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Hi, I am getting married at Phi Phi Island Village Resort and Spa next year. We are having a Western Wedding but are not sure if we will get legally married in Thailand. I was wondering if anyone had been married there before?Any hints or tips? Can you write your own ceremony??

contact your embassy in Thailand, they will guide you how to be legally married in Thailand.When you say legal, your talking about documents per se, ceremony has nothing to do with it.

You don't say which country you are from and I am not seeing it on your profile, so difficult to answer. I know if you were to come from Britain you would have to go to the embassy to have it "transferred" into English law. I would imagine that this would apply for most countries. I would suggest speaking to somebody at an embassy in your own country before you leave to find out exactly what you need to do/what documents you will need to acquire in order to make your marriage legal - that way, you know in advance of your wedding and can have everything ready to take to your embassy in Thailand - you may have to travel to a large city such as Bangkok, Chiang Mai.... in order to sort it all out. Also, from experience transferring from Thai to English - photocopies will not do, seals and stamps must all be in order and everything has to be authenticated by specific offials - find out in advance - this is, after all your big day :) Good luck!

you need to get all the legal paper work done in bangkok which will take probley about 3 days and a bit of travleing around the city. your embassy the thai embassy and then it all has to be translated from thai to english. check that its not over the public holidays on either of the embasseys as they will be closed.talk to the resort they can probley help with it and will nly take you 1 trip with 1 of there people and then they do the rest but it cost abit though but cuts down on the stress if your not famila with bangkok