Ref.

Tourist Visa [ Single Entry ]

 

to

 

1^st

Non-Immigrant Visa [ based on being active Parent to Child they would be legitimised for ]

at "Chaeng Wattana" ?

 

to

2^nd

Extension of Stay

at "Chaeng Wattana" ?

IN OTHER WORDS ;

Tourist Visa Entrant subsequently with "Legitimisation of Parenthood" can obtain Non-Immigrant Visa ; Class "O", & later "Extension" -- based on being with their Thai child -- both at Chaeng Wattana ?

 

NOTE ;

Applicant for Legitimisation of Parenthood now has “Registered” Address with Thai Immigration in province up-country ;

Their previous address [ at time of "Tourist Visa" Entry ] was in Bangkok.

 

Dear Fellow Thaivisa.com Posters,

 

I would be grateful for your earliest kind authoritative answers to the above question.

 

Thanking yee all in advance,

 

 

OUR MAN IN THE TROPICS

Edited May 25, 20197 yr by Our Man in the Tropics
ALL CAPS removed from topic title.

The application for change of visa status to non-O and the subsequent application for the parent extension must be submitted to the immigration office in the province you are currently registered as staying.

Which immigration offices allow tourist-visa holder to change to non-immigrant visa Class-O rather than the tourist-visa holder having to apply for that non-O at Thai Consulate in South-East Asia ?

 

Ditto,- which immigration offices do not allow ?

 

All offices are allowed to accept a application for a non immigrant visa (category O). The application has to be approved at the division headquarters for the area when the office is located. Some offices may refuse to accept the application.

There are about 80 immigration offices in the country so it is hard to say which one will not accept the application. If you were to tell us which office you will be going to that would help.

In some cases in may be easier to apply for a single entry non-o visa at a nearby embassy or consulate rather that than going through the process at immigration. Two trips to immigration for the visa. You will have to show the same supporting documents and financial proof twice (once for the visa and then again for the extension of stay).