Is it a possibility for you to just apply for a non-O visa for your baby instead of a tourist visa? My husband is on a non-O volunteer visa and so I and our 6-month old have non-O visas as his dependents. It costs the same as a TR visa but you have the possibility for a yearly extension. Then no need to even mess with the "your baby has overstayed" routine.

The Ubon immigration department is not unreasonably strict, but they do require you to file the TM30. Every time we have done it it has taken about 5 minutes, and they have been very polite and helpful to answer any questions we have had. You can stop into the office at Rajabhat University and ask them what documentation you need for your condo rental, but it won’t be more than the form and copies of a few things.

I’ve tried to tell this baby a lot of things already but it doesn’t seem to be listening 🙄 I think Ubon does accept reports by mail, but I was of the understanding you had to report in person the first time. So I’m just making sure that “the first time” was when we did our extensions on July 2 and so we would now be able to mail it in?

Well both my husband and I will be in BKK starting at 36 weeks in case the baby comes early. And who knows when it will actually come so we may be there a while, meaning we will almost certainly miss the 2-week-before-1-week-after window. So that’s why we are trying to figure out how we can do this report if neither of us are in Ubon.

For what it's worth, I (along with several other people I know) have received non-O volunteer visas from the consulate in Kuala Lumpur in the last 6 months and each time was a very smooth process with no issues. It's really helpful that they provide that checklist so you can know exactly what documentation to bring with you. I know your question was about Penang, but just wanted to let you know that KL might be a good option for you if you're open to other places.

Thank you everyone!

Thanks! I’m not trying to be too picky, but this article is dated in May 2016 and (at least in TX) the consulates no longer issued these visas as of August 2016. So I realize this used to be a fairly common option and I’m just trying to double check since the official websites make no mention of it and it would be a shame to travel from TX to DC or NY to realize I’m working off of outdated info.

Also, at one point I had called the DC consulate and could never get a real-life person to answer the phone. When I called Chicago they asked where I lived and when I said Texas they said I had to go to the consulate in Houston and that they (the Chicago consulate) couldn’t process a visa for me since I wasn’t in their area. Surely any consulate in the US would process visas for any American citizen, but he basically cut me off and hung up on me after I said the Texas part.

@Jeremy *******

how do you find out the requirements for this? The websites only list 60-day visas as options

I’m asking about the multi-entry 6-month tourist visa, and if that is still an option anywhere.