What steps should we take to register our US marriage in Thailand for my visa as the spouse of a Thai citizen?

@Greg **********

thank you for the support. My apologies as I only know the reversed roles. This is very helpful to know.

@Jidel *****************

your husband should have entered using his Thai passport. And you coukd have entered visa-exempt, got stamped in for 60 days, which is enough time to get your US marriage documents legalized by the US Embassy in Bangkok and then get them acknowledged & legalized by the Thai MfA in Bangkok. You then register your marriage inside Thailand. Exit Thailand, re-enter using the visa exempt again, and apply for the change to the 90-days Non-Imm-O Family Visa based on being married to a Thai husband using the fresh printout "Kor Ror 22" from the local Amphur showing your marriage acknowledged inside Thailand

@Jidel *****************

AFAIK, you can get your US marriage documents translated and then legalized by the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. With these documents you show up at the MfA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and get them "co-legalized" (some call it "over-legalized"). The next step is to get your marriage registered at the local Amphoe with these documents. Once your marriage is registered, you, the wife, exits Thailand and re-enters on a 60-days visa exempt. Then visit Immigration and apply for the "change of visa type" from the touristic entry to the "90-days Non-Imm-O Family Visa based on being married to a Thai husband". For this application no financial proof is needed! You need to prove your marriage with the "Kor Ror 22" freshly printout from the Amphoe of the Thai marriage registry. Once on the last 30 days of this 90-days stay permit, you can apply for the "1-year Extension of Stay Permit based on being married to a Thai husband" and again, no financial proof is required . . .you do not have to fly back to the USA, if you can get the paperwork done by your embassy in Bangkok and the MfA. Loads of bad advice you received here

@Jidel *****************

you need Thai government permission to marry. To get this you need a statement from the US embassy that you are not already married.

@Frank *********

not only this point, also all of his other advice is completely wrong.

@Frank *********

400k in bank or more than 40k per month being paid into bank with proof of where these payments are from eg. A pension..

@Frank *********

without appearing to be picky the rules state married to Thai citizen. I think this is applicable to both sexes

@Greg **********

Yes, totally agree

@Jidel *****************

well, that's a very complicated way to go. Stay inside Thailand and follow the steps I described

@Jidel *****************

It's not easy. A retirement visa is much easier but you need 800k in a Thai bank. Other than that it's very straight forward

@Jidel *****************

my Thai wife and I were married in Texas when we returned to our home in Thailand we went to the local Ahmpur (District )office. where you reside, bring a translated copy along with the original. They will check your spouses “Free to Marry Status”. Then your marriage will be registered ®️ n Thailand. I can’t remember, but you may have to send the translated copy of your marriage certificate to the Ministry of foreign affairs for an authentication stamp before you go to the district office.

@Jidel *****************

You do not need to travel back to the USA. You can get your original U.S. marriage documents translated and certified on the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. After this, you will need to get a co-legalization of the certified documents done by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok. With both legalized documents you can get your marriage registered on a Thai Amphoe