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They were required to cover that anyway by international human rights, what a jokers.

You like to give some money to me too? Seems you are throwing it around lol, that is really too much. Even an expensive lawyer office in Bangkok costs 2k max.

20K sounds like a nice money grab, my raybans weren't even more than 4K new.

It did not even start yet, just wait and see.

Do you address a person leaving a bar with a open tab, also a 'drug user' on news events?

Soi bukhao is just the worst place in Thailand there is, even when I lived in Pattaya, and did enjoy the nightlife a lot, I never went there for multiple reasons, one being to have this kind of stuff a few times a day. Full of drug users there too. Soi 6 is even half decent compared to it lol.

Been saying this for years, even more with new tax rules, guess I should also call myself top economist. Vietnam is the new Thailand, and it is already too late to even get a chance to compete that, unless they turn like 180 degrees asap, even then, they likely only get a minor share.

Young people nowadays have just enough money, to live a bit better life than their parents did, if they are a couple and both working without having kids. That is the entire reason they don't want kids as much anymore too, it is financially impossible, it basically means you have to get a baby + then ship it off to the grandparents.

Thai mobile banking apps usually not work when using VPN, is not about SCB. I never had an account with them because they made it difficult, kasikorn has never let me down and I have bangok bank as a reserve too.

No I always use single entry, for child visa is not possible to get multi entry everywhere. So I really do everything by the book, it also works everywhere, and used to always work in CM, until I came back after covid ended. Yes, the best solution is indeed to still marry her, but for what, some people making up other rules in CM only? Is kind of weird, like i have to go on my knees to get a 60 day extension for my own Thai child while Russians get 90 days. But as I mentioned, I post too much, I also realized that most of the international schools offer a visa with it, maybe that is a good option for other people too.

They do not ask about money at CM for 60 day extensions, but I have the money proof yeah, as that is also needed in Hanoi nowadays, to even get a non-o. account shows over 1.2M annually and 400K current balance. In hanoi consulate i get the red carpet treatment, its just CM.

Ram hospital is quite reasonable, I once did a surgery there on my hand for only 45K while the doctor was former head of medical council and studied in USA + Japan (microsurgery). Mc cormick is a potential cheaper alternative. It's best to shop around as the prices differ while the doctor is the same in CM, as I ended up in ram after mc cormick quoted me 75K for the same surgery and doctor, while that hospital is normally cheaper.

Well I actually also live with the mother, the thai parent.. And i have the money... She and my son are even always present on extensions.

My theory about this entire thing is btw as following: They started this new system at CM, where you now prepare and let all your documents be checked, before actually getting a number and going inside the place. Since that time, whoever is responsible checking, is causing this mess. I never had issues with my paperwork, when dealing with the actual officers, who do these non-o extensions. The lady is really nice even, that i used to have.

Not a issue for me or the OP, or any of the others I heard having this issue since recent in CM. We all live with our children.

Let me guess; they all get pardons when the news got quiet.

I used to need (and still need anywhere else incl consulates or embassies with success). Which now longer is not good enough at CM for 60 day ext). Passport copy Copy last visa / stamp Arrival card (sometimes) copy Copy ID card mother + signed Copy housebook signed copy birth certificate signed + original to show Application form with a picture Overstay paper sign (that you wont overstay, sometimes) New optional items: TM30 copy Bank statement (visa applications hanoi)

My son is registered in Chiang Mai, yet they had some other dodgy reason to suddenly refuse it. Makes no sense if you ask me, because anywhere else I did extensions on the same basis, including in Bangkok, they did not ask about that as well, just needed a copy of housebooks.

Yeah i feel you, i also hate losing the time, and having to go every 1-2 months already. I used to just do a single non-o + extension, 5 months per time, this was perfect.... Together with 1-2 border runs it always made a full calendar year.

Yeah exactly that, not that they have more rights but it is simply easier. As well that it is impossible for us, to get a 30 day extension on a non-o.... Only a 7 day one (refused application) lol. With other words: if i game the visa system, i am easier and better off as my official title 'parent of a thai national'.

My son dislikes speaking Thai, he even gets angry when we try to only speak and answer in Thai with him to further improve it, and he is only 5 now.

Would actually wonder what would happen if you would go to Chiang Rai immigration instead, they might just do it without any issues for you too. I never tried as I fixed it elsewhere at the time. Chiang Mai immigration are just a bunch of tools, it always been their own version of rules there, they try make it hard.

That is the same; they suddenly claim the documents for both 60 day extension or the yearly one, is not good enough anymore, in chiang mai. But elsewhere there seem to be no issues... Just sucks, to suddenly be kicked away from your own immigration office, while my son is born here too, for no reason. It makes you feel intimidated and threatened, as a parent. As our son would be stuck here, if I am kicked away. So it also make me re-think thailand long-term. Anyway, as always there is a solution visa wise but that does not change their behavior at this office, or how much that sucks.

Yes I got quite emotional about it too, to a stage of almost turning into anger on them at their office... It is absolute nonsense and a disgrace, it also shows me that our kids will never be fully or real Thai as well. Just that already gives us enough financial pressure, as less than a international school is usual impossible too. I actually noticed many of the schools offering a visa with it too, so maybe i will just do that actually. That is how many foreigners with kids also live here long-term.

I just get the non-o visa at mukhadan or hanoi (by showing money, you can borrow it from anyone and not need to be international transfer too). By the entire stupidity is, I used to have 5 months total, now only 3, as you can also not get a 30 day extension on a non-o visa. So it is all in all just a mess again. I will eventually just get a yearly visa again via another city or province, maybe just using a agent again too, then I not need to keep money free doing nothing. Just pisses me off, they can see 5 years of history in my actual passport, where they stamped this, my son is even with me when we are there, including my girlfriend / mother. Thailand is getting desperate anyway, I somehow also hope to still see the 90 day on arrival coming, then I could mix it around a bit. A non-o visa, then a 90 day, 2 border runs, whatever. If my girlfriend only agreed; I'd leave CM permanently already for a long time, and move to the south.