Doing the right thing.

[BV70]

So I know this guy. He's been holidaying in Thailand on and off for the past 5 years. Has a girlfriend here that he 'takes care' of. On his latest visit she drops the pregnancy bombshell. Now this guy is a decent sort. He wants to do the right thing - get married, raise the kid, settle in Thailand, be a grown up. No problem in that, except, he currently doesn't have a pot to piss in. I've told him that, as far as I know, he needs at least 400k in the bank before he can get the necessary paperwork that allows him to stay here as a married man. He barely has 40k. He's adamant that the authorities here will not break up his relationship/marriage and leave the child fatherless and will allow him to provide for his new family by allowing him to earn an income here as the recognised father and husband of Thai nationals. He believes it would be inhumane if he was refused the ability to provide for them based solely on his lack of savings. He puts up a good argument to back his case and thinks what I'm telling him is illogical. He's the honest type who's had a mishap and genuinely wants to make things work for the best but doesn't have the 400k to allow him to remain here and do the right thing.

I genuinely feel for the guy but also feel that he's in for a shock. What are his options?

[daveAustin]

Get married and visit on Non-Imm Multi-O visas. AFAIK you don't need the 400k for these but have to bounce borders every 90 days and can't work on that.

If he wants to work, pickings are small (basically teacher) and he'll have to get a Non-Imm B and work permit for that, as well as requiring at a minimum a TEFL cert.

[benalibina]

Doing the right thing......living on the high moral ground in LOS is seldom beneficiary.......money is.

[BV70]

Get married and visit on Non-Imm Multi-O visas. AFAIK you don't need the 400k for these but have to bounce borders every 90 days and can't work on that.

If he wants to work, pickings are small (basically teacher) and he'll have to get a Non-Imm B and work permit for that, as well as requiring at a minimum a TEFL cert.

For a non-immigrant O visa, doesn't he have to be earning in excess of $2000 per month over a minimum period of one year though?

[Will27]

Get married and visit on Non-Imm Multi-O visas. AFAIK you don't need the 400k for these but have to bounce borders every 90 days and can't work on that.

If he wants to work, pickings are small (basically teacher) and he'll have to get a Non-Imm B and work permit for that, as well as requiring at a minimum a TEFL cert.

For a non-immigrant O visa, doesn't he have to be earning in excess of $2000 per month over a minimum period of one year though?

You will be better off and get good information by asking this in the visa subforum.

[lannarebirth]

Get married and visit on Non-Imm Multi-O visas. AFAIK you don't need the 400k for these but have to bounce borders every 90 days and can't work on that.

If he wants to work, pickings are small (basically teacher) and he'll have to get a Non-Imm B and work permit for that, as well as requiring at a minimum a TEFL cert.

For a non-immigrant O visa, doesn't he have to be earning in excess of $2000 per month over a minimum period of one year though?

You can get a Non-Immigrant O Child Dependency Visa, but there are financial qualifications to be met.

http://www.thailand-immigration.org/dependency-visa-children.html