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On 1/29/2024 at 10:07 AM, recom273 said:

 

You can contact Ubiquity Thailand 02 114 7275 to check if it's possible. I haven't seen them for sale here, have you?

 

I don't actually see much benefit  - they aren't unifi, so im guessing the don't appear on the conroller dashboard. I can monitor my 3BB ONT (same model as @Mutt Daeng details above, on my own home dashboard.

 

Is this visible in Unifi Controller?

Both parents have rights, regardless of nationality. The problems you'll most likely encounter is the enforcement of those rights and the bias in local enforcement towards the Thai national in mixed couples.  Read back over the archives here, and you can find horror stories of farang parents granted full custody, but unable to enforce court orders due to local officials taking no interest.

As the father you're most likely entitled to petition government agencies for information about your daughter.  So you may be able to locate her school records this way.  This may also assist in locating her.   

FWIW my advice is to find one of the larger, more reputable law firms who have Family Law experts, and pay for some initial advice.  The reply above, although well-meaning, probably is not going to help your predicament.  One thing that the reply mentions that often does come up (and can be leveraged) is money.  Taking a transactional approach to this may at least yield information and temporary access.  Offer to support your daughter's upkeep.  See if this can gain you information/access.  Can you contact your wife's family - can they be approached to at least start a dialogue about helping your daughter?  Earning some trust with the family may provide dividends down the road.

FWIW I've been through something very similar.  It's not easy, but try to keep a positive outlook.  Also, take care of yourself and good luck. 

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23 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Other reports have no mention of an Indian ( named Vanuatu?) and simply say that 5 Russians attacked the police.

https://www.facebook.com/phuketinfocenter/posts/629779372697430

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#Rude foreigners hurt a police officer. Phuket injured 2 people, summoned the SWAT unit of region 8 to arrest them. Finally, they couldn't make it. Luxury Cavilla on the bank of Bang Tao Bay. Seaside, A. Cottage
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Today (26 Oct) C. ) The incident of foreigners hurt an officer at the Phuket checkpoint behind the police officer. Phuket and Phuket tourist police together with police investigation kit. Cheng Thale has arrested an Indian man who lives in a villa near Bang Tao beach on charges of intimidating others by harassing, threatening, according to the arrest warrant of the Phuket District Court.
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# Inspection of the country has not been found. It was expected to hide inside the villa, but 1 Russian man was found. The investigation was found in Thailand beyond the permission. So the authorities detained themselves to the police station for investigation. Ching Thale, which at the moment there are 4 officers in front of the villa and an unexpected incident happened when a foreigner, one man, took a baseball bat out of the villa and rushed to hurt the police officers until 2 people were injured. The officers had to withdraw from the villa and asked for support.
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# Longtime SWAT unit or the special operation kit. Bor. SSP 8 together with the local police officers. More than 30 people in Phuket led by Pol. TT Sirikong, the commander. P. J O. Phuket invaded the siege, searched the villas, to arrest warrant suspects who assaulted officers and searched the foreigners living in the villas.
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#Initially can arrest an Indian accused, 1 accused on warrant and 5 foreigners arrested. Passports and visas are currently under investigation. Details yet to be disclosed.
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#Initial charge information
at 1:15 pm ARREST A MR. SHKODO ****** RUSSIAN NATIONAL, 33 YEARS OLD, PASSPORT NUMBER, ALLEGEDLY AS AN EXENERATES ENTERED AND STAYED IN THE KINGDOM WITH END PERMISSION.
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Time 5:15 pm Arrest 1. MR. ******, INDIAN NATIONAL, 29 YEARS OLD, ALEGEDLY AS AN IMRIENER, TRAVELED IN AND STAYED IN THE KINGDOM WITH PERMISSION END 2. MR. SAXENA ******, INDIAN NATIONAL, 25 YEARS OLD, ALEGEDLY AS ALIEN, TRAVELED IN AND STAYED IN THE KINGDOM WITH PERMISSION.

(above is FB translation)

Interesting translated Facebook post regarding this story:

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Dear Lords !
Why do you need to consult lawyers before signing a property lease in Phuket?
For example, last week, there was a unilateral termination of the residential rental agreement by the landlord, the Thai landlord.
A tenant decided to renovate the house, asking a Thai agent, who contacted the landlord. The furniture was actually old and the condition of the house was priced accordingly including old mattresses, kitchen furniture, plumbing..
The tenant, having received consent from the agent in correspondence on Line, who in turn received consent from the landlord, began to dismantle the old built-in furniture, the cost of which you consider to be minimal.
The terms of the lease agreement provided the landlord's written consent to such actions.
As a result, the owner wrote a video post to the media that a foreigner illegally dismantled old furniture and caused damage in the amount of more than twenty thousand dollars and made a statement to the city police station about the opening of a criminal case on the fact of illegal dismantling and removal of private property without the owner's consent.
The agent is missing and is not answering calls.
In fact, if you do not pay for old furniture, you will get a criminal case, bail release, investigation, trial and deportation.
Thus, a similar misunderstanding arising from the lease agreement may have a criminal scenario.
Taking into account four stages of negotiations, calculations of the production of new furniture, the parties agreed on an average cost of compensation and signed a global agreement in the police.
Pay attention, follow the terms of the contract and consult with lawyers!

Source

On 7/4/2023 at 5:26 PM, DFPhuket said:

I assume the need for a TM30 would apply to a guardianship extension as well. 

Yep.  They require TM30 for "sole guardianship" visa.  

On 7/3/2023 at 5:58 AM, BangkokBoyJohnny said:

2 Pictures of of the father with the child / children inside the house in 2 separate rooms. (Kitchen and sleeping room)

I think they've changed this yet again, and now require 2 sets of external photos - one with full body of both parent and child with house number visible, and the other waist-up of parent and child with house number visible.  All photos must be printed upright - they rejected any printed photos that required them to turn the page 90 degrees (go figure...).  They also wanted photos or parent and child in bedroom, sitting room and kitchen from me.  This was 1 month ago.  They do a video walk through via Line.  

Additional items: I applied for 1yr extension on a 90-day Non-O, and they wanted at least 15 working days remaining on current visa.  When I asked, they told me I could apply up to 45 days before visa expiry.  They didn't like that my current rental agreement finished soon after I tried to apply first (living same house 11 years), and insisted that I needed to have a lease with at least 6 months remaining.  So I had to go get a new lease contract from my landlord. 

Hope this helps.  

On 8/24/2023 at 6:48 PM, DrJack54 said:

Cannot understand the refusal with 27 days remaining.

Did you ask to speak with supervisor

They accepted my second application, but the IO at the time kept telling me he thought "not have enough time to complete".  He then gave me the runaround for the Video Tour of my home for 5 straight days, each day saying "maybe tomorrow", after he missed the appointed time he gave the first day.  Being honest, I was waiting for some sort of tea money request to make sure it all worked out.  My visa was approved late last week, after 28 days under consideration.  

On 8/24/2023 at 6:48 PM, DrJack54 said:

As for first refusal thinking Phuket require 15 business days remaining, so understand first refusal.

CM require 21 days.

I think this is the point I was hoping to try to make - it's not as simple as rolling up any time before your Non-O expires in some provinces.  

On 8/24/2023 at 6:59 PM, BritTim said:

He claimed that he applied for and received the Non O visa at Immigration after entering visa exempt, and was subsequently denied an extension because his permission to stay had less than 15 days remaining on the initial 90 days. Extensions are always, in principle, at the discretion of the Immigration officials, but I absolutely do not understand this one based on the claimed reason.

Simply reporting my experience.  Phuket IOs seem to make their own rules a lot of the time.  Another example - they insisted that my rental lease agreement must have at least 6 months validity remaining (I've been at the same address for 11 years, but still had to get a new lease for a further year), which makes absolutely no sense at all.  My best guess is that they don't want to deal with applicants directly as it gives them less time to bank funds from the insane number of agents operating in the Phuket office anytime I visit.

C'est la vie.

1 hour ago, BritTim said:

That does not make sense. If you enter with a Non O visa, you are given an initial 90-day permission to stay which you can extend for one year at any time during the final 30 days of this initial permission to stay.

I entered visa-exempt. I then applied for Non-O visa in-country giving me 90 days. 2 weeks before those 90 days expired I applied for, and was declined, 1yr extension with reason given by Phuket Immigration insufficient time remaining on current visa.  I then applied for a 60-day extension as advised by Phuket Immigration to overcome the time issue.  When I returned with 27 days remaining on that extension I was again told that this might be problematic due to multiple national holidays and insufficient time.  So perhaps Phuket Immigration has their own rules relating to this?  

I'm trying to help others by simply reporting my recent experience.  You can tell me all day that I can apply for the 1 year extension at any time during the final 30 days.  That won't change the fact that Phuket Immigration declined my first application despite having 2 weeks remaining, and then seemed unhappy on attempt 2 with 27 days stay remaining.  As I noted previously - YMMV.

24 minutes ago, BritTim said:

The expiry date of the original Non O visa is irrelevant. What is important is that you apply for an extension before the end of the 90-day permission to stay you receive from the visa.

 

You can apply for an extension of your permission to stay right up to the last day of your existing permission to stay.

I've just gone through this process in Phuket, and my initial application was declined due to insufficient remaining time on original visa Non-O SE.  The Non-O was valid for 2 further weeks.  I then had to get a 60-day extension, and even though I re-applied for the 1-yr extension 27 days before the new extension expired, there was resistance due to approaching national holidays.  So clearly YMMV, due to IO on the day, location, the prevailing direction of the wind etc. 

Hopefully might be useful to someone.

On 8/2/2023 at 11:31 AM, BritTim said:

Can I get an extension 60 days (visit chidlren - without financial proof) at my local immigration and then it expire, Can I get a One Year Extension (with financial proof) Or Can I have to go outside Thailand and a new visa Non Immigrant O before and then apply a one year extension ? 

I think the question here may be whether you can get an extension after the visa has expired.  An extension is only available if you have a current Non-Immigrant O visa, and most offices will require that you have sufficient time remaining on the visa for the application process to be completed. Here in Phuket it's 15 working days now I believe.

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Or Can I have to go outside Thailand and a new visa Non Immigrant O before and then apply a one year extension ?

If you entered visa-exempt you can also apply in-country for the initial Non-O based on Thai dependent (TM86 or TM87 - can't remember), and then for an extension.  Might save you some travelling expense and stress.

On 8/17/2023 at 7:05 AM, BeerAttractedPerson said:

I've heard rumours that a 20y will cost 5mill after 15th Sept. Move quick while u can

This all started with a single agent video which clearly stated they were pure guesses. 

6 minutes ago, BritTim said:

I would be happier if this letter included the phrase "at the original prices". My fear all along has not been that an upgrade would be impossible, but that the price of an upgrade would be much higher.

I think the fact that they are going to permit members to upgrade to packages that will no longer be available to purchase, in addition to an upgrade path to the new yet-to-be-announced packages, most probably indicates they'll honour the current prices for the legacy upgrade packages.  Best guess of course, and only time will tell I suppose.

2 hours ago, bigt3116 said:

It most certainly is NOT naturalization

Quite correct.  Excuse my error.

On 8/3/2023 at 10:14 AM, thairat said:

My partner and I share a home, but we are not legally married, is this an issue?

I think they will request Naturalization papers from the Family Court.  You may also be able to get this doc from the local OrBorTor. 

Your name on Birth Cert won't be sufficient when not married.  It's either marriage or court-ordered Naturalization.  At least, this is my experience with the Thai family member visa extension. 

On 7/29/2023 at 11:39 PM, aldriglikvid said:

The 20 year elite superiority extension I bought for 1m last month, not gonna sell for less than 2.5m this autumn. Just wait, son

Might want to check the small print:

On 6/21/2023 at 8:10 AM, BangkokBoyJohnny said:

Got the consent form, emailed copy, they preferred an original but OKed it and Passport processed in 32 minutes and passport arrived a few days later .... 

Happy it worked out (thanks for updating), but was interested to learn if this was just an administrative misunderstanding or not.  As others stated, I think they should have allowed you to apply for the passport based on the court order for sole custody.  

On 6/3/2023 at 6:24 PM, BritTim said:

The last consulate in the region known to do them was Penang. Financial proof was needed. Reports suggest you can no longer get them there.

Confirmed with the consul there - no more ME based on Thai family.  Only SE and told to apply for extension if needed.

4 hours ago, Kenny202 said:

Anyone here doing the parental visa that doesn't have full time care

I fit this description.  I asked about this previously, and @ubonjoe told me long ago that the immigration act makes no reference to a family unit, and that so long as you could show that the child does stay with you at times it should be sufficient.  I've told IOs about my son living in a different region, and I've never been told directly that Non-O (Thai Family) requires fulltime care.  I have had to jump through some hoops to satisfy the requirements, but so far I'm still here.  Having an accommodating mother is a must-have though (I pay for everything, so it's in her interest to help).

On 12/8/2022 at 8:31 PM, Santzes said:

I went through the process in Juvenile Court to legitimize my child when she was really young, but the mother was sadly marked as the only legal guardian as she was mostly with her at that time.

So your Legitimization document from the Family Court states that she is the sole custodian?  It seems very odd that a Legitimization process would result in this outcome, but perhaps it is the case.  How did you confirm the guardianship outcome you detail please? 

On 12/8/2022 at 8:31 PM, Santzes said:

Things have changed and I'd like to be her guardian as well - is this a simple process that we can just do in Amphoe like it would be if we didn't do the court stuff before, or are there any problems?

Some good info here already, and I'm just going to add 2 possible pieces of info that may help:

1. If the child is 7 or older, and the mother/child cooperate, you may be able to fix this an the local Amphur.  They can also process the Legitimization once the child is 7.  But I'm not sure what would happen when you already have the Family Court doc.  A trip to the Amphur might be a good start.

2. The Family Court process is going to be very dependent on the cooperation of the mother.  If she cooperates then (as stated above) you can do this yourself.  Depending on the region, you may or may not need a translator.  If the mother is not cooperative it's a different ball game, and you're likely facing some considerable costs, time and stress to achieve your goal.

So probably the most important question to ask is how cooperative will the mother be?  That's key here.   

Same boat as others - I have a 10yo son and we fly out together once or twice a year.  IOs always requested information, often questioned son in Thai, and more times than not called his mother from the airport.  Sometimes sent to a higher-up to have docs checked.  I've always had a letter signed by mother with copies of her ID.  So YMMV.

Probably no harm trying to have mother near a phone at departure time should IO choose to be extra fussy.  I can attest it can happen.