South African marrying a Cambodian
South African marrying a Cambodian
Looking for some advice from the South African members.
In the future me and my girlfriend would like to get married.
Getting married in Cambodia looks really complicated, so I'm looking at bringing her to South Africa to get married here.
1) Take her to Thailand to the South African Embassy to get a tourist visa
2) Bring her to RSA and get married here.
Anybody have direct experience in these matters, please advise.
Thanks
In the future me and my girlfriend would like to get married.
Getting married in Cambodia looks really complicated, so I'm looking at bringing her to South Africa to get married here.
1) Take her to Thailand to the South African Embassy to get a tourist visa
2) Bring her to RSA and get married here.
Anybody have direct experience in these matters, please advise.
Thanks
Once you have wed in RSA, it is relatively easy to obtain a Cambodian marriage license. You just go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, present your marriage license and fill out some paperwork. Then, go have the local Sangkat sign off...and you can receive your marriage license. This back door approach also works for those over 50 who wish to be married in the Kingdom.
Mother-in-law will be pleased...Eastboy wrote:Looking for some advice from the South African members.
In the future me and my girlfriend would like to get married.
Getting married in Cambodia looks really complicated, so I'm looking at bringing her to South Africa to get married here.
1) Take her to Thailand to the South African Embassy to get a tourist visa
2) Bring her to RSA and get married here.
Anybody have direct experience in these matters, please advise.
Thanks
Why? She's not coming withSpruik wrote:Mother-in-law will be pleased...Eastboy wrote:Looking for some advice from the South African members.
In the future me and my girlfriend would like to get married.
Getting married in Cambodia looks really complicated, so I'm looking at bringing her to South Africa to get married here.
1) Take her to Thailand to the South African Embassy to get a tourist visa
2) Bring her to RSA and get married here.
Anybody have direct experience in these matters, please advise.
Thanks
LoneStar wrote:Once you have wed in RSA, it is relatively easy to obtain a Cambodian marriage license. You just go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, present your marriage license and fill out some paperwork. Then, go have the local Sangkat sign off...and you can receive your marriage license. This back door approach also works for those over 50 who wish to be married in the Kingdom.
I thought that if you were over 50 and you married a Cambodian outside of Cambodia that they would not recognize your marriage and you could not register it.
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Doesn't the over 50 rule only apply to Americans? I heard it was an American rule.scoffer wrote:LoneStar wrote:Once you have wed in RSA, it is relatively easy to obtain a Cambodian marriage license. You just go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, present your marriage license and fill out some paperwork. Then, go have the local Sangkat sign off...and you can receive your marriage license. This back door approach also works for those over 50 who wish to be married in the Kingdom.
I thought that if you were over 50 and you married a Cambodian outside of Cambodia that they would not recognize your marriage and you could not register it.
@Eastboy... No, it applies to all foreign males applying to marry a Cambodian female in Cambodia. Which bar did you hear that bullshit about being an American rule which only applies to American men?
Lone star and others managed to successfully obtain a Cambodian marriage certificate based on their marriage abroad by seeking authorisation from the MoFAIC. However very recent reports are that this is no longer possible unless the Cambodian Embassy in the country where the marriage takes place have been informed and a witness from the Embassy attends the wedding.
Lone star and others managed to successfully obtain a Cambodian marriage certificate based on their marriage abroad by seeking authorisation from the MoFAIC. However very recent reports are that this is no longer possible unless the Cambodian Embassy in the country where the marriage takes place have been informed and a witness from the Embassy attends the wedding.
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
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Can you imagine the job description: “Khmer national in charge of attending random people’s wedding abroad." That would be like a dream job to them.PSD_Kiwi wrote: Lone star and others managed to successfully obtain a Cambodian marriage certificate based on their marriage abroad by seeking authorisation from the MoFAIC. However very recent reports are that this is no longer possible unless the Cambodian Embassy in the country where the marriage takes place have been informed and a witness from the Embassy attends the wedding.
My wife and I got your marriage license within the last year. I don't know if there have been changes, but if you have a marriage certificate from abroad...it would certainly be worth a shot. Compared to all of the hoops you have to jump through to do it in the Kingdom....this was a breeze.
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General question: once you get the marriage license here, are you officially married? I just ask because everyone talks about the license here, and in the other thread about showing a license after, but in the West we get a license, and then a certificate, and then we only care about the certificate and not the license, but I never hear people talk about their Cambodian wedding certificates.LoneStar wrote:My wife and I got your marriage license within the last year. I don't know if there have been changes, but if you have a marriage certificate from abroad...it would certainly be worth a shot. Compared to all of the hoops you have to jump through to do it in the Kingdom....this was a breeze.
You get a Marriage Certificate, that's it, some people call it a Marriage license, they're the same thing.
Pretty much every thread on this topic on this forum refers to it as a Cambodian Marriage Certificate...do you even read these threads Migs?
Pretty much every thread on this topic on this forum refers to it as a Cambodian Marriage Certificate...do you even read these threads Migs?
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So people use the words "license" and "certificate" a bit interchangeably on here. Everything that I have bothered ready on here is all about getting the license. Go to the MoFA or wherever, get permission, then get the license from the Sangkat. Then what? Do you need have an authorized person preside over a wedding and sign it (like in the West), is it for a specific wedding day or open ended, and do you need to bring it back and then apply for and receive an actual certificate. It just seems that in all of this marriage talk, a few steps are always left out...PSD_Kiwi wrote:You get a Marriage Certificate, that's it, some people call it a Marriage license, they're the same thing.
Pretty much every thread on this topic on this forum refers to it as a Cambodian Marriage Certificate...do you even read these threads Migs?
Once you receive the authorisation to marry letter from the MoI, you can then be issued the official Marriage Certificate from the Sangkat...that's it, done and dusted, no need to even have a wedding ceremony.
Edit: Prior to the Sangkat issuing the marriage cert, a notice is supposed to be posted in the Sangkat and on the bride's family home for 14 (iirc) days, announcing the intended marriage, so that it can be challenged (like in a Christian wedding where the priest says some shit about "If anyone has a reason why these to should not be married, speak up now or forever hold your peace"). Once the 14 days have passed with no one challenging the intended marriage, then the marriage certificate is issued.
Edit: Prior to the Sangkat issuing the marriage cert, a notice is supposed to be posted in the Sangkat and on the bride's family home for 14 (iirc) days, announcing the intended marriage, so that it can be challenged (like in a Christian wedding where the priest says some shit about "If anyone has a reason why these to should not be married, speak up now or forever hold your peace"). Once the 14 days have passed with no one challenging the intended marriage, then the marriage certificate is issued.
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
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