HOW TO GET MARRIED IN THAILAND

• Now you think it's time to get married to your thai girlfriend or thai boyfriend. And your thai partner wish to get married in Thailand. I mean real legal marriage, the one that you must register your marriage with Ampur in order to obtain a marriage certificate.This marriage certificate will be needed if you want to apply for married visa for yourself in Thailand or for your partner in your own country.

• In my case, I am a thai girl marrying my filipino partner. In order to get the marriage license,I had to waste a lot of time and money during the process. I was so frustrated that I felt discouraged to get married in Thailand. Las Vegas always poped up in my head. Actually,this would not be so difficult if we had good informative advice about thai-foreigner married law from the Philippines embassy in Thailand. I even went to Amphur myself to get all the details about thai-foreigner marriage.They gave me a list of all I need to do. But after visited philippines embassy 3-4 times,I even thought of hiring one of those law firms that offer thai-foreigner marriage registration service.Of course that means more money to spent, less money for honeymoon.It's all in the past now.Thank God!

• First thing to do in order to be able to get married in thailand,the non-thai partner need to get the certificate of singleship.For a filipino,Philippines embassy in Thailand need original of singleness certificate and original birth certificate,both with authentication from NSO (National Statistic Office) and ministry of foreign affair in Manila.For some countries, you might be able to get singleness certificate through the internet.So check with your embassy first.Then you go to the embassy of your partner's country in Thailand and ask for a letter for affidavit of legal capacity to marry (singleship certificate).This letter is very important.Check the spelling of names both Thai and English.These names must be the same spelling as in the passport ,birth certificate(of your child if you already have one),house registration book( for Thai partner).Amphur officer will ask the foreign partner questions about the details in the singleship certificate.If there is any mistakes or missing details that Amphur officer need, you can not get married. You have to go back to the embassy of your partner's country in thailand to get a new singleship certificate.And of course this will definitely cause you time, money, and frustration.

• Before you go to Amphur to get married to your thai girlfriend or boyfriend,you need to have certificate of singleship translated in thai language and authenticated by the ministry of foreign affair in Bangkok. Here is the tricky part. The ministry of foreign affair might not approved your translation.Even if they already approved and authenticated your singleness certificate,some time you still can not get married.Why? Because there are mistakes( not translation mistakes) in the details of singleship certificate.Not really mistake though.Just not what Amphur officer want to get from your forein partner.They want specific details,which you don't really know because it's your first time to get married in Thailand.To spare you lovers the hardship, time, money, frustation and disappointment, I will guide you how to get married in thailand,legally.Click here for a step by step guide.