@Phil *****

thanks Phil but that is all behind me now and I am getting my yearly extensions , based on marriage, on a yearly basis. Thanks

@Phil *****

I wasn’t required a notarized marriage certificate. The embassy wanted nothing to do with certifying the marriage certificate because they cannot how could they possibly know if it’s legitimate so how could they possibly certify it? As I stated in my response to get around to that is by writing an affidavit of your marriage. The embassy will notarize that and the Amphur will accept it, once it is translated and sent to the MOFA for their seal

@Greg **********

 best explanation that I have ever read and the most thorough. Every moderator should cut and paste this response so every question that it comes across their computer asking about non-o retirement visa, they could answer it by simply pasting your response. Very good.

@George ******

he only dedicated 90 words on the subject, understandably easy to miss if you’re blind or you don’t know how to read.

@Brandon ***********

my wife has to go through the same thing with her US visa her passport was about to expire that had her original visa when we got the new passport. The US Embassy will not transfer the visa stamp to her new passport so for the next eight years, she has to carry two passports when coming to the US every year, a bit ridiculous I think.

@Phil *****

 yes I understand Phil. I was commenting on your comment that was directing him to the US Embassy website. Now, unless things have changed in recent years when I went through the process, I got zero help from the US Embassy other than them notarizing my marriage affidavit.

@Phil *****

the US Embassy has nothing to do with the man trying to register his marriage in Thailand.

The US Embassy or the consulate in Thailand will not certify a copy of your marriage certificate. What I had to do was create an affidavit giving the details of your marriage, the where, when and so on of your marriage. take the affidavit to the US embassy or consulate have them notarize it then have it translated. Tell the company that does the translation to send the notarized affidavit to the ministry of foreign affairs to get their stamp. When the affidavit is returned to you,  you will have to go to the Amphur where you live and you will have to get a family certificate showing your wife is free to marry. After that, the Amphur Office will record your marriage. It’s been a few years so I don’t think I left out the important things, but all of your directions should come from the district office. 

@Todd ********

thanks

@Joseph ******

what do they mean by passive income?