Can I extend a take care of baby visa for one year if I am not married to the mother?

Oct 2, 2024
2 months ago
I have a take care of baby visa that my agent advised me to get before converting over to a non o family visa(not married),I just called at immigration to ask a few questions about the conversion and they said I can extend the take care baby for 1 year saving me a chunk of money,anyone else had any experience with this ?
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The user inquired about extending a take care of baby visa before switching to a NON-O family visa while not being married to the child's mother. They mentioned receiving information from immigration about a potential one-year extension of their current visa. However, a commenter pointed out that without legal recognition as the father through family court, the user may not qualify for this extension.
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Graham ******
If you are not married to the mother and have not been to the family court to be recognised as the legal father you cannot get the 12 month extension of stay based on Visiting Thai Family as you do not qualify.
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