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I will be going to attempt to get a visa extension next week and I have run into a snag. My wife and I were married in the US, so I went to have the license certified at the US embassy. I was told that they are not empowered to certify documents, and the best they could do was give me an affidavit attesting to our marriage. I then took that affidavit and my marriage license to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be translated and they would not certify the translation of the marriage certificate without it being certified by the embassy first. They did certify the translation of the affidavit and I am curious if this along with the translation of my marriage licence will be good enough to get the extension. If not, any other suggestions?

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There have recently been reports here that in order to obtain a permit to stay extension based on marriage to a Thai national (if married abroad) the marriage has to be registered here in Thailand first.

Please do a search on TV or wait for the experts to give advise.

opalhort

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There have recently been reports here that in order to obtain a permit to stay extension based on marriage to a Thai national (if married abroad) the marriage has to be registered here in Thailand first.

Please do a search on TV or wait for the experts to give advise.

opalhort

Apparently it is registered here in Thailand. Her id card was changed from Ms. to Mrs.

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But that is not a marriage - just an entry based on your foreign documents that have been translated into Thai and registered with the MFA. It is then put on the marriage ledger at the District Office and you have a copy to provide Immigration. Immigration also requires this page of ledger copy for those married in Thailand now.

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But that is not a marriage - just an entry based on your foreign documents that have been translated into Thai and registered with the MFA. It is then put on the marriage ledger at the District Office and you have a copy to provide Immigration. Immigration also requires this page of ledger copy for those married in Thailand now.

I have some thai document from the amphur that my wife says shows we are registered here. It number at the top is khor ror 22 at the top. Does this sound correct??

Also, from browsing some prior posts, I read that you can only file for an extension in the last 30 days of your permission to stay. I just flew in a week ago and was given the 90 day stamp, but I have to leave again Friday and will return in 2 weeks but after my visa has expired. Will I be able to apply for an extension or am I out of luck?

Posted

That sounds like it. You should visit immigration to obtain a re-entry permit. It will cost 1,000 baht but will keep your current 90 day stay alive. When you return you use it as your visa and get stamped in for the same date as you currently have.

Posted

Sounds like your marriage has been registered in Thailand.

If you have been to the Amphur.

You can extend your permission to stay based on marriage.

You can extend with 6o days at immigration, reason: visit your wife.

Marriage certificate, 2 photos and 1900 baht

Extension of stay one year:

You have had 400.000 baht over two moths in Thai bank or have the 40.000 baht income.

Must be your account, not joint and your income, different rules for ladies married to Thai men.

Pictures of you and your wife at home and outside (showing address plate).

Map to house.

Interview with your wife... etc etc.

Many thread about how to do.

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So with the documents I have, I should be ok even though there is no official translation of the marriage certificate since I have the affidavit and copy of the registration with the amphur? Also, do I understand correct that I first need to get a reentry permit and wait until I am closer to the end of my permission to stay, or do I have the option to apply for the extension now to save a trip to immigration

Posted

You apply with 30 days or less remaining on permitted to stay time.

If marriage is in English it will be accepted without translation. The translation into Thai would be for the District Office.

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