crisbat

... I bet they have tried like hell to find something to do. ...

back in 2007/8 i ran a couple of laundries shop in pattaya area: the sign "staff wanted" (in thai language) was on the shop's windows since the opening...

seemed like even a zero-degree zero-skill thai person scorn to load washing machines and/or .

... round up all the dead-beat dads and deport them.

I do not think they can deport them but maybe through dna or blood test they will have to be made to step up to the role of at least getting a job and paying child support for their kid. Either that or give them the option to be sterilised with no chance signed by law that it can be undone later in their lifes. Better to keep the winners of the Darwin awards out of the genepool.

both the bold parts are not applicable, according to thai law

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/728912-dna-paternity-test-of-thai-foreign-child/#entry7879205.

DSI ever noticed this ad on bangkok post?

If your not Thai you must pay more

its not the act of doing this that's the problem, its the mindset that says its correct to do so.

I can imagine many Thais honestly saying "Why not ?"

Dual pricing is just another facet of the racial discrimination that seems to be woven into the fabric of "Thainess".

Dual pricing is also against section 30 of thai constitution B.E. 2550

2. in case that the application for extension of temporary stay is not approved due to incomplete qualifications and the alien has got only 7 days extension of stay in order to leave the Kingdom , such alien is not able to appeal for reconsideration of non-permission

incomplete qualifications? means? form filled, pics, 1900THB and what else?

Some consulates now have a stricter policy and will not issue a visa based on the birth certificate alone. A note from the mother asking for a visa and stating that you take care of the child is very much advised, together with signed copy of ID-card

Immigration will only grant an extension if you are the legal fahter and did legitimize the child through the court (unless the child is 7 years or older).

I am the legal father of a thai child (5 yo),

along with her birth certificate (with my name as father) and a court order over the shared custody (issued by Chonburi's family court)

i went to the Royal Thai Consulate-general in Savannakhet last thursday (21/08/14) asking for a multi non-O:

visa was refused because i am not in possess of the tabien baan of the child, which i assume is on the mother's book;

since we are divorced i am no longer in contact with that woman (don't know where she lives, cellphone unresponsive) and there's no other way i can access to her tabien baan....

I've tried to explain it to the clerk at the thai consulate, he don't even bother to read the court order, just said "no tabien baan i can give you only tourist visa, single entry"

i had to accept it.

retrieved my passport with tourist visa single entry (1000 baht fee) that same day at 3pm.

i apologize for the bluntness, i am a father in a similar position.

does anybody knows mr.Day do read thaivisa.com forum's?

there a few things i'd like to ask/tell him

- mr. Day, are you aware of this post your ex wife wrote on february 23rd, 2014 ---> http://www.humanrights.ago.go.th/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=6444.msg8212#msg8212

- mr. Day, you finally realized thai police will not move a finger to rescue your daughters, despite the arrest warrant: they'll most probably help their fellow countrywoman to conceal them better.

-mr.Day, seems like you have no idea of how much is the sinsot fare for a white complexion-long nosed girl in thailand...
your ex-wife could get 100,000 THB reward NOW... or a milion (or more) in the timeline of 5-10 years

Reward of 100,000 launched for return of Sevenoaks girls missing in Thailand
Read more at http://www.sevenoakschronicle.co.uk/Reward-100-000-Baht-return-Sevenoaks-girls/story-22734389-detail/story.html#1Gdud0ABeLJgB9Ty.99