Question for married couples from the USA who use their marriage certificate for "trailing spouse" visa/extension purposes:

Have you successfully extended the stay of the trailing spouse (after 29-Feb-2024) at Hua Hin immigration using an original marriage certificate from the USA without any authentication documents from the state/commonwealth, Department of State, and Royal Thai Embassy?

For background, we applied for our original visas using the marriage certificate that we received when we originally got married, which was a "true and correct copy" signed by the county recorder with an embossed seal but which did not have any attached authentication documents. We also used that original copy for our first trailing spouse extension. However, after reading about a possible need for authenticated documents, we decided to pay an apostille to request another copy of our marriage certificate and obtain all the authentications that were required at that time from the state and federal authorities and with an additional authentication stamp provided by the Royal Thai Embassy. We were told that the authenticated documents would be valid for 3 years, and we have used them twice for trailing spouse extensions. However, based on Immigration Order No. 0029.154/1491 dated February 24, 2024, we are wondering if we will be able to go back to using the original copy of our marriage certificate that we received when we got married, which has no attached authentication documents.

Since we have presented two different marriage certificates at Hua Hin immigration that look quite different from one another, both of which were issued by a competent authority in the state in which we were married, but only one of which is attached to authentication documents, we are wondering if using the original copy will create confusion.

DTV Visa from Pakistan 🇵🇰 (Workcation)

🌸 Almost Approved 🌸

Had my interview today for DTV in Islamabad. The officer asked me normal questions about what I do, how much I earn.

Then said your bank documents for the 500,000 Baht are not attested. How can I know the authenticity/ genuineness of these documents?

I told him it’s possible to call the bank. (My statements were from Wise).

He said you’ll need to get the statements notarized and then apostilled from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pakistan and then I can scan them in to the evisa portal.

He also offered me the multi entry visa instead that he can approve today. I said no, I’d like the DTV.

From talking to him it felt like all my documents are in order. He was also very helpful in answering all my questions.

I make a good amount of money and my employment is easily verifiable so it was a smooth Q&A nothing too crazy.

Overall it was a positive experience.

I’ll update on if I get the visa once I’ve submitted the apostilled documents.

It’s a hassle to do this but keeping in mind the high number of fake docs people submit, I guess it’s something necessary they have to do in Pakistan.

I wasn’t aware of this requirement or I would’ve brought the apostilled statements.

For anyone else applying as workcation from Pakistan, make sure you apostille your statements.

He did mention if I had my 500K in a local bank, it might be easier? But I’m not 100% sure.

Best of luck.

Hi, was hoping someone could advise me about the DTV. For context I’m a British remote worker currently living in Ecuador.

1. If I apply online can I avoid dealing with my local embassy and just do the whole process online?

2. Is there a monthly minimum I need to show I’m making or just regular payments into my bank account?

3. Do documents that they require need an apostille ?

Thanks in advance

Questions about Non o dependant visa🙏 marriage certificate translation & apostille.

hello everyone, I know apostille is not officially accepted in thailand, i searched online and in this group, and could not find too much information. However my lawyer suggested me to get apostille for our French marriage certificate .

my exact questions are,

1,do we need to translate our marriage certificate to Thai before to get the apostille stamp? as thailand is not a partner,would a translation into english be useful in anyway?

2,do we need to do legalization after we get apostille?

3,Or is it easier to translate through a notary in thailand is much easier? As I will first arrive by tourist visa and convert from there.

Thank you in advance ! wish to hear your experiences about this matter.❤️

Hello

I have been advised to have my Australian Passport and my Australian Marriage Certificate Apostilled and then have them both Certified by Thai Embassy in Sydney I was also advised to get a Thai translation of the Marriage Certificate has anyone had this done

Regards Scott

Greetings from Pattaya!

Years ago, Japan kept the original California Department of State Apostille of my University Diploma and I currently only have a copy of the Apostille and the original diploma. The notary branch of the Thai Visa Sevice here in Pattaya informed me that I need to get the copy of my apostille "stamped" (notarized?) at the US Embassy in Bangkok and then bring it back to the notary branch of the Thai consulate here in Pattaya where she can then "stamp" it (notarize?) herself on behalf of the Thai government.

My new employer (set to begin processing my work permit) said she can't use the apostille-copy without a "stamp", because it's not the original apostille.

Question: Will the US Embassy in Bangkok re-apostille my diploma, or will they be doing a more basic notarization of my copy of the original apostille?

Has anyone out there ever had such an experience? Any info or advice would be much apreciated.

I am looking for some work permit advice if possible. Do I need to have my degree certificate apostled before applying for a work permit? I am confused as to what I read online. I am NOT a teacher.

Thanks for any advice

Good afternoon

Can I verify that the advise I found on this group for marriage certificates is still valid ** as we are both uk nationals with a marriage certificate that we need authorising for our next year extension .

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Thailand is not a signatory to the apostille treaty so the apostille is not recognized as certification/authentication in Thailand.

Go to the embassy and get them to either "authenticate it" or swear an affidavit of authenticity in front of the consular officer.

You then go to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Government Complex (Chengwattana) and get their stamp on it.

Now you are authenticated and good for use in Thailand.

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Many thanks

Thanks to this group (and Dianne Lee who originally spotted my question and clued me in on the Non-Immigrant O-A visa option), two very grateful 50-somethings have their visas!

I want to acknowledge Tod Daniels, Robert Lagas and the moderators, along with the members who are committed to providing no-drama, practical, accurate advice. What really helped make this easier was what I learned from this group: Choose the visa pertinent to your purpose without trying to skirt the rules. Also, over-prepare when it comes to paperwork.

The one question I still had until the end was the "authentication" process for the criminal background check. From the USA to Thailand perspective, this ended up including getting the background check results notarized, then getting a county notary seal (notarizing the notarizer!), then getting "authentication" from the Secretary of State of the state you live in (this is called an Apostille for a Hague Convention country, but Thailand is not, so it's an Authentication and is basically a notary (state) of the notary (county) of the notary (local)). Some of you didn't need to go this far, but we did because the wording on the Thai Consulate website was vague.

Also, we got both a bank letter AND a bank statement. The Thai Consulate website just asked for one copy, but they wanted 3 copies, just like everything else. They only kept 2 copies of completed paperwork (they do want everything colated!) and we think the 3rd copy is because they want us to keep a full set of our own copies.

Traveling to the Thai Consulate was easy and there were almost no lines. I liked that better than parting with my passport, given all the things we needed the passports for to prep for this trip.

I highly recommend making a checklist (we made the one below) with the items on the Thai Consulate visa requirements website for your country. It kept us on track and helped us keep going, even when it seemed overwhelming.

OK, this is a long-winded way of saying many thanks -- khob khun ka -- to everyone who helped to make this process easier!

Hi all! When it comes to a background check from the USA for a non-b visa:

1. Do I need to have it apostilled in the US before it is sent to Thailand? Or can I just have it stamped at the embassy in BKK or KL?

2. If I don't need the apostille can I just use the email version of the background check or do I need the physical copy?

I'm getting conflicting/no information so if anyone has done this recently I'd appreciate your input! TIA