Thanks a lot for your considerations........ I will definitely put your advice in my mind and take a choice from that. I might get back to you later again :-)

Thanks a lot. I know for sure that I can get a 3 months (90 days) single-entry visa in Savannakhet without showing proof of financial requirements. Then after that I could try to 60 days at the immigration office....if that does not work out....I might consider tourist visa or something. I am thinking of many many things now. What if I went to live in Laos, near the border........could I just go back and forth or are there limits on how many times too........ still not sure what to do. Thanks for all of your inpurts

@Tod ********

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Much appreciated - thank you! Okay sorry but I am a bit slow understanding sometimes :-) ...... so just to make sure I understand you right, to go to immigration office and apply for a 60 day extension, I still have to show money on my bank account ? And what if I do not have 200.000 on my account (I am a simple man!!). Am I screwed then?

Okay so I am still thinking about what to do......some days I worry like crazy about this!! I understand from the comments on my post that I can ONLY get 3 months Visa based on having a Thai child. Now I wonder what other fathers do, who is NOT married and can't meet the financial requirements! So if I go to Savannakhet and get a single-entry......3 months...based on having a Thai child...... after those 3 months are gone, can I go there again? Or is there a limit of how many types of these visas I can get per year? It honestly would break my heart completely to have to leave Thailand and my sons just because I do not have enough money to get a visa at a immigration office. If I have to go to Savannakhet every 3 month to get a visa I would do that....if I really have to!

Oh wow...interesting. Thanks for sharing!!

@Robert ******

Thank you so much. You sound like someone who knows things...much appreciated 🙂 so I wonder if I could apply again in Laos...after the 90 days. Is a bit of a gamble and risky maybe.....

Oh.....What is the difference? I never heard that before 🙂 Yes - I am the father, my name is on the birth certificate.

@Wilmont *****

great! Please update here if you get it. My visa (married to a Thai) expire in middle of May and since I do not earn enough to satisfy IO I would like to know if I still can go to Savannakhet. Else I will go to Vietnam.