Mario2008

You do not have to use the second entry right away, but you must use it before the visa (from the Thai consulate) itself expires. Which means that you will not have many days before the visa expires, as Laos only gives a validity of 3 months.

A visa entry of an extension of stay based on employement, it makes all the difference.

If on an extension of stay based on employment you need to cancel both work permit and permisison to stay. You could apply at the same time for a new WP and if you manage to get it the same day cancel your permisison to stay at immirgaiton and apply for a enw extension of stay based on your new job.

In practise it often means that you have to leave the country and apply for a new non-B visa.

Don't know a good place. But that are standerd documnets, that any translaton agency will have on file. They only have to add your personal details and that of your wife. (Which they largely copy from your paspsorts/ID-card) The cost should be between 300 and 400 baht per page/document for that.

You should be able to get a new tourist visa in laos, at either Savanakhet or Vientiane.

You should send it to the guest, but I would do so by regular mail. An email might not be enough.

The only way is to swap paspsorts at an airborder. Normally at airborders they are not checked, but Laos is very small and not very bussy. I would swap at a more bussy airport, where they normally do not have time to check for the exit stamps from Thailand.

There is no legal format, but normally you must clearly identify the person you invite and the company he works for. That means his name and date of birth and passport number and the name and address of the company and explain the reason for his visit (doing business with your company).

No, there is no problem for you if he stays longer. (But of course they might take it into considaration if you write a new invitation).

My source is commen sense. A judge will act in the intrest of the child and a will in which another person is the caretaker instead of the mother is an indication that something might be wrong, requiring investigation.

Also judges don't like to split up children. Supose that the father remarried and also got children with his new wife, a judge would be hard prest to seperate the children from eachother because they have a different mother.

Make sure the lawyer you consukt is familiar with (Thai) family law. In many cases in Thailand the parents have joined custody, not sole custody. In case of joined custody the custody would of course go entirely to the mother.

Did you recieve confirmation of your 90 day report (that they received it) or did you received actual approval of your 90 day report?

To be working in Thailand you would need to establish a Thai company, in which a foreigner can only hold a minority share. So a Thai partner would be required.

This should be posted as a new topic but applies to this thread. My wife got pregnant at an early age by a Thai traveling salesman who did not stay around. Wife was kicked out of the family house for disgrace so she went to an uncle and gave birth. The uncle registered the birth in his name. I have a notarized affidavit from him and his wife but that did little 30 years ago to change anything. Does Thailand now take into consideration DNA testing? What would I do if they did accept positive findings?

Not sure what you want to know and what you hope to achieve by DNA testing.

For a 60 day extension it are only a few documents, but yes the misses must accompany you when applying for it.

Weird, last time in 2010 I went there alone for new Marriage visa and it was okay. Something has changed.

Thing is I have a 3 year old daughter but I dont want to take her there. It is not a holiday, probably have to leave her with my in-laws for 2-3 days.

I am talking abotu a 60 day extension from immirgaiton.

For a new visa (from a Thai consulate) she does not have to accompany you.

Yes, but if not married you need 4 Thai employees.

A Thai drivers licence does not give any information about your immigration status and can for that reason not be accepted. They might accept it as proof of your identity and check through the telephone.

Your best bet is Penang. They normally want to see 8 months, but if you have gotten it with 6 months there is no reason why they shouldn't do it this time. (The 8 month rule is not a new one).

You might try Australia. In the neighborhood you will not get a multiple, unles you go to Penang wth a work permit that has at least 8 months left on it.

Who the mother is and that she was Thai has already been established on the birth certificate. OP only has to show that he is the person on the birth certificate, if required.

Bali is still active and you can get a toruist visa there, even a triple. But you need tickets out of Thailand for each entry.

For a 60 day extension it are only a few documents, but yes the misses must accompany you when applying for it.

all land border are asking for that letter.

If you fly out than there will be no problem.

That is news to me.

With your mother identified as a Thai person on the birth certificate you are Thai. The most important thing, the Thai birth certificate, you already have.

The problem you now might run into is proofing that you are who you say you are, but all depends on the amphur in question.

It is now a question of turning up at the amphur and asking to be registered on a blue tabien baan and applying for a Thai ID-card. Take someone with you who can vouch that you are who you claim to be and take it from there.

You can also contact the informaiton line of the department of provincial administration: www.dopa.go.th They also have a lot of information on their website, but in Thai.

Yes, he can. He can get 30 days on a visa exempt entry extension.

You can try with with proof that the money come from the sale.

Note that for the conversion you need to have 15 days left on your permisison to stay, but you do not need to season the money. When you go and apply for the 1 year extension, you must have seasoned it for 2 motnhs and the extensions after that 3 months.

An alternative might be to go for a combination of income and money in the bank.

Yes, you could get a 60 day extension (if you didn't get one 60 day extension on this entry already).

You could of course also apply for an extension of stay based on marriage, but if you qualify for retirement it might be easier to do that.

Not all complaints are about money at Sadao. They seem to be difficult in general, not (just) to extract money.