What are the requirements for re-entering Thailand and applying for a Certificate of Entry (CoE) from abroad?

@Benjamin *****

, I don't have children, just a granddaughter from my current wife's daughter.

@Nathan *****

. Have you gone to the local Amphur of your previous wife and checked with them yet. They should be able to help you seeing a deceased spouse renders the marriage void and allows you remarry legally. To my knowledge, you will need a new ' freedom to marry declaration from your embassy to legally marry again and will require divorce papers or death certificate to get one.

@Steven **************

That sounds about right, I was going to go to the US embassy to try and figure it out last year and then covid came along.

Her moms home and the hospital where she died are both in Don Muang so that's where I need to start.

Thank you for the advice, I've been dreading it because of the feelings it brings up, but its something I must do when I get out of quarantine. Perhaps I can start the inquiry process while I got all this free time right now. I have to.

Thanks.

@Nathan *****

. You probably know but the Bangkok imm office is virtually next door to Don Muang. If you registered at the Laksi Amphur, they are very foreigner friendly regarding marriage. We registered our marriage there with no issues at all. Also my wife's local Amphur.

@Steven **************

its been so long ago, but I remember it was not too far from Don Muang. This is good to know.

@Benjamin *****

I was married to a Thai citizen for 9 years and she died in 2015. I used to come in on a non-O visa.

I'm now remarried with a village ceremony, but have been procrastinating the legal certificate because its hard to get a straight answer for the procedure, and I have to track down the death certificate from her family that I no longer talk to.

@Benjamin *****

4 days ago.

@Chanachai ****

What is one week?

@Benjamin *****

I almost got rejected because I keep coming in on tourist visas and I have a non legal Thai wife.

They gave me a warning marked in the computer and said I'll be rejected next time unless I get a marriage certificate and come in on a marriage visa.

@Nathan *****

When was that? Was that before COVID-19 or now?

@Benjamin *****

isn't there some regulation restricting the maximum number of days to 180 in any calendar year for people on tourist visa?

@Jorge ***

There is *NO* regulations about people being restricted from being in Thailand for more then 180 calendar days. There *IS* a good rule of thumb (but not a formal law) in PRE-COVID-19 that if you enter and leave by air that you *MAY BE* rejected after 180 consecutive days. However, there are no reports of anyone being rejected for spending too much time in Thailand on visa exempts/ tourist visas since the airports reopened.