If you extend your yearly Non-Imm 'O' visa extension based on half-Thai kids in one part of the country, can you subsequently move to another province to work, if the opportunity arises, without having to change this visa extension?

Thanks in advance. :)

can somone tell about following topic? not married but having 2 children with thai passport, farrang is the father,,, will he get 1 year visa extension for parenthood when the mother is not in the family anymore?

The list of documents required at Chiang Mai for a 1-year extension of stay base on Thai wife/children says, "In case of divorce must bring Divorce Certificate to show"

* Does that mean the legal proof of divorce previous to your current marriage? I mean, that's necessary in order to get a Thai marriage registration & certificate, which you need to include with the application anyway.

* Or is it for the case when you have divorced the mother of your half-Thai children?

Hello, a simple question:

I want to apply for a caring child visa, i m not married but I have all the requirements (I event went to the court to obtain the document of parental authority sharing with my ex gf)

Can I go to immigration alone without my ex to apply? Or need she sign some documents too?

Thanks.

Okay, I have a copy of the thai language amendments to the Police order 138/2557 concerning the proof of funds when using the income method for extensions of stays based on being over 50, being married to a thai & raising half-thai children. :O It was issued on the 21st and is stamped the 26th of Dec.

Now that police order is different from the one 327/2557 in so far as they spell out different things (and the same things different ways). The 138/2557 is the supporting documents and provisos for extensions and 327/2557 is the Criteria and Conditions. You really use them in conjunction with each other but all I have is the first one.

The banked money method is unchanged, the requisite funds in a thai bank account in your name for the seasoning period before you apply for your extension.

-For countries that still issue the income affidavit they will still be accepted like normal.

-For countries that don't issue them any more you need to show 40K baht (for marriage/raising kids) per month (every month). This can be in the form of tax statements based on employment here in thailand OR in transfers to a thai bank account from overseas for 12 months before you apply for your extension and for retirement you need to show 65K baht a month per month (every month) for 12 months before you apply for your extension.

There is a post on the thai visa forum where someone says the immigration office is going to "work" with people this first year and allow less than a full year's worth of transfers to be shown

BUT

Unfortunately that's not how I'm reading the thai version. :(

It says for the first year when someone retires they are not obligated to show the 12 months of deposits via bank transfers. They use an example of IF you retire in Oct you only need to show the deposits from Nov on. It doesn't make any reference to an allowance for the first year THIS new amendment takes effect.

I am sorry if this raises more questions than it answers..

Lesson of the day;

Seasoning of funds using banked money for extensions of stays.

There are a several types of extensions of stays that require proof of funds AND if someone is using the "banked money" method (where they have the funds in a thai bank account in their name) there are specific "seasoning" requirements for those extensions.

By seasoning I mean the money must be in the account a specific number of days BEFORE you apply for your extension (not before your extension is due).

--Extensions based on marriage the seasoning of the 400K baht is ALWAYS 2 months (even though some immigration offices tell you it's 3, it's really 2)

Police Order 327/2557 Clause 2.18 line 6

--Extensions based on being over 50 (retirement) the seasoning of the 800K baht is 60 days for your first yearly extension and 3 months for every yearly extension after that. (NOTE: 60 days may or may not be 2 months and 3 months may or may not be 90 days, that's just how the rule is written)

Police Order 327/2557 Clause 2.22 line 4

--Extensions based on raising half-thai children the 400K baht has NO seasoning requirements

Police Order 327/2557 Clause 2.18 line 5

--Extensions based on raising foreign children the seasoning of the 500K baht is 30 days for the first yearly extension and 3 months for every yearly extension after that.

Police Order 327/2557 Clause 2.11 line 5

NOTE: this is ONLY for applying for extensions of stays at the thai immigration offices INSIDE of thailand. These seasoning rules have NOTHING to do with applying for VISAS from thai consulates in other countries.

Sorry this was long, hopefully it was helpful

And thus ends the lesson of the day.. ;) :P :O

If I have a one year multi entry non imm O based on marriage to a Thai, is it possible to get an extension of stay based on supporting my half Thai children?

As well as being the father on the birth certificates and them all having my name I also have the documents from the courts naming me as a legal guardian.

If it possible what are the requirements for the extension? Banked money etc.