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Is the marriage and marriage visa process in Thailand decoupled?

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Mar 28, 2023

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Jack ****************

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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.

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Cary ******

Yes. Needs to be registered at the local amphur too. Cannot be an Issan style (unregistered) only wedding.

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Graham ******

Village wedding, not just Isaan

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John ********

issan style?

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Kool *******

if there are monks involved that is not the official wedding

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John ********

nothing to do with Issan

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Kool *******

exactly

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Cary ******

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.

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Paul *******

"Multi wife" foreigners?? You mean foreigners are polygamists?

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Cary ******

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.

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Michael ********

its all over Thailand like that not just issan

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