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Another agent. "Hi Happy to update Immigration checks the details of marriage. If you dont live together we would not be able to assist with the application."

One agent replied saying it should be okay, that home visits are usually for only the first extension. The location is Chiang Mai, previous extensions were done in 3 different provinces. To be honest, I'm not really looking for should bes or usuallys. I'm looking for will or won't from agents. Are CM immigration known for only doing home visits on the first extension? Would the previous 3 extensions being done in 3 different provinces come into play? (house books and ID cards are in this province)

Parent? Still married to the mother, don't have full legal custody. It's a no-go without those. Immigration don't do it if married due to not needing to season the funds. Otherwise every married father would do it and not need to season funds. For the next extension it would also require leaving the country and coming back in without the current Non-O based on marriage. Altogether, not an option.

I’m in the unusual visa situation of being under 50, my legal Thai wife and I separated a number of years ago very amicably, she lives with her new partner in a condo she owns and I live with our half-Thai son in a condo I own. I cannot get a marriage extension because we don’t live with each other, and aren’t interested in lying and pretending to during an immigration home visit. I cannot get a child extension as I am married to the mother and haven’t been given full legal parental right by a court or amphur. Getting legally divorced and going through the legal process me getting full sole custody also doesn’t really interest us. Immigration won't give extensions based on being a parent without that, as the funds don't need to be seasoned and they see it as a way married aliens could get around needing to season funds if they have a child. To add, my overseas income streams come from a third country not my home country so my embassy doesn’t give income verification. When I turn 50 I will keep 800,000 in a Thai bank account and extend based on retirement. Until then I have a ME Non-Immigrant O from Savannakhet from 2019 based on marriage, which an agent has been extending. It has a note on top of the visa stating the reason is marriage (not child), which agents noted in 2020 when I was looking to extend it based on child, and immigration would only extend it based on marriage. The last extension expires in 3 months time. The agent I’ve used, they provide full funds and all duties, now require the person to be there in person and stay for one night (on the other side of the country) and the price has also increased 30% from 2020, and 20% from last year. Choices: Continue with that agent that does everything with the added expense and travel etc. Go to Savannakhet for around the same price inc 4 border bounces, inconveniences are border bounces and sorting out the transfer for 400k to my account. I would rather it extended based on a Thai child if possible for extensions based on that. Try to get an agent that can sort a marriage extension that doesn’t include home visits. Referring to the latter, I have the time to season the 400k if there are agents that do that. How common is it for agents to get marriage extensions with all documents and funds provided, but not include home visits? Does Savannakhet offer ME Non-Immigrant O visas based on a Thai child?

The Open University branch of the University of the Philippines has a distance BES, BA of Education Studies. https://fed.upou.edu.ph/undergraduate/bachelor-of-education-studies/ I've been in contact with them and as a native English speaking (not a requirement afaik) EU national that is based in Thailand, I can be accepted onto the BA course as an international distance learner. The same as people do with the UK Open University. The cost is obviously much, much lower that the UK OU. The price of the full degree is only around 90,00THB plus fees etc that may double it. UP is obviously a massive and legit university with 55,000 students, I believe it is the biggest and main uni in the country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Philippines It is basically a cost efficient way to get a (distance) degree while based in Thailand. I'm not interested in Bruce's Paris University. The main query is getting confirmation that they are fully accepted in Thailand by the department of education and labor, to be legally employed as a teacher with WP, visa and importantly the social security health care system that one can remain in for life after 12 months of legal employment. Is there an online database to check that they are accepted by all the Thai offices? Does anybody have experience of hiring or working with a teacher with an UPOU degree? I presume it being an OU degree has no effect on how accredited it is. Also, I doubt it, but does anybody have experience of studying with the UPOU?