The marriage and the marriage visa are totally decoupled right? You just get married and then AFTER you do the visa right?
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Yes, the marriage and the marriage visa processes are separate. You must be legally married to apply for a marriage visa in Thailand, which requires registration at the local amphur. An informal or unregistered wedding will not suffice for visa purposes.
Brandon ************
You must meet all requirements for a visa on the day you apply. If you're not married you cannot apply for a marriage visa.
Cary ******
Yes. Needs to be registered at the local amphur too. Cannot be an Issan style (unregistered) only wedding.
many Issan weddings are unregistered (just the village ceremony) which works fine for many locals or multi wife foreigners but not for anyone needing official documentation.
I’ve run into a couple instances where a foreigner had multiple wives in different countries (Thailand, Philippines, and Malaysia) I think and the other had multiple Thai wives which his current Thai wife knew nothing about until he had visa issues and she couldn’t help.