Can I book a wedding date in Thailand before arriving for my marriage?

Pay fee to Embassy, book date (new dates available 6 weeks in advance, only Tuesdays and Thursdays). There is no interview. You book in, sign a statement and go. Embassy will confirm your paperwork 3 weeks before, even though they say not to finalise travel until they confirm. Once a date is booked, you can change it easy enough. The Embassy doesn't care about date or where exactly you marry. My Girlfriend lives on Samui, but we married in Bangkok. Translated and notorized paperwork, without translation mistakes, needs to be delivered to the MFA by 3pm, They need 3 working days (closed weekends and holidays). Agents can make appropriate gratuities to ensure you can marry soon after. I got my certificate on a tuesday, and married on the following monday. MFA can reject if they don't like the translation. Recommend you pay the extra for a certified copy of your passport. Certificate looks like this.

Yes

The MFA booking/appointment to get your paperwork sorted is the part you need to worry about. I just got my paperwork back yesterday so if you need someone to translate, make the booking and stand-in for your appointment (via power of attorney) I can recommend this lady as she did everything she said she would and we received paperwork the day she said we would. Will def use her again.



Her office is down the soi about 200m to the right next door to a coffee shop. Its within walking distance of the MFA.

If your girlfriend is in Thailand have her go to her local amphur (the one in her house book) and make an appointment for your marriage. Sometimes there can be a long waiting line so better to have an appointment setup. Same for the party venue if you want to have a party somewhere..