mja1906 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Quick question - My Thai fiance is divorced but I highly doubt he still has copies of original divorce certificate, would this be easy for him to get proof of his divorce from Thai local authorities? I have read that when marrying Thailand, he/she will need to provide evidence that they are divorced. Thanks. PS Also, for UK nationals is it only the British Embassy in BKK that will issue the 'affirmation of freedom to marry' doc. British Consulate in Chiang Mai can't do this? Wanna avoid a trip to BKK ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolgeoff Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 go too the local ampur office get the certificate of marriage no or names of the people who married.they should have a copy of the divorce papers too.they should be a record of the divorce somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich54321 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Bristolgeoff has it in one - go to the Ampur office where your partner was married / divorced they will have a copy of the paperwork somewhere - its the only way to make sure they are divorced or married and secondly yes its a trip to BKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 He will have to get a police report saying he lost it. He then can go to any ampure and get it imediately for about 20baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallmagician Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 And you can get the affirmation from the Chiang mai office, which then needs translating etc. No trip to bkk required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaimiller Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Get the affirmation from Chiang Mai and use the translations service at the shop about 50M away to get it translated and they will send it to BKK for you and get it registered with the office in BKK and sent back takes around 10 days and costs around 1500thb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindancer Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Get the affirmation from Chiang Mai and use the translations service at the shop about 50M away to get it translated and they will send it to BKK for you and get it registered with the office in BKK and sent back takes around 10 days and costs around 1500thb Now that there is a Ministry Of Foreign affairs in CM, I believe that there is no need to send the translation to BKK any longer. This the address. Legalization Division Department of Consular Affairs Chiang Mai Provincial Hall Building Chotana Road, T. Chang Puek A. Muang, Chiang Mai 50000 Tel: 053.112.748, 053.112.749, 053.112.750 Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Why not pop along to the British Consulate or email them? The charming lady there, will give you all the correct advice you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonwilly Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 When I divorced my Thai wife I received Documents from The Families Division of the Religious Court in Bangkok in both Thai and English. john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mja1906 Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Thank you all so much for your helpful advice. Glad to hear looks like I won't need a trip to BKK , I'll call the CM consulate to check too Cheers again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 go too the local ampur office get the certificate of marriage no or names of the people who married.they should have a copy of the divorce papers too.they should be a record of the divorce somewhere A small 'search fee' might help, if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mja1906 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 Thank you all folks..... if the UK Consulate sending it to BKK takes around 10days I won't be able to wait this long (am in a bit of a hurry), Raindancer -good to hear there is an MFA in Chiang Mai, has anyone out there successfully had their affirmation signed off/legalised at the MFA in Chiang Mai ? If so, please let me know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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