Marriage Process

[Rj 81]

Hi people,

I just want to go over the process of getting married in Thailand and exactly what documents are needed.

This is my understanding,

1, Take the Freedom to Marry Certificate (FTM) to the British Embassy to sign in front of them. Pay the fee, then return the next day to pick it up.

- Now I have never been married before, but do I need to show a document to prove this, or is it just accepted as it is?

2, Take the FTM to a translation place, get it translated.

- No problems with this bit.

3, Take the FTM and translated copies to the Minerstry of foriegn affairs for stamping.

- No problems with this bit.

4, Take my passport, Fiancee's passport + ID card, and the stamped FTM to the Amphur to get married.

- Now, will my fiancee need this Tabian Baan book? I don't know if she has one or not. She doesn't own her own house, has she got to get her parents Tabian Baan book?

Is there any documents I have missed out? Or have I overlooked anything?

I know this has been covered numerous times but I have just done a search on this forum and in General topics and I can't find anything specific. Thanks for your input.

Rj

[the scouser]

Rj,

If you've never been married, you don't have to show any additional paperwork to support the claim. You don't need to take your wife's passport to the amphur but do take her ID card and the tabian baan for the house at which she's registered.

Scouse.

[Rj 81]

Rj,

If you've never been married, you don't have to show any additional paperwork to support the claim. You don't need to take your wife's passport to the amphur but do take her ID card and the tabian baan for the house at which she's registered.

Scouse.

Thanks Scouse.

[vinny]

See Public Service Manual, Marriage Registration

[Rj 81]

See Public Service Manual, Marriage Registration

Cheers vinny

[xerostar]

We recently got married in Bangkok - the fast, easy but "expensive" way.

We registered our intentions at the OZ embassy (no appointment needed)

We went to Patpong Translation & Visa Service Ltd.

The agency people were very curteous and efficient.

(I can supply contact details if anyone is interested)

We had to pay 6000 Baht in total.

The whole process took 2 hours.

An English-speaking Thai girl escorted us, paid the taxis and took us straight to the correct

officials. We were given two copies of the Marriage certificate.

We returned to their office and were given a certified English translation.

This way saved us a lot of time and stress!

I thought it was good value because we did not have time to follow the "do-it-yourself" method.