@Anders ************

what is the immigration visa hotline? I’d be willing to try. The adoption is completely finished, done through the Thai child welfare department and approved by Thai courts, so it feels like I should be able to show the evidence needed.

@Tod ********

I was trying to clarify they didn’t seem to have a problem with my current situation (you need this paperwork or a different entry, etc) as much as they said this visa isn’t possible.

@Tod ********

Yes.

@Tod ********

to clarify, I had to get out of the country to get off my husbands visa—I have followed him on his Non-O for the past 12 years

@Tod ********

I was previously in Mae Sot on a a different Non-O, for the past 12 years. Now we’ve relocated to Bangkok. I am currently on a non-exempt stamp, which I was told could be converted. So it was at Chaeng Wattana that I was told no. I can fly to Vientiane and try there, but I wanted to be sure it was still possible and not a change in law. They specifically said yesterday it was because you cannot get a dependent visa on an adopted child, not that the problem was converting from non-exempt to Non-O.