Help, Again With Non 0 Visa Information

[sara1]

I am posting again regarding my non 0 visa as I have received lots of conflicting information from immigration on what I can and can not do. I am on a non 0 visa due to my daughter being born in Thailand and her father being a Thai citizen. I have had 2 non 0 visas in the past and not had any problems, ie. I have been able to obtain a work permit etc and work on my non 0 visa. I have recently moved to another area in Thailand and re-applied for a new non 0 visa as it had expired. I have been given a non 0 multiple entry visa, but this time under the heading 'remarks' it states 'employment prohibited'. My school contacted bangkok immigration and said I would have to now change my visa to a non B in order to get a work permit and work. I was ok to do this but the paperwork said I had to hav e 21 days left on my 0 visa in order for the change to happen. I had less than 21 days so went to the local immigration office who took the 1,900 baht and stamped my visa for another 7 days (7 days short of what I need). They said there was nothing they could do to help and that I could not change my visa from a non 0 to a non B anyway in Bangkok and that I had to leave the country in order to do so. Is this correct? As in Bangkok they said I didn't. They said they can not give me more than 7 days extention on my visa, is this correct? as previously a different officer told me I could have 39 days. I am not sure what or whom I should talk to now or what I can do.

The local immigration, also told me that my 4 year old daughter was not allowed to come out of the country with me or they would not let her back in as she does not hold a Thai passport on a UK one and that she does not have a valid visa, although she has a Thai b'cert and was registered in the amphur and listed as a Thai citizen. They said in order for her to have a Thai passport so she can come in and out of the country with me she would have to give up her UK passport. I can not believe that this is true. How do they expect a mother to leave their 4 year old child in one country and they go to another and that we must have different passports etc from each other.

I would be grateful for any information that can guide me in the best option for me to do in this situation.

Kind regards

[Maestro]

1. Non-O visa and work permit

It is the Department of Employment, not the immigration office, that decides whether you can get a work permit on the basis of your non-O visa. Talk to Department of Employment.

2. Passport for your child, whose father is a Thai national

The information you received from the immigration office is incorrect. They have no say in the matter. Simply apply for a Thai passport for your child at the passport office. It is generally an easy procedure and the Thai passport is issued within a few days. Then have your child always use the Thai passport to leave and enter Thailand, the UK passport to enter and leave the UK.

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Maestro

[Lite Beer]

As Maestro said, nothing to do with Immigration. Talk to Employment.

Passport for your Child would be no problem.

I would have thought that you could get 12 month extensions based on being the Mother of a Thai Child.

2.18 In the case of a family

member of a Thai(applicable only to parents, spouse, child, adopted child or child

of his/her spouse):

Permission will be

granted for a period of

not more than 1 year at a time.

(1) The alien has obtained a temporary visa (NON-IM)

(2) Proof of family relationship

(5) In the case of a parent, one of parents must have an average annual income of not less than 40,000 baht per month or a money deposit of not less than 400,000 baht for expenses within a year.

[AliasJohn]

To be 100% sure, why don't you contact a company like Sunbelt Asia. I have used them over the past 4 years for a number of issues and I have the confidence of knowing the info is right. The problem about a forum, as helpful as they are, is the many different versions one gets. Pay a bit of money and have peace of mind, particularly if you have kids involved.

Good luck