derek744 Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Dear All Visited UK Embassy BKK recently to get what used to be called an Affirmation of the UK Marriage Certificate in order to register the UK wedding in Thailand. Was told by the receptionist at the Embassy gate that a new system prevailed, ie. wedding certificate has to sent to UK for "Legalisation" and this could not be done by consular services BKK. Despite asking several times I was refused entry in order to get some clarification. Duly sent wedding certicate to UK and paid £55 for this service. I received a small attachment pasted to the back of the wedding certificate; this attachment is entitled "Apostille" and contains a stamp from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Had this translated into Thai along with Thai translation of wedding certificate and went to MFA Changwattana for Thai registration. MFA advised me I had to take Apostille to UK Embassy for stamping!!!! Anyone had a similar experience or have I been serially mislead? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happylarry Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I got married in Thailand ten years ago and asked about registering it in the UK and was told I didn't have to. Since then I have registered my wife's name with my pension company among other things with no problems. The marriage is accepted in the UK with no worries about anything. HL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happylarry Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I got married in Thailand ten years ago and asked about registering it in the UK and was told I didn't have to. Since then I have registered my wife's name with my pension company among other things with no problems. The marriage is accepted in the UK with no worries about anything. HL Ooooops I guess I misread your post and looked at things the wrong way round when I posted before. Why do you want to register a UK marriage in Thailand??? What's the benefit of that? Never ever heard of anyone doing this before. HL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I think you need to register a UK marriage in the amphur in order to obtain a one year wife extension, i have over simplified the process. do a search on here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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