[DownloadMan]

But I do know that if you want the Thai traditional ceremony then you do not have to get any paperwork done and it is done all over the country but has nothing to do with LEGAL marriage, it is just a party, and you know how Thai like a party.

For the legal marriage we have to go to our embassy with proof of divorce and freedom to marry, then that form is taken to foreign affairs with a Thai translation and recieve the Thai permission, those papers along with passport and visa, House book and ID card of the Thai are taken to the Amphur and the marriage is registered.
So if you do not want the cost of the ceremony, you do not need it as nothing is said in the Amphur about anything other than do you want to get married, then it is just like renewing your drivers license only quicker, here it is just a form of business deal,sign a couple of papers and are issued a marriage certificate stating that you were married, no "I DO" "KISS THE BRIDE" or any of that crap.

From what we've been told all we have to do after that is get married and then go to the Amphur in the province we marry in to have it registered. The thing is, you will be married at the Amphur when you register it, nothing before or after is a legal marriage or has anything to due with a marriage..

One draw back to what you are doing is in the event that the love light starts to flicker, you will have to return to the Amphur with your darling bride to have it undone, not like a typical divorce in faranglandia. once it is registered, you are legally married in any country in the world.