@Tod ********

So just so I have this straight, does this mean that the 'window of opportunity' to file online is now only 7 calendar days long/wide beginning 14 calendar days before the Due Date? When did these New rules come into force?

Top of the list lives in Wimbledon Park & I recommend her - she has good contacts with the Embassy and will do the translations and then deal with the Embassy to get their Legalization Stamps on both the Marriage Cert AND the FCDO Apostille. Tell her I sent you! Hand carry those two documents (Marriage Cert+Apostille & their translations) to the Consular Dept of the MFA in BKK for their Legalization stamps. Your local Amphur will need those documents to issue the Kor Ror 22 - the registration of your (foreign) marriage at the Amphur - which leads to your Pink Thai ID Card & Yellow House Book (assuming the process is the same for a foreign wife as it is for a foreign husband) and then Immigration will require them (& the KR22) for your "marriage" visa & annual extensions.

Answer to Q1 re FCDO in Milton Keynes is "Yes". Others have posted the image of the FCDO process which is the first step. I assume your UK Marriage Cert is NOT laminated, if it is you have a slight admin problem, if not once you have the original back from FCDO with its attached Apostille, they need to be translated. RTE London have a list of "approved" translators in UK on their website here: %E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%8C?menu=5d6636ce15e39c3bd000730d#h_2125304931121600619079882-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B9%8C?menu=5d6636ce15e39c3bd0d#h_

I have sent a PM via FB Messenger.

@Ali *****

In my experience the answer is “Yes the Thai Embassy in London need to verify a translation of the marriage certificate”

In my experience the process is as follows:

1. IN THE UK: Marriage certificate legalised by the FCDO in Milton Keynes

2. IN THE UK Marriage Certificate AND the Apostille from the FCDO Translated

3. IN THE UK: Marriage Certificate AND the Apostille from the FCDO AND their translations verified by the Thai Embassy in London

4. IN THAILAND: All the above (ie all 4 documents & their translations, making 8 in total) Legalised by MFA in Bangkok

The above is the process I successfully followed in 2023 to get the Kor Ror 22 which was used for the Non-O Visa & the 1 year Extension based on Marriage.

The RTE London has a list of “approved” translators on their website. Mine also did the verification of all the documents with RTE London for me.

I am immensely grateful to this Group & Tod specifically. I have managed with their advice to get myself correctly visaed for long term stays in Thailand. I could have not done it without them Tod MUST stay.

If so we can then investigate whether a TM30 registration can be done at our local Police Station.

@Robert ******

But do we still have to complete the first registration on paper manually in Suphanburi BEFORE we can register either online or via the app? Ie we shall have to go to Suphanburi to complete it manually this time and then register online to complete it online (or on the app) in the future?

@James *******

You are correct - as ever! Visa arrived by email this afternoon. Thanks, everybody.

Re my posting about the Brit Embassy, I have just seen on this FB page a notice from the USA Embassy which states that their consular section are no longer open for "notarial appointments" because of the pandemic. I am sure the Brit Embassy Consular Section will not be far behind in closing down their routine activities because of the pandemic, (if they haven't already done so) and so phone them quickly.