Getting Married In Thailand -- A Few Questions

[Mallika]

Hello everyone! I looked over the forums and found the great advice in this thread with regards to the exact process needed to get married in Thailand.

I still do have a few questions that I'd like to ask pertaining to my situation, and hope you guys would be able to give me a bit of advice before I take on the Spanish Consulate. (The last time I called to ask them about getting a Schengen visa for my trip to Spain last year [which, by the way, was an awesome vacation ], they hurried me off the phone in the middle of the conversation so they could take another call. )

(1.) Before I forget, a general question -- what's an apostille seal, and where do you get that done in Thailand? Is this actually the same thing as having documents certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? (And could someone please tell me what an apostille seal is called in Thai, since it seems nobody understands what I'm asking when I use the words "apostille seal"? I've tried dictionaries and asking people, and everyone stares at me and goes, "Aposti... what?")

(2.) I read from some sites that "copies of the passport, along with the page containing the entry visa" is required -- I'm just wondering (out of sheer paranoia), since my boyfriend (a Spaniard) doesn't require a visa to come to Thailand, he doesn't need that page-containing-the-entry-visa bit, right? I mean, we just copy his passport and the page where it has an entry date and such, yeah?

(3.) I'm Thai, my boyfriend's a Spaniard, and we're going to get married here in Thailand. I know we need to get any documents that he's brought with him from Spain stamped and signed by the Spanish consulate, translated into Thai, then certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I was wondering if there's anything special we'd have to do, seeing as how the documents are in Spanish and not English. Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs certify translated Thai documents if the original document it was translated from is not English? That is, will we have to get the Spanish documents translated into English (and perhaps certify it somewhere?), then translated into Thai, and THEN take all those to the MFA to get it stamped?

(4.) A bit of history before I ask the question -- In Spain, when a couple gets married, the woman retains her last names and the husband retains his last names (last nameS plural, as everyone has two last names, one from each parent). For example, let's say the guy's named Antonio Lopez-Banderas and the woman is Helma Sayek-Gregori ... ... After they get married, their names are unchanged. Their last names are united only with the advent of children -- if they have a kid named Eduardo, he'll take on the first last name of each parent so he'll be Eduardo Lopez-Sayek. OKAY. Now the question is -- is it acceptable if, after getting married, I do NOT change my name on my ID and passport but only just get my title changed (Miss to Mrs., I mean)?

I tend to get wordy and such, so thanks for reading through my post. Apologies if some of the questions are a bit stupid. I'm just a paranoid freak.

Edited February 4, 2005 by Mallika

[Pink Mist]

I'll start the ball rolling,

never heard of an apostle seal

It doesnt matter what the original language of the document is, you need to use an approved translater that can do spanish to thai, possibly you could get his documents translated to english in spain then to thai in bkk, but they must be approved.

he will get a 30 day visa on arrival when he lands in LOS so that will be in the passport.

you will retain your name in your passport and ID unless you want to change it, which is a simple process.

thats the best I can figure at the moment but maybe others will have something to offer

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I'll start the ball rolling,

never heard of an apostle seal

It doesnt matter what the original language of the document is, you need to use an approved translater that can do spanish to thai, possibly you could get his documents translated to english in spain then to thai in bkk, but they must be approved.

he will get a 30 day visa on arrival when he lands in LOS so that will be in the passport.

you will retain your name in your passport and ID unless you want to change it, which is a simple process.

thats the best I can figure at the moment but maybe others will have something to offer

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The Seal is like notorization and is done at Embassies.

[Mallika]

Thanks you two!

[Pink Mist]

is that the seal that the Notary Public uses Doc?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

is that the seal that the Notary Public uses Doc?

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