AGAIN: the birth certificate is NOT a hard proof.

The mother of the child could theoretically randomly have had ANY man’s name written into the birth certificate.

*** and I have told you before: go back to your home country, apply for a multi entry Tourist Visa.

*** Then return to Thailand on a proper visa, AND seek to get your FATHERSHIP acknowledged by a Thai Family Court.

*** only when you can prove LEGAL fathership, you can apply for the Non-Imm-O FAMILY Visa and the subsequent 1-year Extension of Stay

“5. Personal details of family in Thailand – I have photos of my partner’s ID, but my son doesn’t have any documents yet. What should I provide yet? Maybe invitation letter from my partner?

6. Proof of relationship – I have a photo of my son’s birth certificate. Is it enough?“

*** I have told you before that your name on the birth certificate might not be enough, neither for the application to the 90-days visa, nor to the application to the 1-Jahr Extension of the Stay permit

You will have to try and see if the birth certificate alone is accepted

*** your Thai girlfriend’s ID card is irrelevant for the application as you are not married

@Kurt ************

a visa sticker or a visa pdf document will NEVER get "transferred" by the Thai Immigration. They do NOT have the right to do that, by law

your visa is a piece of printed paper. Your passports only contain "admitted stay" entry stamps. Keep both passports. Fresh entries will always get stamped into the new passport, but you need to show them the paper visa document

@John ********

on a 60 days single entry Tourist Visa you had a theoretical right to receive a 30-days extension. However since I do not know your recent 365-days stamp history, you may have stretched the total amount of "tourtistic entries" too far. From a 180-days count on, it doesn't matter if you entered on an E-Visa Tourist Visa or on visa-exempt entries. From this 180-days mark on per 1-year period, in the eyes of an Immigration officer, you are abusing touristic entries for a longstay in Thailand. It has always been like this, there was no change of rules

@Ivan ***********

Robert Lagas wrote the following regarding this alleged nonsense post of the Immigration Surat Thani (while it is not even 100% clear if it got posted by Immigration or by an agent):

Some people love to post this piece of paper, just because they think these are the new visa rules.

I just underlined a few points to show it is rubbish:

- Tourist Visa regulations

*** Okay, so you apply using the website as there are new regulations

- one exception for a tourist visa

*** No, you get the visa issued or denied, there is no exception

- two or more exceptions

*** If one is not possible, how can you get 2 or more

- All visa run histories will be reset

*** No, your history of entry into this country, usage of visa, pictures, passport use, fingerprints will stay in the database.

- two consecutive exceptions for tourist visa

*** repeating does not make rules

- after these 2 uses you must leave Thailand.

*** You must leave on or before your admitted or permitted up to stay date stamped in your passport OR apply for an Extension of Stay.

- Extension options in Samui

*** The reason used on the application gives you a possible maximum days, this could be 30. 60. 90 or longer.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Immigration officers at the passport control of the Koh Samui airport will soon realize, that their posting is rubbish.

Simply because you can still enter visa exempt 3, 4, 5 or 6 times during a one-year period for SHORT holidays and still be classed a "real tourist", as long as you never maximized those stays and don't spend any longer than 157 days on visa-exempt entries per one-year period, separated through stays abroad

It won’t take long for them to take down this nonsense flyer

@Ivan ***********

you can do 4, 5, 6 visa exempt entries within a rolling one year, if all those stays are only short holiday stays. never get extended and never exceed 157 days within a 1-year period. That's the count they use. If it was counted by calendar year, it would be laughable and complete nonsense

@Ivan ***********

the limit of two visa-exempt entries across a land border per calendar year was lifted and discontinued by July 15th, 2024, when the visa-exempt entry admitted stay went from 30 to 60 days

@John ********

What happened to you at the Jomtien Immigration shows that there are no new rules. . . . You entered visa exempt and you had a previous stamp history. . . . which means: Visa exemption is designed for short term tourism so you may or may not be allowed to enter (particularly a second or third time), every entry and EVERY EXTENSION is at the discretion of the immigration officer you will stand in front of. If you want to spend 6 months in Thailand get the appropriate visa.

@John ********

You are wrong. There were NO NEW RULES set by November 13. Immigration just received order to insure already existing rules were followed more strictly. Read again: There are NO NEW RULES. Did you read

@John *********

comment? He wrote "There is no calendar year reset. There are no new rules. There is no specific limit on visa exempt entries. What you are referring to is new guidelines issued to immigration officers as to how to enforce existing rules"