wisemonkey

I live in Chiang Mai.

Why? Is it not possible that you are living somewhere else? Travelling inter-country? Visiting Family? On Vacation? etc, etc,... Its ridiculous.

Im not extending for care, even though I am the only one here looking after him, Im extending for family visitation. He is registered with his Thai grandmothers house in udon thani. I dont know how I would go about changing registration of his house or even if its possible, I own a condo here, but also live in a rented house. Even so, why would it matter, fact is Im in Thailand looking after my son, we can change city, we could be visiting somewhere else in the country and my visa is expiring and I need to extend? Why cant I be in a different spot on the map? Its just totally stupid, and really depends on who you are dealing with and what province you are in. As I posted above in Khon Kean, they can give me a full year visa for having a Thai son without the need to leave Thailand and with no thai court documents needed, yet its not possible here in Chiang Mai without many court documents and leaving the country before I apply. Not consistent interpretation of the law, which I guess isnt surprising, and to be honest I probably like it because I know I could get <deleted> done in Thailand elsewhere if the one im trying doesnt want to help, but its just frustrating.

I think there are probably a lot of different ways we can get around it, but its just the time involved, like I would love to try Chiang Rai if I knew it would work, but really means a day of time lost and possibly no result. So dont really want to try when I can just do it for 4000 baht and a day to friendship bridge boarder in Laos. Im going to wait a day or so and go back to Chiang Mai and try again, ill argue as much and try to get a result, if not Ill just <deleted> it and go to Laos.

Yes I have an agent who can do this. They actually send the documents to a different province that dont need the same documents. She charges me 30k baht, then send docs off to Khon Kean, which then gives me a year in country, where I do not need to leave but just report every 90 days. Only reason Im not doing this now is because I have a Non Imm 0 Multi entry visa, which allows me 90 days every entry, so I just need to exist and come back, I can do that for 4000 baht a time from Chiang Mai to Laos. So its worth while for me financially just to do this until my visa is expired, then I will get yearly again for 30k. Its just frustrating to see the way their system is set up, tourist have more of a right to extend than the single Father of a Thai child.

Exacty! I even said that to the officer, after they were making issues " Im looking after my son, a Thai national, by myself, he has no one else to look after him here, and your making me leave the country, yet your letting these tourists coming to extend with no issue, how the <deleted> does that make sense?" ... unfortunately they probably then just doubled down on their stance, but really this is the reality. Single Dads here, looking after Thai kids themselves, have a hard time staying here, yet tourists find it easier. Out of curiousity, what do you do now? Whats the best way to stay?

Im just back from Chiang Mai immigration, I guess its the same all over Thailand where it really depends on the officer you get. I have gotten extensions before for some reason now, my Non-Imm O they refuse to extend and say I need to leave the country. After then telling them Ive done this extension several times in the past, they proceeded to tell me its not possible and I need to leave the country and come back. Then I asked to speak with the ladies senior to ensure she is telling me the right thing, I guess its bad move to do giving the saving face culture, anyway then the ranking officer tells me I can get it extended just need the birth certificate and house registration (of Thai son) and I could, when I presented both, I was declined again due to the house registration being in udon thani and not in Chiang Mai. It seemed like they were just trying to find ways to not allow me to extend, its really not the biggest deal as I can do a boarder run to Laos, but just annoying as Im flying out of the country in 3 weeks, but my current 90 day run expires in 10 days, so I can still get another 90 days doing a land run, but rather annoying having to do it given all I really need is 30 day extension which Ive always done in the past at immigration, instead now Ill have to do a day in a mini van and pay double the fee (Laos Visa is 1900).

The Non Imm O is based on having a Thai son. Not married, separated with his mother. Thanks for all this information , really helpful. So basically plan of action would be, do the last entry on my last day, which buys be another 90 days, get that extended by 60 days potentially, if Chiang Mai immigration accept the Birth Certificate, the issue might be his house registration is actually in Udon Thani, even though he lives with me here in Chiang Mai. But after that its possible to get the Non Imm O single based on dependant? Thats good news. Never used Savannakhet, I guess would entail staying there for a few days getting it done? Do you know what the requirements are at that embassy? I have different experiences depending where I go, some need court documents, which I dont have, just have birth certificate and his house registration, along with passports , etc.

Yes I have a NON-IMM O. Every entry is 90 days, so my plan is to just exit on the last day, so my last entry is another 3 months, then basically my question is after that what I can do. The advice here is do a 30 day extension first. Then will have to leave, get the 30 day extension from boarder run, then extend that at immigration. Which will buy me another 4 months (2 boarder runs + 2 extensions ). I guess after that I will have to fly back to Aus and get the Non-Imm 0 again.

Im going to be entering on the very last day of the end of the visa, so my last entry is going to be 90 days. From then on I dont think I can get the 60 day extension? What are the land boarder entries, do you get 60 days with those? Appreciate you , thanks for the quick response

Basically the title is my question, I have my last entry on the multi entry visa finishing on my next exit. Im having to exit to Laos now from Chiang Mai as opposed to Burma as Burma boarders closed to foreigners, so each exit is costing 4000 baht. Im wanting to keep staying in Thailand without having to go back to Australia and get another multi entry. What options do I have other than doing these monthly 4000 baht boarder runs that get me 30 days.

I still cant find where to enter another number. But seems like you have it working, just a question, when you get sent an OTP with this setup of 2 numbers, does it only send the OTP to one number or both?

Ive been searching the SCB app but can not find anywhere that allows to add a second number, any pointers as to where you can find this in the app?

Thanks for these posts, a lot of good advice here. I use Dtac, so will contact them about roaming to ensure, its a prepaid sim that I have been using for years and just top up when necessary. If I can add a second thai number on the SCB app (will check after this post) would be helpful incase things go wrong with the dtac sim I take back to Austalia, I know that dtac validity can is max 180 days, hopefully I can extend again in 6 months if I keep some credit in there. All good questions to ask the dtac office. Definitely do need the OTP, I just did a transfer yesterday and was sent it, went into the SCB bank and asked if there is anyway I can remove OTP verification or have it emailed and was told that its not possible.

Im going to be going out of Thailand for a year or so but will be needing to use my Thai bank for business tramsfers operating over here. The bank I am using is SCB, I asked them and they said I can only receive OTP verification (the code you get on your phone when making transactions) with a Thai number, and cant receive this through email. Im sure there is a way around this anyone know any ideas? I was thinking to change my number to a friend before I go but dont really want to have to do that, anyway I can keep it in my control alone and still operate from overseas?