Can I apply for a NON-O visa as a volunteer with a non-foundation church in Thailand?

Think about going to college. It isn't that expensive and gets you a one year Ed visa.

Let's talk when you get back.

No

It sounds like he is legally Chinese. There are a lot of people in Thailand in this situation, most commonly Burmese, who grew up here but don't have citizenship. Thailand has been making changes and announced a new policy with regard to eliminating statelessness recently, I don't know if your fiance might qualify as he wasn't born here but he might. If he can naturalize and get citizenship you could get a long term visa quite easily on that basis as his wife. So get started on that if it is possible. But if you think this is going to take years- people do manage to stay here for "years" on a combination of tourist and other entries so you may be ok for a few years at least. Volunteering is an option for sure but you'll need to find an organization that has done this before and knows how to get the visa. I am pretty sure there are churches in Thailand who do this, and apart from the volunteer visa there is also a religious/missionary visa, although that may be difficult to get, there were a load of Filipino Christian missionaries in the Manila embassy trying for that one when I got a visa there a few years back. Key is finding an organization that has done it before, higher chance of success then I think. Good luck, I am sure it will work out ok, you just may have to resign yourself to visa runs for a few years while your fiance tries for citizenship.

If he has at least one parent that's real thai he's thai too by birth no matter where he was born. That's how it works

@Mal****

Let's see what Shayne says. He really knows the volunteer visa situation very well.

Unfortunately an unofficial marriage isn't gonna help you in the least as far as long term stay. Especially to a thai born in china without paperwork. BTW: if his parents were thai, no matter where he was born, he's thai too, you just need to sort it out.