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Thank you. This might work for long term. Me: Retirement Non-Imm O Wife: Guardian Non-Imm O Son: Non-Imm ED

No. We're in China. Have a trip to Chiangmai in May to look around for a rental. Looking at DTV, not sure I qualify. I'm a retired dad. I had a OA until China opened up. I let it lapse to be with my family using my Chinese tourist visa. Now my Chinese tourist visa is set to expire. I was thinking I'd be able to do a Retirement Non O and have them piggyback. Traveling back to apply is not a problem.

Thank you! I'm trying to find out if a Non O e-Visa is offered from her consulate. Yes, I'm on his birth certificate. Haven't considered a DTV. I'll take a look. TIA

Thanks. My wife and son are both foreigners, like me. What does "Married to Thai" mean? The visa is only for people married to a Thai?

Can the under 50 year old wife and 3 year old son apply for Non-O Dependent Visas to accompany a Retired Non-O? I ask because there are TWO NON-O Visas that seem to apply. One is called FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OR BEING A DEPENDANT OF A PERSON WHO HAVING RESIDENCY IN THAILAND (NON-O) And seems to require a work permit: The other is called FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO OR BEING A DEPENDANT OF A THAI CITIZEN (SPOUSE VISA) (NON-O) OR PERSON HAVING RESIDENCY IN THAILAND... a two pager that doesn't have a work permit requirement but does have an income/saving requirement (40k/400k). It seems as a Retired Non-O, the second one applies and the wife needs to have a bank account with 400k THB in her name from a foreign account in her name. (Or 40k THB monthly income stream). Am I reading that right? How about the 3 year old son? Anyone have recent experience with this kind of visa?

the original purpose of the collar on the polo shirt is to flip up to protect against the sun. did you think it was for wearing a tie?

Why would I want to live here without health insurance? The Non OA health insurance requirement is effectively catastrophic coverage.

ThanksX2 For the second year, do I need to buy a reentry permit every time I needed to leave and come back? Assuming I'd need to keep traveling into the 2nd year... I'd probably just reapply for the Non OA multi entry extension in Thailand before my Non OA expires. Am I getting that right? Do you know the cost for the reentry permit vs reapplying for the extension?

Thank you. I have a Non OA, multi-entry visa. So you mean that after the first year the visa conditions change? I thought I just reapply showing proof of funds and insurance and I'm extended for another year, and so on.

Is there a limit to the number of days you can stay outside Thailand on a Non OA? I don't want to jeopardize my ability to extend. TIA

Funny thing is, he was conceived in Australia. Technically we are common-law married there -- aka 'de facto'. In retrospect we should have tried harder to stay. We thought covid was over and that I'd be able to join her in China once all this stuff resolved. That was a year ago.

I wrongly assumed that amending the birth certificate wouldn't be a problem. Apparently in China, birth certificates cannot be updated or changed. It makes no sense to me since he must have a father and if it's possible to include that info, you'd think it would be something worthy of an update. I do want to use the paternity test to get him a US passport as well once I can get into China to attend the required in-person meeting with the US consulate to document his birth. I'm in limbo. Also it would be nice to have the option of bringing them to Thailand so it looks like we'll have to get married. Not a problem but I need to figure out how to arrange that as well either in Thailand or China. Also, it seems like the US will accept an affidavit that states that the father will provide financial support. It seems like that's all that's needed although they have the option of requiring a paternity test.

My son was born in China. Long story but during the covid years I was unable to attend the birth due because we aren't married and I'm not Chinese. Problem is, I'm not on his birth cert. So I'm looking to bring them to Bangkok now that they are able to come here and get a paternity test to use as proof of relationship for travel (visas, etc). Bumrungrad quoted 90,000 baht for a test that takes 2 months. It sure sounds like this is not a paternity test but a full DNA profile. Are there more/better options? Any leads? TIA