janderton

I think There is obligatory child support in Thailand,

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NOT in this case, he's not married to the woman, he's not even registered as the father.

Automatically, a child born out of wedlock is an illegitimate child. Consequently, only the mother can claim legitimate rights over the child. On the other hand, the father’s rights over the child are not automatic even if the father acknowledges the child as his.

A man who signs the birth certificate of a child born out of wedlock means only one thing, that he is the biological father of the child. It does not mean though that he is the legal father of the child. As a consequence, the man who signs the birth certificate of a child could not be required for child support.

source http://www.hg.org/article.asp?id=23683

Besides seeking a share of the winnings, Saowanee has also gone to the Juvenile and Family Court to make the man register their baby as his lawful son.

a. (Unless che can prove to be the one who purchased the winning ticket) as she is not his legal wife, she will get nothing.

b. According to thai law she will get NOTHING from him, he can't be forced to register himself as a father of the child, game over.

she was 6yo when was brought into thailand in 2001, she has no memories of that period: i assume was on mother's passport...

anyway, she went to the immigration office this morning, officer said she can leave thailand on Italian passport paying 20,000 baht, no imprisonment nor trial.

...getting the Thai passport is essential. She may hate it and want to come back and live her own life. So she will need a Thai PP to do that.

..exit at the airport on the Italian passport, bringing along the birth certificate. Foregin children born in Thailand obviously never entered, and the birth certificate shows that they were born here and now are leaving for the first time.

That she hasn't left for two decades may or may not be a problem, and she may be up for overstay, but if the urgency is there it might be worth a shot trying that.

i do agree getting the thai passport is essential for her, she can apply for it by march 2015 (when she will turns 20) at every thai embassy or consulate around the world, we already discuss about it, she will bring with her thai documentation;

the fact is that i will leave thailand soon, if she do not take the chance to have me as a guide/ticket payer i don't know when or if she will have another chance..

she is born in italy in 1995, brought to thailand in 2001, so the second option is ruled out (anuway friends told me this option work only forn newborn)

if will be not possible to find another legal way to leave thailand, i am willing to pay her "virtual" 13 years overstay (20k, right?) but i'd like to avoid her to be treated as an actual overstayer, so, no prisoncell, just pay the fine, a couple of wai and byebye.

She just phonecalled the thai passport's office and the amphoe's office, both confirmed that her mom must go to the family court, the estimated time to get the full custody is ot less than 3 months...

hmmm, fairly easy for her mother to get the custody...
well, as the case involve a foreigner father (i guess) the process must be done at the family court, the amphoe is not enough...
this means she requires a lawyer to file the petition (this would not be a problem) and to wait (months) for the court hearing

Are her parents married?

married 22 years ago, never divorced,, the father was last seen by the mother in 2002.

Me and daughter are about to leave thailand, my daughter's baby-sitter want to go with us: she is a 19yo girl who has dual citizenship, thai and italian -

She tried to obtain the Thai passport but, at the office she's been told that "as she's not yet 20 yo both parents authorization or guardians is mandatory": her thai mother lives in thailand and willing to give the authorization, her italian father is untraceable.

Then i did helped her to get the Italian passport (for them adult is at 18), now she got it, freshly issued by the italian embassy in bangkok: the italian consular attache' told us that, as there are no entry or exit stamp on it, thai immigration will non let her exit if she don't show also a thai passport!

Does anybody has idea of how to solve this issue? i must go soon, can't wait she turns 20.

Is it possible for her to exit thailand using a border pass (Lao, Cambodia or Malaysia) then re-entry in thailand using her foreigner passport (visa exemption 30 days)?

i've already asked to a couple of travel agencies in pattaya, got two different replies... "can but we not do this visarun service" and "cannot".

But where are all the TV posters saying the police never catch any criminals?

the police (sometimes) catch criminals, especially if the victim is thai

He said Holse had arrived in Thailand on September 2 by a Chinese Eastern Airlines flight on a one-way ticket.

Less than three weeks in Thailand and he's already reduced to begging on the streets.

How did this happen ?

quote FROM THE ARTICLE "...his passport, wallet and other documents had been stolen..."

switch on brains before typing

I'm no expert on DNA testing, but I would think that the DNA samples collected at the crime scene should indicate whether the perpetrator(s) were male of female. If the samples are too contaminated to determine sex, then they are probably useless from the outset.

Yeah.... and not only that, but, the DNA tests should reveal if it is male, or female sperm.......

GOT IT!

the killers are ladyboys, but of course non-thai.

Isn't that 3 farangs that have fallen off balconies this week? I am not suggesting there is anything dodgy about this particular deathl, but you have to wonder about the sheer number of people that so easily fall off Thai balconies.

the sheer number is worse than you can figure out: only few cases are reported by the media

Congrats to the Pattaya Police for this major arrest. This guy is probably the boss of an international crime ring or a major international terrorism organization. If not, he is Russian, so he is guilty.

Congrats also to the Buri Rum girlfriend...

Congrats also to the Media for this very well taken picture. Sharp, plenty of drama and finger pointing

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a friend of mine works at a small 7eleven... according to what she says they suffer 4 shoplifts per week (average): some thief manage to escape, some is caught in time, slapped, force to apologize and freed after he/she pays the item, the standard price, not the x11...

the booty is most often audio/mobile accessories or cosmetics

no police no media involved...

ah, i forgot, the thieves are thai citizens

27% is the divorce rate regarding registered marriages...
but how many thai (or thai-foreigner) couples "married" by monks and/or relatives are actually registered at the district office?

Why didn't the Thai travel agent enter passport numbers in Interpol database at time of booking...

Thailand does not check passports against Interpol's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database -- which has more than 40 million entries -- a senior Thai immigration police officer told AFP.

Well it's about F&%$ing time! ....

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Because of greed and coverups, more people died. This is sickening!

National News Bureau of Thailand article about this matter comes today with this title

Public assured no mutant bird flu strain in Thailand

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Foreigners carrying passports are usually on some kind of task unless in transit somewhere.

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to your knowledge

By law, you must carry your passport with you at all times in Thailand. Tourists have been arrested because they were unable to produce their passport

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand/local-laws-and-customs

this article explains well the typical thai bus drivers attitude and worries
http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/111324/irishman-hit-by-coach-at-northern-entrance-to-walking-street-south-pattaya/

so, yesterday's gone, what about the ruling?
i did searched through internet but i've found nothing about it

@Alwyn :
- the newspaper editors are in charge to do reasearch before publish, not me.
- i do agree this "Citizens from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Russia and Oman, for whom Thailand is a favourite destination, have also been advised to stay away." could be a deceptive (better say incomplete) sentence
- the fact that the article is (was) 5 days old what matters? the situation is worsening day by day, is not yet come the time for the other Countries to lift the special warning issued
- anyway, Kuwait , United Arab Emirates and Philippines already warned its citizens to avoid traveling to Thailand, and more to come

PS i will not accept passively a further reply as rude as the previous one

...These yellow crazy guys should really be sent to rehab

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rehab is for people born NORMAL and grew up NORMAL

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Is it still so funny?

Yes, because few if any of those countries has actually advised its citizens not to travel to Thailand at all.

The Nation January 11, 2014 1:00 am

"Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have even advised their citizens to cancel travel plans...

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Citizens from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Russia and Oman, for whom Thailand is a favourite destination, have also been advised to stay away."