Apologies if this isn't allowed here. But my daughter got her US citizenship today and my girlfriend got denied her Visa to the USA. I was also recently denied my Non-Immigrant O visa to Thailand for "insufficient paperwork". The only thing I can figure out is that my daughter has not had her birth certified as being my daughter.

Does anyone have experience writing their congressman in the USA to help with Visa help? I really want my parents to meet their granddaughter, but my Mom is not healthy enough to fly here to Thailand.

I will take any advice for my situation to stay in Thailand with my daughter and travel to the USA with her as well. If anyone knows somebody that can certify a birth for a 6 month old child I would really appreciate it too. Thank you.

Planning on entering from the US with a non OA visa. Will be staying with my son (US citizen teaching english) in Petchabun for approximately 3 to 6 months while determining where I want to live. How will this affect my TM30 and opening a bank account if I can’t show a lease agreement? Thanks in advance

This was posted on other groups but probably belongs here.

Question/ advice wanted from Chiang Mai residents (or Tod Daniels) that are holders of non immigrant O visas and extend annually based on retirement. Do you report to immigration to update your TM30 every time you return from domestic travel? (Assuming you’ve provided your passport to check in at a hotel). If not, have you ever been fined when doing your next 90 day report? We are taking our first trip south since getting our first extension based on retirement. We are doing a 90 day report about two weeks before we leave so wouldn’t have to worry about it again til February but having read horror stories about 6000 Baht fines for not having an “up to date” TM30, I thought I’d ask the question.

I find this the rule absolute most asinine thing I’ve ever heard of because obviously if you’re checking in for a 90 day report in CM and there’s a valid TM30 on file with your passport that was filed legally on the day you took residence in this province, it’s obvious you’re not “staying” in another province but rather, you took a holiday, stayed at hotel and they followed the idiot law by filing a TM30 for every guest that checks in.

From the responses in the other groups it seems most think it’s not for domestic travel but the ones I trust say it is the law but it’s not often enforced