it's been a long standing rule. EVERY Thai embassy website tells you

@Michael *******

proof is proof, ain't no "bigger proof". Must be "Thai logic"

@Michael *******

but they accept the birth certificate for the "family visit" extension as proof that you have a "family" - a little kid. Laughable

@Michael *******

it's crazy: the SAME Immigration that does not accept the birth certificate for the 1-year Extension, accepts it for the 60-days "family visit" extension 😆😁😆😁😆

you need the one-year extension and buy a multi re-entry permit for it, Then you can exit and re-enter as many times as you want

@Michael *******

that's only good for 5 months

You are not married to the mother, thus you have no automatic parental rights over your alleged son, and cannot apply for the Non-O Family Visa.

The mother being your girlfriend does NOT make her “family”

Even with your name on the birth certificate, you normally still need a Thai Family Court order or an Amphur registration and acknowledgement, to be the legal father of the child, and for this you would be issued official documentation, for use of a visa and extension application.

It also can depend on the age of the kid, to get legal paternal rights.

Some people claim they were able to get registered as the legal father on the Amphur, even when they were NOT married to the mother, as long as the child is under 5 years old. I strongly doubt these reports, they probably “got lost in translation”. You would need to be married to the mother.

ONE MORE TIME, MY 5 CENTS:

***Without an acknowledged marriage and the Kor Ror 22 or 2 (whichever applies)

OR

*** the Amphur or Thai Family Court issued document that acknowledges your paternal rights,

You cannot apply neither for the Non-Imm-O Family Visa, nor for the 1-year Extension

@Colin *********

no, a 1-year extension of the stay permit out of a former Non-O/A must be made on Immigration inside Thailand. Only if one wants to go from the first year out of a Non-O/A visa into a "second year", it is done by a border run shortly before the O/A visa validity expires

Graham Hilton . . . Have a plan B in the pocket what you will do if your next extension will be issued for 7 days only

@Terrence ******

Robert Lagas wrote the following regarding this nonsense post of the Immigration Surat Thani:

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