Legitimising a child in the court and visa issues

[advancebooking]

I am living with my thai misus. We had the village wedding but not registered at the amphur. We have a newborn and live together. My name is on the birth certificate

Im currently on a WP and might stop working in june.

I read a useful thread by Mario2008 regarding legitimising a child but still a bit confused about the legalities.

I admit that I would prefer not to register marriage at the amphur to protect my assets back home in case we divorce in the future. No matter what happens in our relationship I fully intend to support my child for a long time. From what Ive read on this forum legitimising the child in the court means that I can revert from the WP visa to getting extensions of stay from immigration ‘only if you and the child live together’ (mario2008).

This leads to my question…. Apart from providing to the court copy of thai misus id card, my passport, birth certificate…. We would also have to provide the blue book where my misus name appears (her parents house). We have not yet registered the babies name on any house book

Question 1: In order to prove to the court that the baby and I are living together should I add my name, babys name and the misus name to the house book where we live at the moment? The landlord told us she can help us do that if we want (is this called the yellow book bc Im farang?). Or should I add my name to my wifes parents blue book and the babies name also?

Question 2: I live in the north east. Can I go with the wife to the court and fill the application form out and pay the stamps and legitimise the child myself without paying 20k to a lawyer.

Question 3: Assuming I get the document in 3 months and then I finish the job. I presume its easy to revert over to the new visa. I originally got a non immig B and then received the ext of stay for a year to the middle of the year. Would the new visa be a 1 yr ext of stay also reporting every 3 months?

Many thanks for any help that you can give

cheers

[Mario2008]

Protecting your asets cna be done with a prenuptial agreemtn and under Thia law, all that you had before the marriage is let out of any divorce settlement. You only split the gains made during the marriage.

1.No need to get on the household book yourself. Immigration will interview the mother and neighbours to see if you actually live together.

2. Depends on the court clerk. Some are very helpfull, others insist that you hire a lawyer.

3. The new extension of stay will be based on another reason, On the form youwill just fill the new reason of stay in (stay with child in stead of working). For the rest 90 day reporting is the same.