What visa options are available for parents with a Thai child born out of wedlock?

Education visa is also an option for 9 months at the least; as well as, if you are 50+ retirement visa

Okay, people lets' understand the O/P is looking for a solution to HIS ability to stay in thailand. He has a half thai child born out of wedlock and has not been granted parental rights by family court so his visa and extension options are limited.

okay as has been pointed out without going thru family court to get parental rights granted or because the child is old enough just going with the parents to the Amphur to get the parental rights noted in their log book you cannot get a yearly extension based on raising a thai child.

You can get a 90 day single entry Non-O visa without proof of funds at Savannakhet or Vientiane Lao and you can get a year-long, multi-entry Non-O visa from the thai consulate in Penang with proof of 400K baht in a bank account (doesn't need to be a thai bank). All of those consulates require the birth certificate, the mother's thai i/d, the child's house book listing, (and Penang requires the bank book updated recently).

Those are your options.

You can also get the 60 day visit family extension once per entry at the immigration office for 1900baht

Seeing as the child IS of age where they can make a declaration at the local Amphur and you can be recognized as the legal father there with the rights that come with it I would say a visit to your local amphur is in order.

Having the name on the birth certificate is absolutely not enough! You MUST have the custody of your daugjter written on the official paper, then you can get a visa easy peasy :)

dependancy visa

You can get a multiple 90 days and a 60 days after that. There is no limit to 90 days one time as far as I know I did my multiple o in Sweden and Penang

How old is the child ? I thought you only had to go to the local amphur with the mother and the child to get legitimization or am I wrong ?

Easy answer is Tourist Visa or any other Visa if you meet the requirements. But I guess you like to have a Visa for longer periods, so is your Daughter a Thai National, is your name on the birth certificate or do you have parental rights by Family court in Thailand if the daughter is born out of wedlock?

we have a son living over there with his thai wife and daughter

how long do you want to go over for, we go over a month at a time, or we get a 90day visa