Again I'm probably missing something obvious here, but why would a landlady be reluctant to add a Thai to the tabien baan, when she's living there and the daughter of a good and prompt-paying tenant on a 1 year lease?

What disadvantages are there?

To me there is no good reason.

My wife's house book has many entries on it that certainly don't live there.

If you were in Ubon she would do it for you.

Edited August 31, 201312 yr by ubonjoe

Well I'm only repeating what the immigration guy said. He wanted the tabien baan for that reason, as well as the photos - neither of which are proof of my daughter living with me either, are they! But that didn't stop the officer asking for them, and he showed me the printed requirements form that said as much.

What AnotherOneAmerican said.

The immigration officer couldn't care less about the actual address, he just needs to see that your daughter is in a Tabien Baan from somewhere because she is Thai.

Just make it easy for him to tick his boxes and you'll get your visa.

Again I'm probably missing something obvious here, but why would a landlady be reluctant to add a Thai to the tabien baan, when she's living there and the daughter of a good and prompt-paying tenant on a 1 year lease?

What disadvantages are there?

None, unless she has a thing about keeping her Tabien Baan "clean" of strangers.

It's not exactly uncommon for Thais or even foreigners to go on the Tabien Baan of people they know purely for the sake of expediency.

Well I'm only repeating what the immigration guy said. He wanted the tabien baan for that reason, as well as the photos - neither of which are proof of my daughter living with me either, are they! But that didn't stop the officer asking for them, and he showed me the printed requirements form that said as much.

 

What AnotherOneAmerican said.

 

The immigration officer couldn't care less about the actual address, he just needs to see that your daughter is in a Tabien Baan from somewhere because she is Thai. 

 

Just make it easy for him to tick his boxes and you'll get your visa.

As I understand it, they don't want divorced farang fathers with little or no contact with their Thai offspring to use the system to get visas they're no longer entitled to.

So I had to prove legal custody, and also prove I am living with my daughter via several means. As mentioned before: tabien baan, photo together with daughter in front of school, photo together with daughter in front of house, lease for house, hand-drawn map of house location (my first downloaded effort from google maps was refused).

I suppose the cumulation of all these docs is how immigration believe they can amass enough evidence that we devious farangs are not cheating the system.

Going back to my previous posts about getting a printout of her registration at an Amphoe.

Asked wife about it and she confirmed it can be done. It will be done as a Kor Ror form of some number. Thai's that don't have a house book get them when staying away from where they are registered. It is just as good as having the house book.

Immigration should accept it instead of house book.

Again I'm probably missing something obvious here, but why would a landlady be reluctant to add a Thai to the tabien baan, when she's living there and the daughter of a good and prompt-paying tenant on a 1 year lease?

What disadvantages are there?

Rightly or wrongly suspect it has to do with tax issues (as with most such things). The information of your rental may not be reaching the tax man (or even immigration police).