Hi everyone. I have a serious problem. I have family in Thailand — my child and my partner. We’re not married, and I need to get parental rights through a Thai court, so we hired a lawyer. When my exemption stay ended, I left for Vietnam for 45 days and then flew back to DMK a few days ago.

What happened there was shocking. Many people were denied entry. I had all documents — a letter from my lawyer, invitation from my partner’s family, Thai bank statement, my child’s birth certificate — but they didn’t look at anything. They just said I “can’t enter for the third time,” took my passport, and put me in the detention room for the night. The conditions were terrible.

The main issue: they didn’t put any stamp in my passport. No denied entry, nothing. The next day, after returning to Vietnam, I applied for a tourist visa with all documents and clearly stated that I want to visit my family for the holidays. The next day I got a simple “your visa application has been rejected.” No explanation. Embassy and e-visa center won’t tell us anything.

Now I don’t know what to do. I’m planning to fly to Vientiane, try to enter by land, and if they refuse me again, I want to apply for a Non-O visa at the Thai embassy there. But I’ve already lost so much money that I’m afraid of another rejection.

If anyone has experience with this situation, please share advice. I just want to be with my family for Christmas. Thank you.

Hello everyone. I just arrived on a 60 day visa. My girlfriend and I are expecting a daughter in December. After which, we will file the paperwork for my parental rights. My question involves my visa. Right now my understanding is that I will file an extension that will take me to the end of November. After that I plan on doing border runs until my family member visa and parental rights paperwork can get done. Is this the best way to go about things? Thank you for any advice!

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I am changing my reason for extension non immigrant o visa based on having a Thai child. What documents are needed?

Does anyone have an updated list. First time I'm doing this. I know already some of the documents needed. Just hoping for a list to check through.

Thank you

Hey people ned advice mother of son die we not been together since he was 2 he 7 now I had him since 2 he went to England and come back at 4 and a half. We were doing joint custody mother agreed family know ben better with me no contesting. Before sign she passed away I'm on birth certificate and he goes internationally school too paid for next 3 years my question.do I need a lawyer to vet guardianship or not need

Hello everyone, I’m new here, Australian. I am not married however I have 2 Thai national children with my Thai partner of 10 years. Applied for a 1 year multi entry non immigrant o visa and was approved in Australia by the consulate. I don’t have a Thai bank however I will be opening one when I arrive. My question is you need to apply for an extension 45-30 days out but you also need 400k in a Thai bank for 2 months. Given it will take me a week or so to open an account and transfer funds I might be cutting it fine to have 2 months of history and be 30 days before my stamp expires. Would the best bet be to open the bank and deposit the 400k in the first week then exit and reenter Thailand on the multi entry and apply for an extension 45 days out from the end of my second entry? Thanks in advance all.

I have a german passport, staying in Chiang Mai for three years and am currently on a volunteer visa. I have a two years old daughter (mom is thai, not married) who is born in Chiang Mai, and I lived with since she was born. She doesn't have a german citizenship yet.

I am looking for visa options. I heard about a guardian visa but couldn't find reliable information about my case. Can anyone help me here?

Thai visa keeps declining my posts all im asking is what are the procedures for obtaining and can you get a long stay visa when you have a thai child ?

Hi all. It seems a Non-Immigrant visa based on family is the right fit for the circumstances of myself and my son. My partner is Thai and I’m Aussie and our son was born in Australia (we have successfully obtained a Thai birth certificate for him) We would like to spend up to 6 months in Thailand and don’t have any real interest in visiting nearby countries, as we want to limit travel since we have an 18 month old with us. My question is, in order to be able to stay up to 6 months, will both my son and I need to apply for Non Im multiple entries or is there another way to do it that doesn’t require us to leave the country every 90 days? Thank you

Came in on SETV did normal 30 extension had covid extensions up and till now could it be extended based on thai child ? 😇

My son had a twelve month visa extension issued at Jomtien, based on having a Thai child, which expired about six months ago.

He has taken advantage of three Covid extensions, but it seems now he will have to apply for a 'child visa extension' again.

Would you list the provisional documents required.

I believe there is no need for the ฿400K to be seasoned. Please confirm.

And when he gets an approval and returns after the month, will the immigration check to see that these funds are still in his account.

Thanks, chaps