Marrying a Cambodian Citizen in Hong Kong
Marrying a Cambodian Citizen in Hong Kong
Right. Expecting plenty of piss-taking, but if anyone has some useful information that would be most welcome too.
After fifteen years or so with Special Friend and the sad demise of the over 50 rule, it looks like I have run out of excuses not to marry the bitch.
Add to that, I am pretty done in Cambodia and have just built a rather nice pad on Koh Samui and we both like to spend the summers in the UK, an internationally-recognised marriage licence seems sensible. I'm fucked if I'm getting dressed up like a monkey and paying for a load of freeloaders to get pissed and do the Madison in PP. This compromise has been agreed with the blushing bride.
So I see there are lots of agencies who arrange all this stuff, and we'll use one if necessary, but it can't be too hard to do oneself, Hong Kong being a very organised spot.
Thanks.
Robert
After fifteen years or so with Special Friend and the sad demise of the over 50 rule, it looks like I have run out of excuses not to marry the bitch.
Add to that, I am pretty done in Cambodia and have just built a rather nice pad on Koh Samui and we both like to spend the summers in the UK, an internationally-recognised marriage licence seems sensible. I'm fucked if I'm getting dressed up like a monkey and paying for a load of freeloaders to get pissed and do the Madison in PP. This compromise has been agreed with the blushing bride.
So I see there are lots of agencies who arrange all this stuff, and we'll use one if necessary, but it can't be too hard to do oneself, Hong Kong being a very organised spot.
Thanks.
Robert
Your marriage still won’t be recognised in Cambodia (as of 2018) so why not just get married in Thailand or UK?
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Who says romance is dead?
I’ve no advice to give, I’m just here for the comedy.
All piss taking aside.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.
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.
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cant marry in Thailand( tried that)
they tell ya go to Cambodia>
HK:
https://thenewsavvy.com/countries/hong- ... hong-kong/
way back checked on hk but we both decided
Marry>>> WHY? as no benefits for me, zero intention of moving to the states
dont want another child
dont need a paper to commit to each other
they tell ya go to Cambodia>
HK:
https://thenewsavvy.com/countries/hong- ... hong-kong/
way back checked on hk but we both decided
Marry>>> WHY? as no benefits for me, zero intention of moving to the states
dont want another child
dont need a paper to commit to each other
"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
From the Married2Cambodia Facebook group...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/married ... group_link
MARRIAGE IN HONG KONG INFORMATION
Hi everyone, many people have recently requested information regarding getting married in Hong Kong as a foreign-Cambodian couple. As I have recently gone through this process I thought it might be helpful to some to share this very simple process.
Please note, if you get married in Hong Kong it is recognised in the U.K. and most other countries as far as I am aware. However, currently under Cambodian law marriages undertaken outside of Cambodia are not recognised in the country. As Cambodia grows and changes its laws, this may be something that changes in time, however for now this is the case. For us personally this wasn’t an issue as it is more important for us to have our marriage acknowledged in the U.K. than in Cambodia. Given that the cost and process of marrying in Hong Kong was far easier and cheaper than doing it in Cambodia (what with all the “tea money” involved here), we opted to do it in Hong Kong. I would recommend thinking carefully about which method would be more beneficial for you as a couple and go for whichever route you see fit. For those of you who’d like to know more about the process, read on...
10 EASY STEPS TO GETTING MARRIED IN HONG KONG
1. Contact the Marriage, Registry and Records Office in Hong Kong.
There email address is [email protected]
Inform them that you wish to get married in Hong Kong, mentioning both yours and your partner’s nationalities, and that you’d like to request further information on the process.
They responded to us within a few days with all the relevant information we required for the process along with the Notice of Intention to Marry forms.
2. Print off the Notice of Intention to Marry form along with the other forms and fill in as required. You will be asked to state which venue you would like to marry at (either Cotton Tree Drive or City Hall) and a
date you wish to marry. We requested City Hall as it is right in central Hong Kong and close to where we wanted to stay.
3. Print off copies of both your passports - the biometrics pages.
4. Notarisation - You will need the Notice of Intention to Marry form notarised by a registered notary or by a law firm that is registered to do notarisations, along with ONE of your passports. You will need to send in both copies of your passports however only ONE copy needs to be notorised.
We notorised ours in the U.K. however I have spoken with a couple who did it in Phnom Penh with a law firm and it was accepted. I don’t know which law firm this was with so you will have to check with whichever law firm you choose to ensure they are certified notaries.
Note: If either of you have been married before, you will also need to send in a certificate of divorce. If not, a single status certificate is NOT required, making the whole process that much easier. For us, neither of us have ever been married so we didn’t need to do this.
5. Send your documents off, adding in a cover letter for safe measure (we outlined our intention to marry and a request of notification via email, stating our email address, once our documents had been received and noticed had been posted).
These need to be sent by airmail to the address provided on the forms.
You also need to include a Bankers Draft issued by a Hong Kong associated bank for the sum of $305 HKD ($43 USD) addresses to THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
This needs to be from a bank listed here: http://www.hkab.org.hk/DisplayMemberAct ... ectionid=0
6. They will send you an email once they have displayed your notice.
From the U.K. via airmail our documents arrived within 7 days and notice was posted immediately.
We received an email a day after notice had been posted.
Once your notice has been posted for 15 days you can arrange to get married within 3 months of giving notice.
If you need to change the original appointment you gave then contact the registry as soon as possible to change it.
We were given the date we requested so didn’t need to change our appointment.
7. Cambodian citizens need a HK Visa - this is super easy to apply from Cambodia but not from the U.K. We got ours from Lucky Lucky, it took 5 days and cost $49 USD. It’s cheaper if you do it yourself but we needed to rush ours and were stretched for time.
8. Book your flights and accommodation - for 2 adults and a baby (yes they charge for infants on Cathay Pacific) it cost us $510 return. We stayed at Travelodge Central Hollywood Road (booked on booking.com) for $215 for three nights and would highly recommend it.
9. Arrive in Hong Kong 2 days prior to the day of your wedding. Go to the Marriage, Registry and Records Office and collect your Notice of Marriage posted. Be sure to take both passports and a print out of the email which you will have received to confirm Notice was posted.
Go to counter 20 and provide these documents.
The Male partner out of you will then have to declare an oath in front of an “officer” as a verbal affidavit, confirming by law that you are both single. This is read off a small placard. If you’re worried about reading English; don’t worry! I helped my husband pronounce a few words and it was fine. The process took about 5 minutes and we were then given the certificate which we would take to the registry on the day.
10. Get to the registry office 45 mins prior to scout for witnesses - we didn’t take any with us but were told by others that had gone through the process that it would be fairly easy to find two willing witnesses in Hong Kong and they were right! We found two people at the ground floor cafe who were more than happy to come and witness our wedding. We took our docs along with $715 HKD ($100 USD) for our certificate and were officially married within 10 minutes We wore jeans and a t-shirt and nobody seemed to care which I thought was fabulous!
Other information:
- You can also request for certificated copies of your marriage certificate on the day (we didn’t and we didn’t get a price but it’s good to know they offer this service)
- Hong Kong is super organized and we didn’t meet any corruption along the way or ever felt people wanted anything from us
- Eating out is fairly pricey in HK, the cheapest single meal we found at a local restaurant was $6.90 USD - costs can add up when eating out but if you’re looking to do this on a budget you can quite easily live on noodles from 711!
- Public transport is super cheap in HK with an average bus journey across the city costing around 40 cent (USD)
- The whole trip including all fees incurred cost us $1,200 and we indulged while there - you can definitely do this cheaper but it was well worth a holiday exploring a new city which we thoroughly fell in love with and we did a lot in those three days
I hope this helps anyone looking to get married in Hong Kong! Good luck
https://www.facebook.com/groups/married ... group_link
MARRIAGE IN HONG KONG INFORMATION
Hi everyone, many people have recently requested information regarding getting married in Hong Kong as a foreign-Cambodian couple. As I have recently gone through this process I thought it might be helpful to some to share this very simple process.
Please note, if you get married in Hong Kong it is recognised in the U.K. and most other countries as far as I am aware. However, currently under Cambodian law marriages undertaken outside of Cambodia are not recognised in the country. As Cambodia grows and changes its laws, this may be something that changes in time, however for now this is the case. For us personally this wasn’t an issue as it is more important for us to have our marriage acknowledged in the U.K. than in Cambodia. Given that the cost and process of marrying in Hong Kong was far easier and cheaper than doing it in Cambodia (what with all the “tea money” involved here), we opted to do it in Hong Kong. I would recommend thinking carefully about which method would be more beneficial for you as a couple and go for whichever route you see fit. For those of you who’d like to know more about the process, read on...
10 EASY STEPS TO GETTING MARRIED IN HONG KONG
1. Contact the Marriage, Registry and Records Office in Hong Kong.
There email address is [email protected]
Inform them that you wish to get married in Hong Kong, mentioning both yours and your partner’s nationalities, and that you’d like to request further information on the process.
They responded to us within a few days with all the relevant information we required for the process along with the Notice of Intention to Marry forms.
2. Print off the Notice of Intention to Marry form along with the other forms and fill in as required. You will be asked to state which venue you would like to marry at (either Cotton Tree Drive or City Hall) and a
date you wish to marry. We requested City Hall as it is right in central Hong Kong and close to where we wanted to stay.
3. Print off copies of both your passports - the biometrics pages.
4. Notarisation - You will need the Notice of Intention to Marry form notarised by a registered notary or by a law firm that is registered to do notarisations, along with ONE of your passports. You will need to send in both copies of your passports however only ONE copy needs to be notorised.
We notorised ours in the U.K. however I have spoken with a couple who did it in Phnom Penh with a law firm and it was accepted. I don’t know which law firm this was with so you will have to check with whichever law firm you choose to ensure they are certified notaries.
Note: If either of you have been married before, you will also need to send in a certificate of divorce. If not, a single status certificate is NOT required, making the whole process that much easier. For us, neither of us have ever been married so we didn’t need to do this.
5. Send your documents off, adding in a cover letter for safe measure (we outlined our intention to marry and a request of notification via email, stating our email address, once our documents had been received and noticed had been posted).
These need to be sent by airmail to the address provided on the forms.
You also need to include a Bankers Draft issued by a Hong Kong associated bank for the sum of $305 HKD ($43 USD) addresses to THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
This needs to be from a bank listed here: http://www.hkab.org.hk/DisplayMemberAct ... ectionid=0
6. They will send you an email once they have displayed your notice.
From the U.K. via airmail our documents arrived within 7 days and notice was posted immediately.
We received an email a day after notice had been posted.
Once your notice has been posted for 15 days you can arrange to get married within 3 months of giving notice.
If you need to change the original appointment you gave then contact the registry as soon as possible to change it.
We were given the date we requested so didn’t need to change our appointment.
7. Cambodian citizens need a HK Visa - this is super easy to apply from Cambodia but not from the U.K. We got ours from Lucky Lucky, it took 5 days and cost $49 USD. It’s cheaper if you do it yourself but we needed to rush ours and were stretched for time.
8. Book your flights and accommodation - for 2 adults and a baby (yes they charge for infants on Cathay Pacific) it cost us $510 return. We stayed at Travelodge Central Hollywood Road (booked on booking.com) for $215 for three nights and would highly recommend it.
9. Arrive in Hong Kong 2 days prior to the day of your wedding. Go to the Marriage, Registry and Records Office and collect your Notice of Marriage posted. Be sure to take both passports and a print out of the email which you will have received to confirm Notice was posted.
Go to counter 20 and provide these documents.
The Male partner out of you will then have to declare an oath in front of an “officer” as a verbal affidavit, confirming by law that you are both single. This is read off a small placard. If you’re worried about reading English; don’t worry! I helped my husband pronounce a few words and it was fine. The process took about 5 minutes and we were then given the certificate which we would take to the registry on the day.
10. Get to the registry office 45 mins prior to scout for witnesses - we didn’t take any with us but were told by others that had gone through the process that it would be fairly easy to find two willing witnesses in Hong Kong and they were right! We found two people at the ground floor cafe who were more than happy to come and witness our wedding. We took our docs along with $715 HKD ($100 USD) for our certificate and were officially married within 10 minutes We wore jeans and a t-shirt and nobody seemed to care which I thought was fabulous!
Other information:
- You can also request for certificated copies of your marriage certificate on the day (we didn’t and we didn’t get a price but it’s good to know they offer this service)
- Hong Kong is super organized and we didn’t meet any corruption along the way or ever felt people wanted anything from us
- Eating out is fairly pricey in HK, the cheapest single meal we found at a local restaurant was $6.90 USD - costs can add up when eating out but if you’re looking to do this on a budget you can quite easily live on noodles from 711!
- Public transport is super cheap in HK with an average bus journey across the city costing around 40 cent (USD)
- The whole trip including all fees incurred cost us $1,200 and we indulged while there - you can definitely do this cheaper but it was well worth a holiday exploring a new city which we thoroughly fell in love with and we did a lot in those three days
I hope this helps anyone looking to get married in Hong Kong! Good luck
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I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
This thread's not about YOU, RichardPhuket2006 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:06 pmcant marry in Thailand( tried that)
they tell ya go to Cambodia>
HK:
https://thenewsavvy.com/countries/hong- ... hong-kong/
way back checked on hk but we both decided
Marry>>> WHY? as no benefits for me, zero intention of moving to the states
dont want another child
dont need a paper to commit to each other
Nice one, Rob
Congratulations, you wanker!RobW wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 5:02 pmRight. Expecting plenty of piss-taking, but if anyone has some useful information that would be most welcome too.
After fifteen years or so with Special Friend and the sad demise of the over 50 rule, it looks like I have run out of excuses not to marry the bitch.
My deepest sympathies to the bride.
how does one build a house on Koh Samui when one is not married to a thai ?
honest ?
honest ?
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Not difficult>tenkety wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 8:45 amhow does one build a house on Koh Samui when one is not married to a thai ?
honest ?
Thai company can own the land
Have the land in a good Thai Friends name, house can be in Farangs name
than get a iron clad registered 30 year lease
BOI Investment (need invest 40,000,000 baht)
"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
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