Can I register my marriage in Thailand after getting married in the US?

If your marriage is solemnised outside of Thailand.. you will need to get your marriage certificate authenticated in the country where it is issued before travelling.. which in your case appears to be the USA.. or you can get it done at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok if you are already in Thailand.. however you will also need a translated version (into Thai) of your marriage certificate which also requires authentication by the Thai Embassy (if done overseas) or the the BOI (if done in country).. who will want to see copies of the original certificate, as well as the foreigners passport and Thai spouse's NIC.. and when you have everything duly stamped and certified you can finally register the marriage at your local Amphur here in Thailand.. we were oblivious to this until commencing a non-o married visa application in Thailand and immediately hit a road block.. we used an agent to expedite everything and they got the relevant documents translated and certified etc.. costing around 5k baht and taking around 3-4 weeks.. only then could we register the marriage and begin to accumulate all the other 'stuff' we needed to progress with the married visa.. and make sure you get at least 3-4 copies of both the English / Thai versions of your MC with the official stamps on them (meaning not just photocopies) because you will find some govt authorities in Thailand (such as your Amphur / Municipality) will want to keep an original.. which could otherwise deprive you of your only original copy of said documents.. and although it's wise to have photocopies as backup and for filing when needed.. they are often rejected without sight of the original alongside it.. as we found out for ourselves!

A fool and his money are soon parted

there are agencies in thailand that will check out your gf online to see if she is entertaining, sleeping with, taking money from other men, etc. it's worth the investment before investing everything into marriage where you carry all the risks and she stands everything to gain.. many thai women playing many foreign men same time... but different.. check your girl before you go through with it..

I’m telling you the truth everybody that’s saying get married doesn’t give a F about you if you’re so madly in love take half of everything you have and I mean Everything and give it to her before you get married and see what happens if she stays fantastic if she takes everything and leaves fantastic because it’s only half if you have to divorce her it’s going to cost you a lot more

Re: buying the house together. Not possible, the house will be on your wife's name only.

Heed John's advice.

Robert, what value do you perceive this has?

You could possibly be better off with a different visa depending on your needs and income.

I am a U.S. citizen and married my Thai wife 35 years ago in the US.

We did take our USA marriage certificate to Thailand and did what you propose. We did it in 2023. We did it in our own without paying anyone for help. Very frustrating and difficult. We can offer the correct advice if you want it.

The most difficult part was our own USA embassy in Bangkok. Extremely uncooperative. The worst part is that my Thai wife became dual citizen 20 years ago, so it is her country too.

We completed marriage visa.

We now live in our modern style house in Ratchaburi half the year and the US half the year.

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Robert, are you applying for the K-1 for the US marriage?

Ib. If any be advise

It’s a suckers bet for the men and jackpot for the women

If you marry and it doesn’t work out then what can you still live your lifestyle loosing 50% or more of everything that you worked all your life for???

Any man that gets married is a schmuck it’s a suckers bet are you willing to lose 50% of everything plus now if you ask me should the woman marry you absolutely she’s not going to lose anything she’s going to profit marriage is not for men it’s all for the woman Don’t do it

Do no get MARRIED

You ever hear Don’t bring sand to the beach

Omg why are you getting married

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they have very good English speaking lawyers here. They can also help you with the visa arrangement and all.

You might want to get your marriage certificate authenticated before leaving the states

Get the Non Imm O visa (based on marriage) in the US. It'll make the process so much easier.

Def use an agent. Otherwise you’ll take your already legalised docs to an amphur, then be told to wait 40ish days to verify that your officially legalised docs are officially legal. 🤪

you may want to check and see if you will need a letter from the department of state to authenticate your marriage certificate since your planning to get married in the US. Personal experience and my wife is also Thai.

Any amphur (amphoe) district office is all you need to visit and it's easy to arrange paperwork. Your Thai fiance should be able to get all the information.