What are the current requirements for legal documents when getting married in Thailand as a foreigner?

You don't need to hang around bangkok.

Many of the translation service companies will translate your documents, go get them stamped by the MFA and then post them to you by EMS.

I know a lot of people up country who used services that did this.

@Da***

I used these people

www.legallymarriedin Thailand.com cost me 90 00 baht they did everything for me I only had to get my affirmation from The British Embassy + they collected and paid for the taxis to/from the Amphoe in Bangkok for the ceremony. There is definitely no same day service anymore.

Think it important we keep to what the MFA require , and what the local amphur require . So long as we tag up the difference it will be fine .

laksi doesnt require a translation

Yeah i think thats what i got done too at embassy. Copy of passport with the embassy badged thing on it as well as the freedom of marriage etc. And everything translated by certified translater

If you read the latest comments on the Thai life post you now need your passport copy to be notarized and stamped by the British Embassy. So you now need the affirmation and passport copy stamped while at the embassy

Been working off the Thai life link myself and been expecting to get the affirmation translated on the day . And had given myself an extra day and a half for any hiccups.

Booked into the British Embassy for 10 am and was prepared to just get the translation done that day , going to the gov office the next day .

Can update on Jan 8 th with 2018 experience. Will go straight to gov office from embassy and use translation service there .

Have you booked your embassy appointment? They were only offering January appointment back in November .

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They don't have same day service at the MFA anymore.

Make sure when you get your passport translated that it's as close to your real pronunciation of your name in thai as you can get because that's gonna be the legal way to spell (and say) your name in thai from then on.

I say that because a friend of mine Sean (pronounced Shawn) had his name written as ซีน <- pronounced as Seen :/

I got everything done including going to MFA, getting translations/ my embassy certifications etc all in 1 day in BKK. After that it was just a case of go to the villiage ampur, speak to the boss man and then sign the paper which took half an hour tops

Are u talking about legalising your marriage at the amphur? At mate handed in all the documents and was told its a 3 months wait.....took me 30 mins 2 years ago

Getting the legalized documents took me 3 days. I did it through the translation office, since I couldn't be bothered to go to Chaeng Wattana. They charged 1900 Baht for translation + getting the documents legalized.

As for the translated passport, the Bang Rak District Office asked for it, Phayathai did not. They also didn't want to see her Tabien Baan, but asked for my work permit (I hadn't brought it, so we all agreed on mai bpen rai and just continued). There also was a small "interview", where the officer asked us some questions about our relationship before signing the marriage certificate, which we conducted in Thai (it wasn't very complicated, just how long have you been together, how did you meet, do you live together, did you meet her family, has she been to your home country, that sort of stuff). Not sure how that works if you can't speak basic Thai, but I think they mentioned the witness (but not the spouse) can translate for you if necessary.

Best to check all the details with the district office where you plan on getting married, rules and reality have a tendency of not matching up :)