Marriage as a US citizen:

Has anyone gone to the US embassy in Bangkok lately for a Marriage affidavit and Passport certification? I was wondering how the process went.

From my understandings I just show up at my appointment time with the affidavit filled out, a copy of my data page in my Passport, and the appropriate payment method.

After that I will need to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Department of consular Affairs at 123 Chaeng Wattana RD for a translation and legalization of the documents from the US embassy.

The Passport doesn't need to be legalized and translated right?

Then I take those to the local Ampurs for them to issue a marriage certificate.

Is that correct? Any advice?

Thanks

Now in Phuket, taking fingerprints to conduct a criminal record check before issuing marriage certificate.

This because they think foreigners are just marrying for the Visa and possibility to stay longer.

They can only check for criminal records within Thailand, it is not possible to check for records in other countries.

But if you have company or children or been long time in Thailand the papers can be done in one day, if you are here short time as tourist it will take longer.

Sorry if this is not related, remove if not allowed, . but I'm struggling to understand the marriage certificate process for myself I understand my wife's process but as a British citizen I have to jump through hoops and I'm struggling to understand, can someone clarify the process of obtaining a marriage certificate for a U.K. Citizen marring a Thai citizen please?

Thanks in advance.