What can I do if I was denied entry to Thailand due to immigration rules regarding my family situation?

Since you do not have the 400k Baht to get the Thai Family Visa, then contact a Thai Visa agent about what they can do and how much they charge....

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Philippines has 3 year tourist visa. Move there. Yeh Yeh I know , just a suggestion 😁

This page. Is a bunch of drama queens 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So Tourist numbers are going down and what do swampy immi? Give hard time....

Everybody should stop go Thailand, watch the shitshow and come back after they realize the earth is not moving around Thailand.

Investis 175€ dans un visa touristique à entrées multiples et ton problème est résolu

get a proper visa, stop moaning

I ask why do you have criticism for Thai immigration?

Look at your own country rules will they allow you to have your son with you because as you keep saying your a dad they should have compassion. Your govt don't care either same as Australia govt don't care. You must do relevant paperwork for an issue you sadly have in all countries.

You were lucky for years, don’t complain when European expats want to take there relatives to France, look at the trouble they have ; in Europe we don’t have visa free arrivals.

Just get a tourist visa next time 🙄

My first question would be why are you having children in another country when you don't have the financial means to stay there? Seems fairly irresponsible :/

Guys Brandon is only answering the questions raised in this forum with cold hard facts. Yes everyone has unique situations where they want things to pan out their way and sometimes some people get lucky with the rules and some people don’t.

When I first started planning my move here I asked a number of questions and some of the responses I received I didn’t like but the rules are the rules and Brandon is simply quoting them.

@Chris ****

Brandon is right.

You cannot stay in Thailand on a tourist visa or on a visa-exempt any longer than 180 days within a 365 days period.

An Immigration officer has the right to deny entry if he/she thinks that you are misusing the visa-exempt entry as a means for a longstay in Thailand.

They will, at some point after they see the many entries and extension stamps in your passport, tell you that you are supposed to "get the right visa for your purpose of stay".

At this moment, you are standing in front of the officer as a wannabe "tourist", NOT as the father of a half Thai child, because you are NOT entering Thailand on the purpose of being a legal father to a half Thai child. Brandon wasn’t judging you – he just explained correctly how the Immigration officer sees you. You being not married to a mother of your half Thai son, “doesn’t cut any ice”, as we use to say. It doesn’t count!

You must get the right visa that fits your purpose of stay. There is a visa based on being a father to a half Thai child. Why don’t you apply for it before you travel?

WHY do you not apply for it on the E-visa system of the Royal Thai Embassy in Paris? This visa category would be a "90-days Non-Imm-O Visa based on supporting a half Thai child". With this visa, you can get a "1-year stay permit" for Thailand. You earn more than the required 40,000 THB you need to be able to apply for this visa.

So, GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTT and check out your visa-options, instead of trying to enter without a visa and risking to get denied entry because Immigration sees it as “you have been in Thailand without a visa too long”

Contact agents in Pattaya, enquire about the multiple entry retirement visa, they will explain everything.

tbh going to that airport was your first mistake. if youre a regular theyll turn you away. there's also no limit on visa exempt so idk why everyone so mad. If its so frown upon put a limit on it then, not just when immigration trying to look like a tough guy and at the same time the government complaining about foreigner revenue

I think you're confusing a holiday with living here that's why they're questioned you

I'm only planning on staying in Thailand 6 months of the year. I got a non O Visa....... No headaches

Travel by land - if they turn you away its easier to come back the next day.

Every immigration officer is different. If you talked to a different IO you would likely have a different experience. Choose your IO wisely.

The OP cannot stay that long in Thailand on tourist entries anymore.

At some point an IO decides that's enough.

If he has a child in Thailand this is his cheapest option:

90 day non-o visa based on Thai family e-visa .

Then apply for a 60 day visit Thai family as it comes to an end at his local immigration office.

This will give him 5 months no problem.

How many times in a row they will allow it who knows.

But some do this multiple times with no issue.

As it is the correct entry visa.

The cannot afford it doesn't excuse anyone from the rules.

The rules are in place to ensure we can afford to live here on the correct type of visa.

Staying in a country for 9 months is not tourism. Secondly, respect a country's immigration laws. EU is not any better.

You know what the solution is, you even mentioned it yourself. You are not a genuine tourist so get the visa that applies to your situation, 400k baht is not a huge amount of money and you don't even need to maintain it in the bank for longer than a couple of months. I'm sure you'll easily spend that in a year in Thailand

So did you have to go back to France or did they let you go in ?

I applied for the Non O visiting Thai family on line with the Thai Embassy in Los Angeles.. only thing they asked extra was a letter from the family accepting me as their guest... cost was approx $80... 90 days... same day uploaded the letter and was approved same day..

So the immigration officer was doing her job.

Use an agent to get you safe entry service. This is a simple solution for your situation

Shameful to leave your child in the first place.

It's Africans in general, all over Bangkok.

Men and women, harassing tourists and intimidating pedestrians

I think immigration are only doing their job, but I hope there is a way you can continue to see your son.

As Anna suggested, can you get the 'visiting family' visa or failing that, what about getting a non-OA visa as that doesn't require a deposit in Thailand?

Try to get 90 day non o visa from within France before you leave. The financial banking requirements are not so high. It only costs 1900 baht and will know before.you leave that you will probably be allowed entry. That is still however up to the immigration officer you are in arrival

Thailand seems to have lost it’s formerly status as

The Land of Smiles

Salut chris. Fait une demande de visa touristique avant ton départ. Sinon t'es un peu con et très raciste. Aurevoir.

First off, those Nigerian girls have nothing to do with your case - so let's not throw other people under this imaginary bus. Second, if they are telling you to get a family visa because of your son, then contact some visa agents..or since ur 50 get a retirement visa.

Can’t you get a visa for ‘visiting Thai family’ next time you want to visit your son.

180 days in 2024 is not a holiday. That's living in Thailand. The fact that you have a son here is not relevant. You are not entering on that basis, you are entering as a tourist and trying to live here as a tourist, which is abusing the system. They've told you now that it's unacceptable. So you either need to find another option, or you need to act like an actual tourist if you want to enter as one.