Can I apply for a child dependency visa in Laos and what are the requirements?

@Paul ********

Pre-covid shit show the thai consulate in Penang used to issue year-long, multi-entry Non-O visas based on raising thai children with 200K baht in a bank account and just the thai birth certificate with your name on it, the mother's thai i/d and house book listing

Neither consulate in Lao issue year long, multi-entry Non-O's based on raising half thai children.

Seeing as you ARE married now why not just get a year long, multi-entry Non-O from the thai consulate in Savannakhet? That visa is valid for a year (even if you get divorced) is good for unlimited entries of 90 days, when the 90 days runs out go to the border, bounce out and back and get a new 90 day entry stamp. You do that for the whole year and you can get 15 months of stay out of that visa (90 days at a time).

As I said even if the reason you get the visa changes (you get it based on marriage but get divorced) you get to keep the visa and use it, without issue

You are only going to get a standard 90 day Non-O visa which you would then have to extend inside Thailand. I assume you are already on an extension of stay (and not a visa at all) based on having Thai kids so the simplest thing would be to just renew it.

What do you mean by a dependence visa? Do you mean you are married to a Thai or something else?

As far as I know, both Vientiane and Savannakhet issue either visa. Only Non-O based on marriage to a Thai national is available as a multiple entry visa, and only at Savannakhet.

Non-O based on raising half Thai child is available at both embassy/consulate, but single entry only.

(at least we don't have any successful report of multiple entry Non-O based on a half-Thai child after covid chaos)

Non-O multiple entry visa gives you 90 days every time you enter Thailand and you need to leave and re-enter for another 90 days or apply for a 1-year extension at the local immigration office based on being a spouse to a Thai.

As long as you have all the required documents at the embassy/consulate to apply for your visa, you don't have to be with your spouse or child. But it may not be so bad idea to bring them just in case you need additional documents that require your spouse's signature, ID, etc.