So got my free to marry and notarised passport stuff, took it to the translator/agent for translation and stamp from MFA. Just got a call from them saying they need copies of Lady's ID as well. I didn't think her stuff mattered until we went to the local office. Help?
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The user is in the process of preparing to marry in Thailand and has encountered a request for additional documentation, specifically copies of their partner's ID. The conversation discusses the necessity of providing such documents and clarifies that while the foreigner's affirmation of freedom to marry must be translated and notarized by the Thai MFA, the Thai partner typically just needs to provide their Thai ID. Participants in the discussion emphasize the importance of fulfilling local office requirements and addressing any potential misunderstandings regarding document needs.
There maybe some misunderstanding here. If marrying in Thailand, an affirmation of freedom to marry, obtained from the foreigners embassy, translated and notarised by Thai MFA as a true and accurate translation. As far as my experience of marriage twice here, the Thai bride only has to produce her pink Thai ID.
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They may also need to check she is free to marry, that info might not be available on the local level
for foreigner man free to marry already showing to MFA at first that girl is free to marry(with english translation)Then embassy is giving foreigner man free to marry paper.
my embassy wanted my gf's single paper birth certificate also name changement paper.All with english translation Approved from MFA.Then i went to my embassy got it.
no it's because her ID isn't part of the process until the local level. There were 5 guys getting the same papers as me at the embassy. It's two documents about me. MFA asks for those two documents translated to Thai. There is no "and signed copies of her ID" at that step. If I wanted to stay in a hotel for a week and play the daily lottery of if the MFA would let us in or not I'd have her with me and we could do it on the fly. If MFA asked for it as a regular thing the agent would've collected a copy when doing the translation. But this was a case of one person talking out their ass and other people not willing to call the person on it and it snowballing into an issue it didn't need to be.
my embassy did not want it. My embassy gave me notarised copy of passport and Affidavits free to marry. Then MFA must counter stamp. Then local Amphoe will need Lady paper. But somebody incompetent wanted Lady paper at MFA
because I went to Bangkok and had an appointment and they didn't ask for it then I went home. Now they want another day of running around and then waiting on post and there are potential timeline issues. It turns out that the lawyer told the agent that they will start requiring it at some point and the agent told automaton staff that can't think of reason independently to just get it from me.
When I can easily just do a thing I am pretty good about remembering this is Thailand. When it has potentially thousands of baht as well as other real world consequences I've got less Buddha in me.
I will, but it's a pain as I am no longer in the province- hence the agent part. Monday I will see about getting them a picture or something, but I want to understand where the fucking occurred. New rule from MFA? The agent should've known and didn't ask? Was I supposed to know? (I screw stuff up all the time so could easily be this)