Marriage in Thailand

Diobas wrote:

Hi, thanks for the response.
The issue here is the fact that whilst I have all the various paperwork from England regarding cert from registrar  etc re no indemnity, my deceased wifes death cert and so on I did not get them translated and stamped by the Viet embassy in London. I had been told I could do that here . . . turns out I can indeed get the documents translated easy enough via the Brit consulate here but because this was not done in London by the Viet embassy they are invalid without their stamp on them.

Not sure as to why that is, I would have thought that you would just need to have the Certificate of Non-Impediment to show you are free to marry. Are you doing this through an agent.?

THIGV wrote:

This sounds something like the problem that arose about a year ago when the British consulate stopped certifying papers needed for work permits.

I wouldn't be too quick with the Thailand idea.  I can't find it but I seem to recall another thread a while ago about the difficulties.  The problem as I recall is not with Thailand.  It is getting Vietnam to recognize the marriage.  If Vietnam does not recognize the marriage, it could prove difficult to get a VEC or marriage based TRC.  I did find another thread where a fellow who had married his Vietnamese wife in Thailand could not get divorced in Vietnam.  If you have the patience you could probably search for the thread.

Its not that VN doesn't recognise the marriage, the problem was that the VN embassy was told not to issue the Single Status certificate to its citizens.

Siam legal Bangkok:

After the marriage is properly registered in Thailand, the Vietnamese citizen and the foreigner are legally married. Thai marriage is recognized all over the world including in Vietnam.

Diobas wrote:

We are debating whether to try again using an agent as they know the right path to grease , but at a cost of almost 2000 dollars I need to be sure he can actually fix it.  After so many years here I have learned to be extremely distrustful of agents/lawyers etc.

I wouldnt pay that amount, all an agent does is submit paperwork and hand over a white envelope. I would check the situation in Thailand first before paying that obscene amount.

I paid a total of 150 usd to obtain our certificate.

Diobas wrote:

I was referring to here  in Viet. A good agent can be a big help by putting the papers in front of the 'right' official but it seems that many agents are full of BS when it comes to actually earning their money.

I understand what you are saying.
We did our own, didnt use an agent here. We were married in VN, not Thailand.They are blood sucking thieves who do squat.

Diobas wrote:

It seems straight forward enough if I can get the papers forwarded to the Viet embassy from the legalisation office and then get them to send here,.....

I didn't feel the need to dig into how you move the papers from the legalisation office to the Viet Embassy although the site seem to indicate they will move the papers for a fee.  This may be where the third party British agents come in.  I did a quick Google search (legalisation of documents in uk) and there are numerous companies.

Once again good luck.  I hope you can report back a positive result.

Thaiger wrote:

y get married if u r a man?

Believe it or not, there are some of us who wish to provide the best possible circumstances for the women we love.  Unfortunately for you, you may not fall in this group.

Thaiger wrote:

And I would point out, any attempt at sanctomnoius' is somewhat invalidated byt the plural "women" we love"......

Sanctimonious..?

..but  then, 'righteous indignation' is also jealousy with a halo...     

    Denigrating others and derogatory remarks don't cut the custard here   
.

Thaiger wrote:

And I would point out, any attempt at sanctomnoius' is somewhat invalidated byt the plural "women" we love"......

Due to rules of agreement, "Women we love" is plural because "some of us" is plural.  I am sorry if your grasp of the language failed to inform you. 

You continue to leave your origins murky.  You say are Irish Catholic, yet as has been pointed out, your online bio says you are from Belgium.  Perhaps at some point you became linguistically confused.

Thaiger wrote:

And I would point out, any attempt at sanctomnoius' is somewhat invalidated byt the plural "women" we love"......

Not at all. This is just an English language thing, the plural being acceptable as he's talking about several people in love, not just himself.

Thaiger wrote:

And I would point out, any attempt at sanctomnoius' is somewhat invalidated byt the plural "women" we love"......

Aside from the correct usage of grammar, most men do have more than one woman in their lives with whom they have relationships, and if they're fortunate enough, very good relationships so that they can easily say they love them (the women in their lives).  Grandmothers, mothers, sisters, daughters, they're all women, aren't they?

GuestPoster584 wrote:

I am edging towards the legalisation route. It seems straight forward enough if I can get the papers forwarded to the Viet embassy from the legalisation office and then get them to send here, should only take a month with luck. I will let everyone know the result. Have a good New Year !

Just a heads up:

It appears @Diobas has been assimilated.

Resistance is futile!