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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Getting married in Thailand, what papers are needed?
Dear readers,
I am a divorced man and have been in acquaintance with a Thai lady for almost 3 years. Now it was decided that she will come and live with me in Belgium and also get married. I would like to go to Thailand first to officially marry her with the plan that she would come here for good.
Can you help me with the information which papers and documents I need for this in Thailand please?
Hopefully you can help me with that. Thank you.
Regards,
Pascal
am also working on it
visit the website embassy of belgium in thailand consular services
wedding
send everything to embassy and make rendezvous
luc
Dear Pascal,
You can always contact me. I have a fully written procedure for marriage in Thailand and Belgium. Leave your email address so that I can contact you. Grtz, Stanny
Dear Pascal,
This has already been written at length by me and others as well. Read this:
https://www.thailandblog.nl/lezersvraag/nederlandse-documenten-nodig-thailand-trouwen/
Maybe it is different for Belgians than for Dutch people, but in Thailand it will in principle end the same.
Succes
Dear Pascal,
Before you go to Thailand, take a look at the website of the Belgian embassy to see what is required; almost 2 years ago it was for birth certificate, divorce certificate as far as Belgium is concerned.
also proof of income, MUST be 60.000 baht p/m, salary, rental income, health insurance, if unemployed support you must prove that you are looking for work. All this is checked by the Belgian embassy, with proof that that money comes into your account is no longer enough, they now also ask for rental contracts if you have rental income.
But the embassy also has to provide proof of no impediment to marriage and they are now targeting us. My friend was in Thailand 3 months ago, went to the embassy and applied for this, they said ok, go to your hotel, we will call you soon. 4 days later they called him and said we have forwarded everything to the Bruges public prosecutor's office??????
So he stood there with all their papers, but got no proof and no impediment to marriage.
Once in Belgium, he had to go to the police for questioning, which took 5 hours. Then everything was sadly sent to the public prosecutor's office. A few weeks later he received a message that the marriage had been refused due to a large age difference and because she could not provide pay slips for the last 6 months. .
So he couldn't get married, all his papers expired and he couldn't move forward. Now he's going to try again, it's curious.
However, I managed the whole wedding thing in 12 days, but a visa was a different matter, applied for 3 times, waited 3 weeks 6 times, refused 2 times, the third time was
approved.
I had 1 problem, at 8:30 am at the foreign office for legalization and translation, I came outside at 1:30 am and had to have it translated 4 times, each time wrong translations. Then after 4 times we thought ok, but upon arrival at City Hall we were told that the translation had been wrong. Then City Hall did it, 3d waiting 3000 bath, but then it was ok.
hopefully you don't have to go through that hell, it should be redoable, knowing that it's bullshit everywhere, NO
I experienced the same September 2015. In February we got married. Are now married and awaiting visa approval.
I forwarded the file to the embassy last week.
Received an answer after 2 days that it was admissible and suddenly a date to visit the embassy.
I have an additional question.
My partner has followed an intensive massage course in recent months. The intention is that we open a massage parlor in my house (outbuilding). To be clear, only the classic massage, certainly nothing more. By the way, she only massages women.
Is this something the embassy accepts as work?
Good advice Bart,
no matter how vain and good your intentions regarding the massage are: KEEP SILENT about it in ALL languages at the embassy. If there's one thing they're suspicious of, it's the massage parlours. Not a good idea to bring that up as a “working argument”. You do do whatever you want.
Sawasdee khap,ë
A better plan is the following: let your future come to Belgium with a tourist visa (also possible with a short stay) and all necessary legalized documents (family booklet - birth certificate - conduct of good morals / 'criminal records' and have these all translated in Belgium via the municipality by sworn translator interpreter).
Once in Belgium, apply for a cohabitation contract and she will receive a residence card (5 years and renewable) - this procedure can take up to 5 months. But for example 2 years later you can apply for marriage…. she is already a bit adjusted here and also a bit longer together.
Reason: chances are that if you marry in Thailand, Belgium does not want to recognize them and you will not be able to get them to Belgium anyway. So better to get them here first and marry here via a detour !!
Sawasdee khap
Dear Serge,
Thanks for your comment.
Can I ask you if you also live in Belgium and did you do it this way?
Might be a good solution.
Regards, Pascal
I'd better not take Serge's advice unless you want to run into a lot of trouble properly. Due to the many abuses, a lot has changed and they have become much more suspicious and cautious in the services concerned.
In the first place you bring someone in with a wrong visa.
Serge himself writes that the procedure can take 5 months. Why does Serge think this is so? Precisely to remove those who want to enter the country with other intentions than as tourists. How long is a tourist visa valid? 3 months and then? Stay illegally until the procedure is completed, if it is accepted at that time. There is a good chance that things will go wrong and once you are booked as someone who wants to make a “detour”, you will find it difficult to go “straight” in the future.
There is only one piece of advice: follow the legal procedure as indicated in the marriage file.
Hi Pascal, you can indeed find all this on the website of the embassy. I myself am from Herentals and would like to go over this with you, if I can help you, just give me a call. [email protected].
Good luck. Paul
Thanks to all for the responses
Regards, Pascal
So THE most important are your prenuptial agreements !! No idea how wealthy you are, but…!!
Maybe silly to think about, but oh so important.