Two Foreigners Getting Married in Cambodia
- Phuket2006
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Thailand is much easier,
go to your respective embassies and get letter saying ur single, translate into Thai
go to any Amphur( local goverment office)
and sign the papers
getting divoced is even simplier as all u need do is go to the local Amphur and sign the papers.
Hk is like Singapore where u have to go back and confrim
go to your respective embassies and get letter saying ur single, translate into Thai
go to any Amphur( local goverment office)
and sign the papers
getting divoced is even simplier as all u need do is go to the local Amphur and sign the papers.
Hk is like Singapore where u have to go back and confrim
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Hey Phuket2006,
One of the main advantages of HK (for me at least) is that you don’t need the “no impediment to marriage” letter. Some may see that as a potential disadvantage, but I imagine it would be hard for a foreigner over the age of 50 or earning less than $2,500 to get one from the Cambodian government.
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One of the main advantages of HK (for me at least) is that you don’t need the “no impediment to marriage” letter. Some may see that as a potential disadvantage, but I imagine it would be hard for a foreigner over the age of 50 or earning less than $2,500 to get one from the Cambodian government.
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I think you get those letters from your home country, not the Cambodian government.saint57 wrote: Some may see that as a potential disadvantage, but I imagine it would be hard for a foreigner over the age of 50 or earning less than $2,500 to get one from the Cambodian government.
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U get the letter for ur home country embassy.
All it is for Americans is, u go and raise ur right hand and say/swear, ur not married. If u were married before and had it registered at the us Embassy u need show them your divorce papers.
the letter does not come from the goverment of the country ur in.
I would think even in HK u had /have to prove somehow that u were not currently married. I know i had a few friends that married Chinese before HK went back to China and they all had to have papers from their embassies saying they werent married. Otherwise they could have made a lot more than they made ( going rate back in the mid 90's to marry a US citizen was $5-10,000 and Australians were tops $5,000!!!
If they did not need the paper they could have married more than once.
Reason so many were marrying back then was so they could get their familes out of HK and into a western country
All it is for Americans is, u go and raise ur right hand and say/swear, ur not married. If u were married before and had it registered at the us Embassy u need show them your divorce papers.
the letter does not come from the goverment of the country ur in.
I would think even in HK u had /have to prove somehow that u were not currently married. I know i had a few friends that married Chinese before HK went back to China and they all had to have papers from their embassies saying they werent married. Otherwise they could have made a lot more than they made ( going rate back in the mid 90's to marry a US citizen was $5-10,000 and Australians were tops $5,000!!!
If they did not need the paper they could have married more than once.
Reason so many were marrying back then was so they could get their familes out of HK and into a western country
"We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer." HST
I'm in the middle of this right now; so, an update:
Notices of non-impediment from embassy (or in some cases, from home), are still easy to get.
As per the advice, we went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There, we were told that MFA does not deal with permissions for foreigners to marry in Cambodia and that we would have to go to the Ministry of the Interior.
At the MoI, we were sent across the road to an office atop the Bank of India. This was full of Khmer women without any foreign partners to be seen.
The bloke in this office told us that we would need a letter from our embassy saying it is legal to marry in Cambodia. I pointed out where it said exactly that on my notice. He then said that it was okay to get a "ceremonial" wedding in Cambo but not a legally binding one.
When I said that this is inaccurate, he pointed me to my sangkat (no 1 - it looks like and Afghani police station), the sangkat for us riversiders.
So, we get there and meet a bloke who is actually helpful. We had most of these things but he said we needed: passport, 5x passport photos, 2x passport and visa photocopies, your letters of non-impediment, and your lease agreement.
Cool! We thought, this is almost too easy!!!
Well, we were due to go in there in a couple of hours and the idiot called my translator and said he wanted .... (wait for it) 700 FUCKING DOLLARS!!!! I could fly to Thailand, get married and come back for around that kind of money.
Will keep you posted on this.
Notices of non-impediment from embassy (or in some cases, from home), are still easy to get.
As per the advice, we went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There, we were told that MFA does not deal with permissions for foreigners to marry in Cambodia and that we would have to go to the Ministry of the Interior.
At the MoI, we were sent across the road to an office atop the Bank of India. This was full of Khmer women without any foreign partners to be seen.
The bloke in this office told us that we would need a letter from our embassy saying it is legal to marry in Cambodia. I pointed out where it said exactly that on my notice. He then said that it was okay to get a "ceremonial" wedding in Cambo but not a legally binding one.
When I said that this is inaccurate, he pointed me to my sangkat (no 1 - it looks like and Afghani police station), the sangkat for us riversiders.
So, we get there and meet a bloke who is actually helpful. We had most of these things but he said we needed: passport, 5x passport photos, 2x passport and visa photocopies, your letters of non-impediment, and your lease agreement.
Cool! We thought, this is almost too easy!!!
Well, we were due to go in there in a couple of hours and the idiot called my translator and said he wanted .... (wait for it) 700 FUCKING DOLLARS!!!! I could fly to Thailand, get married and come back for around that kind of money.
Will keep you posted on this.
Did you get the yellow A4 sheet before you went to your sangkat office?
I'd go back to the ministry of foreign affairs and see a different spook - that's where we got our permission - cost $100.
Next to the sangkat office - take along 2 witnesses as that will be the legal threshold, after leaving there you'll be legally married.
The sangkat office is where you fill out and thumbprint the registration book.
The clerk asked me for $75, I emptied my pocket and wallet and gave him what I had, $15. He was a nice enough guy and we got by on chuckles and novelty value - first barang in the book.
I'd go back to the ministry of foreign affairs and see a different spook - that's where we got our permission - cost $100.
Next to the sangkat office - take along 2 witnesses as that will be the legal threshold, after leaving there you'll be legally married.
The sangkat office is where you fill out and thumbprint the registration book.
The clerk asked me for $75, I emptied my pocket and wallet and gave him what I had, $15. He was a nice enough guy and we got by on chuckles and novelty value - first barang in the book.
Do you remember which floor it was on? We went about half way along the first floor to be told they didn't do it.
And are you completely legitimately married matey? Have you tested it in your own country? Also, how long ago did you do it?
Done in late 2007 and registered with the Phils embassy.
Got wedding certificates in triplicate.
Tested with my own country?
At the MoFA, from the main front door, ground floor, head pretty much straight forwards past the guard's desk and take either the first or second door on the left - certainly wasn't halfway through the building.
Make sure that you have all of the paperwork present and correct - the clerk was offhand and snooty as hell at first, but warmed when he saw we had it all in order bar the medical certificate, which he printed out for us.
Got wedding certificates in triplicate.
Tested with my own country?
At the MoFA, from the main front door, ground floor, head pretty much straight forwards past the guard's desk and take either the first or second door on the left - certainly wasn't halfway through the building.
Make sure that you have all of the paperwork present and correct - the clerk was offhand and snooty as hell at first, but warmed when he saw we had it all in order bar the medical certificate, which he printed out for us.
are you sure things haven't changed in the last five years matey? I heard another bloke telling me that the sangat wanted $800!
Tested your marriage in your own country => is it recognised in your home country (or are you both Philippina?) Can you PM me your number please mate? You're absolutely the only person I know with any first hand experience in this most unusual of marriage arrangements.
Tested your marriage in your own country => is it recognised in your home country (or are you both Philippina?) Can you PM me your number please mate? You're absolutely the only person I know with any first hand experience in this most unusual of marriage arrangements.
If you're marrying a Cambodian woman, where to get the certificate of no impediment?
The Cambodian woman will have to get a certificate from the sangkat.SunSan wrote:If you're marrying a Cambodian woman, where to get the certificate of no impediment?
Check your PMDengchao wrote:are you sure things haven't changed in the last five years matey? I heard another bloke telling me that the sangat wanted $800!
Tested your marriage in your own country => is it recognised in your home country (or are you both Philippina?) Can you PM me your number please mate? You're absolutely the only person I know with any first hand experience in this most unusual of marriage arrangements.
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