Can I obtain a Non-O visa in Thailand for my adopted Thai son?

and on that note we are done,

Good luck

@Kelli *********

CHECK your message requests as I'd messaged you about your post earlier this morning..

They are really picky regarding child visa in any case. Have you tried to call the immigration visa hotline? Ask them what is real law and why you are denied. If the child is yours according to court in Thailand I do not see the issue as well. You could take immigration to court or try to talk to a supervisor.

Just looked at the Immigration website to confirm myself.

To convert to the Non Immigrant O visa might be a problem as Tod described, but for the 1 year Extension of Stay the rules are clearly written:

Tod Daniels thank you for your extensive research.

sorry Kelli, i accidentally deleted your post 😮 I put it back and I messaged you about it too, my apologies for deleting it

Now as far as whether you can go to a thai consulate in a nearby country and get the 90 day Non-O visa based on adoption, you're gonna hafta start pounding the phones and calling them to see

Another thing to keep in mind, is

IF your immigration office was unwilling to issue the Non-O visa (if they even have authority TO issue in country Non-O's at all) I think if you manage to get the 90 day Non-O outside the country you're gonna run into the same brick wall trying to get the year extension at your local office from it..

you might call the thai consulate in Penang, they USED to issue a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa based on supporting a thai child (the ONLY consulate in the area that offered it) and you had to only show 200K baht in the bank (not the 400K baht required in country)

Now on that visa you'd have to bounce out and back every 90 days to activate a new entry but that'd give you 15 months of stay (actually 17 months if you took the 60 day visit family extension on the last 90 day entry 🙂

I looked thru the police orders allowing visas/extensions inside the country and could find NOTHING that prohibits you getting a 90 day Non-O and then the year extension after that.

Just curious what stamp/extension are you on now and what was the previous entry/stay history in your passport <- that can have an effect on things too