The text below is taken from another similar post but that topic seems to have gotten out of hand with other replies.....

If what the Consul says is true then why do the new rules say that for the Non Imm O visa you need to show copy of birth certificate and proof of custody (of which I have both).

Before I try to make my new visa has anyone succesfully got a visa on the basis of visiting a Thai (your) child?

Thanks

We have received this message from The Hon Consul at the Royal Thai Consulate Hull.

Dear News Editor

I would be obliged if you would post the following message from the Royal Thai Consulate, Hull UK regarding the Expat Forum Topic "Non Imm Visa When You Have Thai Child":-

"Message from the Royal Thai Consulate in Hull (UK).

Please note that it is no longer possible to obtain a non immigrant visa from the Royal Thai Embassy or from any of the Royal Thai Consulates in the UK on the basis that you are the father of a child living in Thailand even if you possess the child's birth certificate which shows you as the father. To be eligible to apply for this type of visa you must also be married to the mother of the child and have an official marriage certificate."

Can you also please inform your readers that they must never post their passport from Thailand to any other country for any reason because there will not be any evidence in their passport to show that they exited Thailand.

Thank you and kind regards

Alan P Taylor

Hon Consul

Royal Thai Consulate

4 Priory Court

Saxon Way

Hessle

HULL

HU13 9PB

The statement is meant to say that only being named as the father on the birth certificate is no longer enough to get a visa based on having a Thai child. You must have legitimized the child and for that show proof of custody.

if you read it ,you which shows you as the father. To be eligible to apply for this type of visa you must also be married to the mother of the child and have an official marriage certificate."

I believe that was incorrect, but otehr consulates in the UK should issue anyway with proof of fatherhood.