Certificate of Divorce from Thailand

[negative01 2]

I am preparing K-1 visa petition for my girlfriend in Thailand. She took all of her important documents for translation and one of them is called a certificate of divorce. Is that all that is needed to submit with the petition that she is single and free to marry? She claims that is all she has for documentation regarding the divorce.

[Ning 619]

I am preparing K-1 visa petition for my girlfriend in Thailand. She took all of her important documents for translation and one of them is called a certificate of divorce. Is that all that is needed to submit with the petition that she is single and free to marry? She claims that is all she has for documentation regarding the divorce.

Was she legally married before? Many times we are not even though we use terms that indicate we are or were.

[Pitaya 2,577]

~~Moved from K-1 Process to the Thailand regional Forum~~

~Thailand-specific question~

Welcome to the forum.

Also check out the Bangkok embassy info page:

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Thailand&cty=Bangkok

Good luck.

[slowlyman 118]

I am preparing K-1 visa petition for my girlfriend in Thailand. She took all of her important documents for translation and one of them is called a certificate of divorce. Is that all that is needed to submit with the petition that she is single and free to marry? She claims that is all she has for documentation regarding the divorce.

If you went to the village hall and had an official stamp the document stating she was either never married, or officially divorced, then you should be all set. This really only comes in to play if a child was born our of wedlock.

If the original documents are in Thia, translation is not required for the K-1 process.

Edited July 13, 2013 by slowlyman

[negative01 2]

Was she legally married before? Many times we are not even though we use terms that indicate we are or were.

She tells me that she had registered her marriage with the amphur. So, I would interpret that as a legal marriage.

She has a certificate of divorce from the amphur in BangNa, that just says that her and her ex-husband have registered their divorce there.

She says that they both went there together and they gave the clerk their marriage certificate and received their divorce certificate. Apparently they had

nothing to divide or dispute ( a simple divorce? ). So, if that is all she has, which she tells me is all she has, is that document enough to prove she is divorced to the

U.S. immigration / embassy officials?

[slowlyman 118]

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you are covered.

[Juan & Nan 12]

I witnessed a divorce at my wife's amphur and it was very fast. They were in and out in 20 min. It took longer to register our marriage from Virginia in the amphur, than it took for them to divorce. The received a certificate of divorce from the amphur on their way out. My wife happened to know them, that is way we engaged in conversation.