@Jo *********

are you worried? You have commented on a few posts lately stating you never do a tm30 lol

You may want to keep a couple thousand baht in there, it explains why if you take a read.

@Stephan **********

I didn't think it works in Vietnam?

@Jim ******

you wouldn't be the only one, many people don't follow the law here.

That's normal

@Graham *****

too easy, hopefully I don't ever need to get the visa. I'm just preparing a backup plan incase there is any problems in the future with my elite visa before I reach retirement age.

@Graham *****

I see another comment mentioning a document "Khor ror 11" which I have, so hopefully that document is the one required. I do also have the official court ruling documents if they are also required.

@Steve ******

thank you, I have both the birth certificate and the court paperwork so no issues there. Is the first step obtaining a 90 day Non O visa? And can this be done inside of Thailand swapping from a different visa?

@Krittiya ***

okay no problems at all, thank you for confirming. I have been through the court process and have the Khor Ror 11.

@Graham *****

yes that’s what we did (registration of child legitimisation) when our daughter was about 3months old. It didn't take very long from memory, maybe a month, as first we needed to go to an interview at the juvenile observation and protection centre to have a report completed before then being approved for a court date at the children's court. There is quite a bit in the court ruling but mostly it states "Miss.....is to be recognized as the legitimate child of the petitioner (me the father). The petitioner and the child's mother are to jointly exercise parental power. The court's decision was based on evidence provided by the petitioner and a report, and the mother consented to the requests.

Miss.... is declared the legitimate child of the petitioner.

The petitioner and the child's mother will jointly exercise parental power.

The petitioner's requests were granted with the mother's consent" We used a local lawyer, the cost was about ฿30k-฿40k from memory. After receiving the ruling I was able to use the ruling to open a bank account for my daughter.