@Ian ******

They need to see your entry stamp in the passport. The custom then placed their own stamp next to the entry stamp. You have to be out of Thailand for at least a year in order to bring in personal items without paying an import tax. This was explained to me by the shipping company we used.

Just went through the same thing back in April. An actual passport is needed so custom can stamp your passport. You are allowed to bring in your personal belongings without import tax one time. They just want to make sure you have not used this privilege before. For me, I had to drop off my passport at the shipping company (they have an office in Bangkok). My passport was returned to me 5 days later.

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Much appreciated, thank you ka!

Thanks Ace for your insight. What a pain if I have to redo all the paperwork again. I'll look into it.

Okay, this is freaking me out here! Similar to you, our California marriage license has been authenticated by the Secretary of State, then by the US Department of State Washington DC, and finally by the Thai Consulate Los Angeles. This was done last year. We did not obtain a Thai Marriage Certificate from the consulate, just a US document authentication. My question to you is could you not use the original marriage license that have been authenticated from US for your marriage visa application? That is what we are planning to do when we move to Thailand next year. Now I’m worry that it may not be enough. Any thoughts?