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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Register a Dutch marriage with a Thai woman in Thailand?
Dear readers,
What steps should I take to register my Dutch marriage with my Thai wife in Thailand?
Many thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
William
Hi William,
To register your Dutch marriage in Thailand, you must/can do the following:
1) get an international extract of your marriage certificate from the municipality (in English)
2) You must have this legalized at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague
3) Then go to the Thai Embassy and have the deed legalized again
NB: You can skip this step, but then you must have the document legalized again at the NLD embassy in BKK before you go to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mi. is it easier in NLD at the Thai embassy.
4) In Thailand you have to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in BKK. Here you have the deed translated into Thai (you will see plenty of people who do this for you there (certified)). These people will help you in the further process at BUZA. (you must have both deeds legalized (your international and the new thai deed)
5) Then you can register the Thai certificate in the municipality (amphur) of your wife.
tip: request an extract in Thai. If you ever want to apply for a visa in NLD for a longer period, it is an advantage that you can hand over a document stating that you are married to a Thai national
All in all, you have to be patient, but it's doable.
Success.
Willem
Thank you Willem, for your clear explanation.
So a possibly copy of both passports is not necessary??
Hi William,
Yes, you must also include a copy of your passport. I don't think you really need it, but you'll be lucky if they want it.
Best regards,
Willem
Hi Willem,
Wouldn't it be easier to get married again under Thai law, so that you have the necessary papers right away?
Regards,
Rudolf
No, you can't. You can be legally married to the same partner worldwide only once. If you want to legally marry in Thailand, you must prove that you are unmarried. Among other things with legalized papers. You will not receive proof of unmarried status if you are married. It's that simple.
I also considered doing this a while ago. But I don't see any advantage or disadvantage. So why would you do this?
Registration of a NL/BE marriage is important, for example, if your Thai wife has assets in Thailand that you or both of you have financed. Thai inheritance law provides (depending on the specific situation) that you as a legal spouse can (partially) claim this, if your wife were to die first.
This is also indispensable for people who want to arrange their stay on the basis of a so-called “marriage visa”.
And there are still a few advantages / applications. Disadvantages too, by the way 🙂
what willem says is completely correct. The procedure is fairly quick to complete. Make sure you have a witness with you at the amphur and always take as many documents as possible with you, translated and with the necessary stamps. what personally disappointed me was that I was at the amphur of Samphran with my wife and witness and we sat neatly at the counter with the lady and that the lady spent quite some time entering the data into the computer, but at a certain point it took a while. Colleagues and bosses were called in. I ask my wife what the problem is and it turns out: they do not know the nationality “Dutch” in the computer. After a long search they finally found “Dutch” I indicated that that was good but they did not want to accept it immediately. I phoned and googled it but it's a pity they didn't understand English!!???. Come back this afternoon and in the meantime we will discuss with a higher authority whether Dutch could also be Dutch. After a few hours we came back and then it was completely clear that Dutch was also Dutch. the matter was then settled and we could go home with the certificate that we were married.
the sweat on my back because we had arranged everything, incurred costs, had read in and then the whole thing would break down because they don't have a Dutch person in their "pull down menu".
but everything turned out right.
Kees, I can completely imagine your stress! The impotence you feel, after you think you have arranged everything properly, I unfortunately also experienced a few times on the "Amphur" of my Thai partner. And the fact that I am apparently the only one who is concerned at that moment, partner with parents seem to be calm, only causes me more stress! A legitimate replacement birth certificate, the original had been lost, and for which I had put in a lot of work, never happened due to the fumbling on the relevant “Amphur”. Didn't have the courage to repeat the procedure and therefore couldn't get married in the Netherlands. I would definitely recommend the tip under point 3 in Willem's response to the questioner.