Uk Marriage Registration - Problem With Thai Divorce Certiicate

[has876]

Hi,

My partner has come to the UK on a fiance visa. I've booked a marriage in the registrars office. I've submitted her original divorce certificate to be checked. I was due to get married on Monday but this has been cancelled due to queries with the divorce. I've now completed a form containing 3 question about the divorce. The 3 questions asked about whether the divorce was through the courts or mutual consent, were both parties in Thailand at the time o signature and finally was there any form of registration needed of the divorce outside the country.

Has anybody encountered a prob like this? is this normal? The divorce was mutually consented and the certificate is the original and legal. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[bobrussell]

Was there a certified translation? if not it may be that the registrar wants a translation. It is his or her responsibility to check that you are free to marry.

I suspect checking the legality of the divorce is the issue and that nobody at the registrars office has experience of Thai!

[has876]

Hi,

The divorce certificate was translated to English. They routinely sent it to head office and came back with that response. I'm going to wait or their reply. Anyone have a problem like this?