country and bring this certificate to Thailand and both me and she go to the registrar of marriage in Bangkok and show them the maariage certificate of our marriage in my home country and if the certificate is well attested and certified by the ministery of foreign affairs of my country ,

1)will the marriage registrar in Bangkok will register our marriage and give us a marriage certificate ?

2)OR we need not get the cerficate from thai registrar of marriage at all ,our marriage certificate issued in my home country will be accepted for "O" visa (one year visa based on marriage with a thai)??

3)Or we have to marry again in Thailand ???

Please tell me friends .

Thanks

You can normaly register your marrriage at the Thai embassy in your country. Look at their website.

Your marriage will be recognised by the Thai government. You can't marry again in Thailand, as you are already married.

1. You are married - you can not marry again. Some people seem to do something but have not seen any details - number 2 should be all you need.

2. With official paperwork legalized by your home country/translation into Thai and MFA registration that should be all you need for visa/extensions.

3. Not unless you divorce first.

You can easily marry here in Thailand with a simple paper that you are single from your Embassy so it might make things easier to do it here. Especially if you plan to live here.

You are legally married, but your new in-laws might not be impressed with your foreign wedding certificate. They wouldn't be too bothered with a Thai certificate come to that.

But if your new wife suggests a wedding or rather a ceremony where nine monks and dozens of guests are present , probably in her parent's house, then go for it, although it will be a little expensive for you. Then in the eyes of her family and the guests from her village you are really married.

We were legally married at the amphur on Christmas Day 2000 ( so I couldn't forget the anniversary in future years!) and when we told her mum the next day she said "Oh yes? OK. " But 2 days later when we had the Isaan wedding in her house in the village in Khon Kaen with the monks and all the guests she and all the old ladies in the village were in tears at the beautiful wedding. My wife wore a long Thai-silk formal dress and I wore a western suite to that one. I had to get special permission from the abbot of the temple to sit cross-legged in front of him as I couldn't sit as Thai's do with my feet tucked in to one side. At least not without falling over sideways that is. The party outside afterwards closed the road through the village with all the tables set out under an awning.

3 days later we had yet another ceremony in the local large hotel with all the guests trooping up in turn to pour water over our hands. My wife wore a western-style wedding dress and I wore a white formal Thai suite with a red sash thrown over the shoulder. The hotel gave us a free room for the night: one with twin beds on our first night together! TIT

But it remains that the first wedding, the civil one attended by only my wife and I and two witnesses was the legal one. It's also the one that is recognised by my home country as being legal.

Same for me, unregistered wedding in Dansai, Loei and civil cermony in Glasgow. Therefore I am deemed to be married in every country by virtue of the Scottish wedding.

One thing about having a wedding in Thailand is you will get a lot of guests inviting themselves......enjoy!

But if your new wife suggests a wedding or rather a ceremony where nine monks and dozens of guests are present , probably in her parent's house, then go for it, although it will be a little expensive for you. Then in the eyes of her family and the guests from her village you are really married.

Agreed.

This is the part that makes you "really married" in Thai eyes.