williewolf
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All the papers you require should be available from the Thai website in your country of origin. They are in both languages. Your own and in Thai. So there is nothing to translate. All you need to do is fill in both copies and get them affirmed at your Embassy or consulate here in Thailand. Even the Thai girls own verification papers should be available on the same website in Thai. You don't need to pay any translation fees. Any words you need to translate. Use the Google Translate service and copy them. Or get your girlfriend to fill in any answers in Thai and sign and date it.
Not true. You need them translated word perfect otherwise you will be running backwards and forwards until they are perfect. NO THAI forms for marriage at British Embassy just an example of what is required for affirmation and then has to be translated
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They look at all the original docs and pass them to someone behind the counter. We could not get married at our local amphur so this was at Bangrak. We did a lot of research into the marriage process and soon came to the conclusion that all amphurs have different requirements and do enjoy making you jump through a few hoops if they can, so when we had all the paperwork we needed we phoned them to check
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When we got married we had to take original documents and two copies of each of them. We did phone the amphur first to see what was exactly required at that particular office.
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You will need to be there in person at the MFA. I just did this last week. On the second
floor of the MFA building there is a translation service ,cost is 400 baht. If there is an
error on the form, they can fix it on the spot. I would not use an outside service. There
was one document I needed to sign there, so not sure if you can do it remotely....
Be careful on the translation for your name, seems to be a large source of errors.
Sorry wrong information ( but anyhow thanks
You not need to be there in person
In the meantime I have my document legalized by MFA (translation cost 350)
???? My feet were standing in the office there at the MFA 5 days ago. At the conclusion
of the long wait, I was called up to the window on the left side to sign a document in Thai that
they kept. So........either the document I signed was important and needed my
signature, or they were just having me sign papers to amuse themselves...
But no problem, believe as you wish..... :-)
You signed to say that you had received the certified document, the same as anyone who would have collected it for you.
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It depends on who wants to see it, some will accept the translators stamp some want it certified.
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Rangsit is a bit further away but probably best because you can take the motorway and , depending on time of day, avoid traffic
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Get the translation done at the MFA. I was married s few weeks ago and had translations pf the embassy documents done outside. MFA would not certify due to multiple translation errors. Had to start again and the translator at MFA did a perfect job. Get to the MFA early at 7.30 to avoid the big wait there are many people waiting. I paid the extra fee for fast processing 3 hours. You must have the MFA certified document comfirming you are free to marry before the Amphur will marry you..
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The document you need translated and certified by the MFA has to be issued by your embassy and you must apply in person for this . You do not state your nationality but I presume your embassy is in Bangkok
Thanks for your answer
The document i need i can get from my embassy ( the Netherlands) by mail ( not need to be there in person)
I need to prove my married status , in my case divorced.
This document need to be translated first to english and certified.
after i done this i will get the document from my Embassy what again need to be translated to Thai and also certified
Therefore i look to a translation office who can do this both
Will send you a pm with a number
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The document you need translated and certified by the MFA has to be issued by your embassy and you must apply in person for this . You do not state your nationality but I presume your embassy is in Bangkok
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Just to be clear, I'm asking about the marriage certificate you get from the amphur once you're officially married, and not the affirmation (which I read somewhere you can get translated at the MFA). Is it better to get your marriage certificate translated while you're in Thailand, rather than in the UK (if you plan to live in the UK afterwards, that is) ?
You can get your marriage certificate translated and certified at the MFA. It is better to have it translated in Thailand. You may need to produce a translated copy for any pensions you may have.
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Usually 30bht for the folder.
Dont think they could produce the one we had for that
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Once you have your affirmation you need to be at the MFA before 7am to get in the queue for the same day service. If everything is ok they start to hand the completed paperwork out anytime after 12, then you have to get to the amphur before it closes and with traffic I think you may be cutting it a bit fine
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I made a post on here asking some advice and was asked to do a follow up as to how I got on. Here are my findings and tips.
1. British Embassy, make sure you type your affirmation form before you go, they have a big pile at the embassy, all with "sample" on them, waste of paper. Costs are clearly displayed inside the Embassy in GBP. however you have to pay in Thai baht at the very generous rate of 56baht to 1Pound
2. MFA. use the official translators on the second floor cost 500 baht. We used one of the guys hanging around cost 400 baht but he said he could do it quicker and we were hoping for the express same day service so we had him do the translation but when we submitted the paperwork they said they only do about 50 per day express so we should come back at 7am the next day if we wanted this so I declined this and said I would collect two days later. Went to collect the papers and this is where it went wrong. They said "translation no good" I asked what was wrong but he just kept pointing to the translators stamp. Did not know what to do but then a stroke of luck I saw the guy who did the translation and called him over. They told him there was a problem with my wifes name,B/S she wrote her name in thai and we checked it against her ID card but still had to re-type and re-submit. Said it would be ready by 12 noon but kept us waiting until closing time.
3 Amphur, our local amphur would not perform the ceremony, said the chief was new and not qualified so we chose Bangrak. Phoned ahead and they told us what paper work to bring, we asked about translators and witnesses and were told they were not needed so off we went. Got there and had to submit two copies of everything and the wife had to fill a form in. Submitted these and then they said where are your witnesses? Ahhh you said not needed. Ok no problem couple in front of us "do you have witnesses? no we were told not needed" so we agreed to act for each other after a visit to the copy shop for each others details filled the rest of the forms in. Guy then checks all the paperwork and you then sit in front of the chief, he signs the paperwork and you have to go to the copy shop and get four copies. He then signs and stamps these you hand over 40 baht and you are married We paid 490 baht for a folder to keep all the paperwork in and his understudy takes a photo for you
All in all a pretty painless procedure but as I am sure we all know TIT and things can vary. Hope this can be of help to someone.
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Just been through this process (will do full report later) and if there is one piece of advise I can give to you it is have the affirmation document translated at the official desk at the MFA, cost 500 baht. I used an agent 400 baht and it was a nightmare had to get the document re-translated and had to wait another day
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Make sure that you keep the divorce papers and you will need your affidavit that you are single translated and stamped. Then just go to the local city office (amphur). You theoretically could get married the same day you get divorced if you really got things done quickly.
I was lead to believe you had to wait 10 months from the date of your absolute? (UK)
Whoops, just found out this only applies to the lady if she has been divorced or widowed, sorry.
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Apparently he moved to Thailand two years ago so travel insurance wouldn't be applicable.
However, health/accident insurance should be taken out by everyone living here, if they don't have the funds to self insure.
Totally agree but there is a limit on the payouts of all insurance policies. This is why he needs to get back to the uk where he will be taken care of by the NHS
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Bit of bad reporting about this story. They have omitted the fact that this guy has retired over here and has been here for the last 2 years so any sort of holiday insurance is not possible. It is the cost of repatriating him that they are trying to get money for. How many people have insurance with no limit on it? Also how many expats have insurance that covers repatriation?
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And you know...you'll need multiple sets of photocopies, (I believe 2 or 3) of all those various things, in addition to the the certified originals. Your passport page, your wife's ID card, wife's tabien ban, your embassy's freedom to marry affidavit and the MFA certified translation of that, your I've previously been married and divorced affidavit and the MFA certified translation of that (if there's a prior marriage in your past). And then there's the actuak Kor Ror marriage application in Thai that you wife will need to fill out upon arrival.
Best to bring the photocopies with you. But if you can't manage that for some reason or prefer to wait, there's a small private copy shop just just down the block from the Bangrak Amphur office. Needless to say, they do a lot of copying business there.
By the way, what word did you get from Bangrak as to their current status of either requiring or not outside witnesses? Some have reported here on the forum that they were going to start requiring outside witnesses, but others who went there after my visit mid-year, where they also did not, also said they did not have them required either (in exchange for a small contribution).
When WTB phoned she asked about witnesses and a translator and they said not needed just the two of you turn up on your own. They did say about bringing photocopies and original documents. When I filled the affirmation form in I put my old UK address as I remembered someone else mentioning this.
They did seem really helpful on the phone, I will find out next week if its as simple as they make out!
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OK, Sorted, Bangrak it is then. WTB phoned them and they were very helpful, said for me to bring passport and letter from MFA and WTB just needs ID card and her house book.
Many thanks to those who replied and for the info given
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The wifes housebook is registered at the amphur we went to. They asked all the questions about the papers needed, we have all those in order, then came the excuse about the new chief. It is one of those places when I walk in everyone goes quiet, I think I am the only Brit around here. When I have a few suggestions of places I will call them in advance to see what they require
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Have been to the British embassy and obtained an affirmation to marry certificate and have taken it to the MFA. Went to the local amphur to see about the wedding itself and have been told that they cannot marry us there. The reason given was "that a new chief has just took over and he is not yet qualified to stamp the certificate". We were hoping to get married next week, any one have any ideas where we could do this as simple as possible?. We live in Bangkok and our local amphur is Khannayao. Also do we need witnesses and a translator at any places suggested??
Many thanks for any help.
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Brothers just flew in to visit me, had to have wheelchair because hes disabled. The guy pushing him took him to the rank ans sorted his ticket out and got him into the taxi. Driver says 500 baht , brother says no use the meter please, driver says no meter in disabled taxi but I will take you for 400 baht. (normal metered fare is 130) Brother, tired and just wanted to get here agrees. When my brother tells me this I said to him ok give me the ticket and I will report him. My brother then said ahh he told me I had to give him the ticket back when the journey was complete. So it did not take the scamming bstards long to get round this
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A Thai on the 30 baht national health program can already get free cataract surgery at many govt hospitals. I was just involved with the process with the Thai mother-in-law...lots of older Thais get the surgery.
Father in law has just had his done at the Supamitrsena Hospital in Ayutthaya province. We live in Bangkok and they also provided free transport if needed. For the first op he used their transport and we took him for the second one. A lot of old people were being treated there, mini buses were arriving all the time we were there checking him in. Reminded me of some sort of "group tour" with porters running around helping all the elderly. For a free service I was most impressed.
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Just one query really about the Affirmation to Marry Doc:
in Marriage and Divorce
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You can download an EXAMPLE for your affidavit and then type it yourself. There are no actual forms you can fill in yourself