@Steve ******

thanks for the clarification. Understood! . . . Name on birth certificate enough to obtain a 90-days Non-O visa AND the 60-days "family visit" extension. Only for the application of the "12-months extension of stay permit" he needs the court approval of fathership. NOTE TO SELF: Immigration calls the "stay permit extension" in their own bad English "visa extension". Technically, visa cannot be extended. Only stay permits get extended

, , this and the 500K Baht was the only thing I got wrong. Sorry for that

. . .you could have easily found it all by yourself. But this text, too, is missing the part that the name on the birth certificate is not enough proof of being the legal father, for the one-year extension. Only for the visa itself, the birth certificate is enough. For the extension of stay permit you need the family (juvenile) court approval

@Graham *****

that's exactly what I advised him to do

@David ******

for the application to the "change of visa type" from a tourist visa to a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa, the money just has to sit in the account. The 2-months seasoning is needed for the application to the 1-year Extension of Stay

@Jan *****************

one cannot get a 30 days extension on a 90-days Non-Imm-O visa. The only way to obtain 30 more days of stay permit, is to leave Thailand before the 90 days are up and re-enter visa-exempt

guck mal die Gruppe "Visum Beratung für Thailand"

@Glen ******

the TM30 is the registration of you in any accommodation, must be done by the hotel or the landlord within 24 hours of your arrival at the accommodation . . . . . .in case you were not asked for the receipt, you can call yourself double lucky!

@Bradley ********

Immigration generously granted an extension despite the overstay: they issued a 30 days touristic extension for 1900.- THB, however minus ONE day. And the 500.- THB overstay fine came on top of it . . . He's the lucky winner, now he is good until March 2nd

@Glen ******

did Khon Kaen Immigration ask you for a TM30 receipt? Would be good to know as this is so very Immigration specific for extensions