is it possible to get married in hua hin legally ,so its a registered marriage.
if so does anyone know whats required IE paperwork for a UK citizen and Thai ,
sorry if posted in the wrong place
getting married in hua hin
Just a general rule of thumb to start with. I think it's necessary to go to the district office where the Thai woman is registered in order to get married, i.e., where her ID card says she's from and where the house book she is in is registered. If I'm wrong, someone please correct. Pete 
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Don't know about HH but it's OK to get legally married at the registry offices in BBK, regardless of where the Thai is from, and it issues the dual pretty red border certificate and all. Well, at least it was when I got married 5 years ago.
It's the run-around stuff you have to do before you go to the offices to marry that's a headache, like the 'Affirmation of the freedom to marry' that you need from your embassy, the translations of everything, changing her name and having it stamped into her passort plus new ID card, the trip/s to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs to log the marriage documents to finalise it etc etc etc.
Again, if I'm incorrect then please post.
It's the run-around stuff you have to do before you go to the offices to marry that's a headache, like the 'Affirmation of the freedom to marry' that you need from your embassy, the translations of everything, changing her name and having it stamped into her passort plus new ID card, the trip/s to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs to log the marriage documents to finalise it etc etc etc.
Again, if I'm incorrect then please post.
spitfire's got it pretty much correct.
You'll need an "Affirmation of Freedom to Marry" letter from your Embassy. How long that takes and the cost will depend on your nationality. You then get a certified translation of that done at an approved translator (there are plenty in BKK and they can turn things round pretty quickly). Then off to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Chaeng Wattana in BKK (that's not too far from the old Don Muang airport). They rubber stamp your Affirmation and translation. I'm not sure of costs now, but this can take 3 days or, if you pay more, they'll fast track it in a couple of hours (I seem to remember 300THB and 800THB respectively).
You're now free to marry and register it at any Amphur office in Thailand (it dosn't have to be in your wife's district). Up until the registration, it's not necessary for your wife to be with you. At the Amphur, she'll need her ID card and Tabien Bahn. Two witnesses are required, although when we did it years ago in HH, the girls at the Amphur office witnessed for us and it's customary to give them 100THB or so each "for lunch" and helping out.
Your wife dosn't have to change her ID or passport details unless she wants to. You're married.
You'll need an "Affirmation of Freedom to Marry" letter from your Embassy. How long that takes and the cost will depend on your nationality. You then get a certified translation of that done at an approved translator (there are plenty in BKK and they can turn things round pretty quickly). Then off to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Chaeng Wattana in BKK (that's not too far from the old Don Muang airport). They rubber stamp your Affirmation and translation. I'm not sure of costs now, but this can take 3 days or, if you pay more, they'll fast track it in a couple of hours (I seem to remember 300THB and 800THB respectively).
You're now free to marry and register it at any Amphur office in Thailand (it dosn't have to be in your wife's district). Up until the registration, it's not necessary for your wife to be with you. At the Amphur, she'll need her ID card and Tabien Bahn. Two witnesses are required, although when we did it years ago in HH, the girls at the Amphur office witnessed for us and it's customary to give them 100THB or so each "for lunch" and helping out.
Your wife dosn't have to change her ID or passport details unless she wants to. You're married.
Geeze, I didn't have to do that in 1972 and 1993, but we did have to go to the source at her home district office. No certificates of anything. Asked if married, no. Asked if divorced, yes. Sign here. That was it. Things have changed. Pete
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Summed up well already but would add my experience (UK) from 15 months ago. You have to go to the Embassy one day and return the next day to collect the authorised 'freedom to marry' form. We didn't go back as met one of the many touts who hang about outside the Embassy. Can't remember how much now, maybe 6,000 baht, and for this, his firm collected paperwork from the Embassy next day, did all the work previously mentioned and delivered all paperwork to our hotel. All done in under two days and not hard work for me. 
Once we were legally married, I had our wedding certificate translated back to English and asked the British Embassy to lodge it with the General Register in the UK. Made a point of asking for it to be registered in the Edinburgh office and the Thai lady serving me said 'ok' in a less than convincing manner. So my marriage certificate is lodged in Southport!!
Not a problem though (once I found it) and already have my certified copies which I use to send to my pension companies etc in the UK.
You are still legally married even if you do not register it in the UK but for us, it was better to do.
Once we were legally married, I had our wedding certificate translated back to English and asked the British Embassy to lodge it with the General Register in the UK. Made a point of asking for it to be registered in the Edinburgh office and the Thai lady serving me said 'ok' in a less than convincing manner. So my marriage certificate is lodged in Southport!!
Not a problem though (once I found it) and already have my certified copies which I use to send to my pension companies etc in the UK. You are still legally married even if you do not register it in the UK but for us, it was better to do.
It's a bit out of town on the bypass road. If you come out of HH on the Pala U road, keep going until you get to the traffic lights at the junction with the bypass road. Turn left in the direction of Pranburi and it's a few kilometers down from there on the left hand side.
Having only been once, I'm afraid I can't give you a landmark on the bypass road to look out for before you get to the offices.
Having only been once, I'm afraid I can't give you a landmark on the bypass road to look out for before you get to the offices.
As an aside, make sure you photocopy the affirmation, translations and all else as I think, if I remember properly, you have to deposit the originals at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their keeping, don't think I was allowed to keep the originals.
Think you also have to get the Thais ID/blue house book card translated for something,
Not 100% sure, is this true Lomuamart?
Think you also have to get the Thais ID/blue house book card translated for something,
Not 100% sure, is this true Lomuamart?
I can't remember either, but as you say it's always best to have copies of everything just in case - in fact, I think I do remember having to make copies at the MFA - there was a copier there.
Don't recall the wife's ID card or tabien bahn being copied, but that wasn't my department. Best do it anyway.
Don't recall the wife's ID card or tabien bahn being copied, but that wasn't my department. Best do it anyway.
There's a Thai passport office in the Central Department store complex in Bang Na as well. Pete
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