Because when you get a visa you buy it from them 😊

What do you mean by “check in” ?

Actually, it does.

If you travel with a visa then I believe the airline is not responsible for your return travel should you be refused entry. Therefore they will let you board without proof of onward travel.

Or buy a visa before you travel.

Babies don’t get fined or prosecuted in any way however they enter Thailand. Could be a tourist visa or the 30 day visa exempt stamp.

Long term, you should establish a legal status for your child if you intend for them to live in Thailand, probably on the back of your girlfriend’s status there, but if you’re just going for a visit then any entry status will do.

Things would be so much easier if the correct terminology was used. Obviously not everyone knows the correct terms so we rely on those who do to correct them. Usually without the need to criticise them when they do.

It should be fairly straightforward. Our case was up in the country, so the guy in charge played his “I want a present” game and came up with all kinds of nonsense about how/why he couldn’t do it.

Most people get it done quite easily as the amphur has a ‘big book of rules’ that they refer to if they’re not sure how to process something. In larger cities they’re pretty used to foreigners marrying Thai nationals and are familiar with the process.

If the guy in charge had just told me he wanted a bottle of whisky on day one, we could have been in and out in twenty minutes 😂

It took us three whole days at our local Amphur!