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More bad news to day at immigration today . Even if I manage to get a visa via an agent , they won't accept 12 months of 40,000 pension income into my bank , to extend it after a year . It appears that the 40,000 income method ( father of a Thai child ) has comepletely disappeared in the last 6months .This means I have to pay big money year after year .

I agree .I did that drive many times Yaso - Mukdahan - Yaso as a day trip 2012-- 2018 .On a few ocassions it turned dark for the last hour -- very dangerous .

Thanks for the advice -- probably will use the latter option . 69 y.o . really hoping to see my son reach 20.y.o here --10 more years .

Make no mistake , I was told about 6 months ago , by someone in the know here on Thai visa, that I could do as I posted -- arrive on a 3 mth visa and apply by showing 2 mnths of minimum k40,000 bht coming in to my bank and get a Thai child visa , and that I could extend it a year later , with 12 more months of the same .It's posible a mistake was made and it was mixed up with 2 months of 400,000 k in bank for 2 months . Anyway I was shocked by the bad news at immigration today -- been preparing a lot of stuff for a long time .

Today , at an Issan immigration office I was told that the monthly income method for a one year visa based on having a Thai child , ( at least 40,000 bht per month into bank from overseas ) required showing 12 monthly payments into my bank account of bht40k up . They told me I must have 400k in the account first time -- I don't have it . I was advised before leaving Australia , on Thai visa.com , that I could come here on a 3 Month tourist visa and apply before the 3 mths was up , and show 2 mnoths of my pension payments in my Bangkok bank account . Can anyone tell me of any immigration offices that will allow me to get the 'Thai child visa' that way ? I don't have 400k to put in the bank . Also , my TM30 is in this Issan town . If I am able to do the 2 month proof of income way , in another province , would that create a TM30 problem ? I'm really hoping to be able to live with my son and his mother .

Do we get the same, $39.80 per fortnight increase if we are living here in Thailand ?