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To put the parents' names on the birth certificate the hospital takes a photocopy of both passports and also translates your non Thai passport into Thai on a separate sheet of paper, with a 'certified translation' stamp on it. There's usually a translator on site.
So if you get those three pieces of paper in advance from the hospital she'll deliver at, and she gives them to the hospital when she gives birth it should be enough. Could vary per hospital but I knew a guy who missed the birth too and the mother was told she couldn't put the father's name on the birth certificate without his ID info (implying it would've been possible if she had that even if he wasn't there).
In his case he got his name put on it over a year later. With a bit more paperwork, first had to get a certified copy of his passport from the UK embassy, then a translation of that from the ministry of foreign affairs in chaeng wattana, and finally a saliva DNA test at Ramathibodi Hospital, and then take all those to the amphur. So that's what you'll have to do if it isn't possible. Not aware of any time limit.
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Nothing will happen because you're only showing your landlord not going to immigration yourself. Landlord won't care because he wants you to be there paying rent and it's only 8 days, just say you're leaving soon, delayed because you're sick. By the time he goes to immigration (might be weeks before he gets round to it) and by the time immigration notices and sends police round to visit (might take months) you'll be out of the country. They probably wouldn't even visit for one person on such a short overstay because it's likely the person will be leaving soon. Also a decent chance no one even notices, landlord or immigration, mostly it's about foreigners needing their address to be reported otherwise landlords get fined. This thing isn't about checking for overstays. It's a separate department that does that and they only bother to visit individuals in small towns out in the sticks, for cities they'll usually only visit if a particular condo has a lot of foreigners. If you're in a condo like that, small chance that randomly does happen within the next month, unrelated to your landlord, but it's unlikely. If it was me I'd just stay inside this month, avoid late night discos that might get raided, etc, and leave whenever I was ready, making sure I overstayed 89 days or less to not be blacklisted.
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Check with Pro language school, I think I recall seeing Indian students when I was there on Ed visa
If you keep trying with the visa on arrivals you should be able to do so if it's <180 days stay per calendar year, including extensions, so make sure it adds up to less than that, that's often the unpublished criteria they have in mind for who to deny. Point it out if questioned and carry the 20k baht 'required proof of funds'
Although personally if I knew I was taking the GF to my country anyway, I'd just come in via the Laos land border then overstay for 364 days and take the 1 year ban, if I knew I didn't need to go back for a year
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For my ed visa everyone has to pay an extra 1500 baht tea money at immigration to get a 3 month extension, on top of the 1900 baht, and go to a special desk with an agent.
As for OP fly to vientiane and entry should be fine, in the rare cases it doesn't work you aren't detained or given any stamp so can try again the next day / try at Savannakhet / apply for a tourist visa at Savannahkhet (can't at Vientiane as they now require an online appointment booking, full for 2-3 weeks in advance).
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2 hours ago, JackThompson said:
They haven't found a way to collect extra-money from people on TR entries without getting caught, which is why they are "cracking down" on those using them.
Only extensions which may involve agents, or the elite visa for the huge payoff (at 10x the going-rate for a visa in the region) is acceptable.
I heard they work in shifts, perhaps once their 6 months or whatever at the airport is over they're rotated to working at immigration offices. Everyone takes turns to do the easy tip collecting desk work, then the long commute airport dirty work, rinse and repeat.
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It just says this person overstayed and paid the fine already and is allowed to leave
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1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:I'm curious - What Visa could an Agent provide a Single 30year old who wants to live in Thailand full time?
I didn't use them but there's an agent that advertised on this forum before, 'thaivisacentre' their main service is arranging the retirement extensions for over 50s, but if you message them (I got that far out of curiosity) for under 50s they claim to be able to arrange a non B visa for 75k baht the first year, then 45k per year after that, so about half the cost of thai elite and less up front.
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Boomers made the West a really awful place to be, hence the flight of millennials / gen Z
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In almost every report like this it's a female IO. Pick a line with a guy
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3 hours ago, cleopatra2 said:
The deportation act mandates 15 days have to have elapsed from notification before deporting
Many have reported getting out in fewer days than that.
Maybe that applies to deportation for crime etc., 'public order and morals' it says in the act, no mention of overstay / visa infractions
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It's just a case of getting cash to him, he has to pay for a flight home, plus a few thousand baht express fee to get that done quickly, plus the fine for overstay in court which is only around 3000 as said. So get in touch with someone who knows him and have them take him around, say, 40000 baht in cash to be on the safe side, most of that being for the expensive last minute flight. He won't have access to an ATM, his bank cards, his phone, nothing so someone will need to go visit. The embassy staff can take days to do that so ideally you can get in touch with a friend of his there.
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22 hours ago, dubyadee said:
Is Phuket airport notoriously difficult? I haven't been paying super close attention but it seems like BKK/DMK are in a league of their own as far as strictness.
Hard to tell, we hear more about BKK/DMK but that might be as more people fly into those
There was a report last week where they denied entry and didn't even ask for proof of funds, that stuck in my mind as it's what they've been doing at DMK lately
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Land borders are more relaxed, apart from Poipet - Cambodia border. You should be ok if you stick to those.
Avoid female IOs, pick a queue with a guy. If you do fly avoid BKK airports, especially Don Meaung, and Phuket airport. Not many reports of problems at other airports, e.g. Chiang Mai etc. Helps to carry 20k baht on you as the required 'proof of funds' too just in case, although there were some denials recently even when people had that.
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On 3/13/2019 at 12:04 PM, Ctkong said:
Anyway, he went up to the lady IO, the IO scrutinized his passport and then press on a red light switch on top of the booth. Some other IO came running and led the guy away probably to the office for more grilling.
Never use the line with a lady IO, they are much worse
Just fly to Laos or Malaysia and come in via land border, or possibly Chiang Mai airport
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Stick to land borders, I've been here nearly 10 years, haven't used an airport for over a year when I started reading of denials on this forum.
It's the Thai elections, there's a decent chance things get easier once military rule is gone, back to how they were before, very easy.
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4 hours ago, Old Croc said:
As someone who put up the 800k and jumped through the hoops, I have no sympathy.
You don't 'put up 800k' you just keep it in your account for a few months, it's still your money. Under 50s like the OP don't have that easy ride or we'd all be doing that already.
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Don't queue up at a booth with a female officer at passport control
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2 hours ago, cerox said:
I have been using ED visas for almost 3 years - visa ends soon. My last visa exempt entry was before that so 3 years ago. I have never used a tourist visa.
In a few months (end of the current ED visa) period I will go to my home country for around 2 months and come back on a visa exempt entry to organize a normal visa again. How likely am I going to be denied entry?
Last time I left for 6 weeks within the visa with a re-entry permit but I did not want to pray again this time that they will ask why I went away so long within the school period. So I figured I would go out at the end of the visa period.
This might sound ridiculous to some here, but I just do not know a better solution for going out once a year. I do not want to buy elite card for 20 years in advance.
If you can organize a new Ed visa before you leave, take the paperwork with you when you go out, then fly to Laos / Malaysia when you come back, get the new Ed visa, and come in with it via land border, then no chance of getting denied. Ask your school if you can do another year.
Often you need to get some document from immigration to say you've finished your current ed visa, before you leave, if you intend to come back in on visa exempt. I found this out when I got pulled aside at the Burma land border, they pointed out my ed visa was over and asked where my documents were to say I'd finished that course of study. I didn't have it, eventually they let me in with visa exempt but it was a close call. If it was at an airport they probably wouldn't have been as relaxed, and denied entry. So ask your school if you need to get that document.
If you're renewing to go onto another Ed visa, you don't need to get that document, my school said. So that's another benefit to trying to organize a new Ed visa before you leave. If it's not possible another option is to renew your passport when you go back home, then you can restart the process, 3 more years of Ed visas.
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39 minutes ago, Peterbilt said:
2015: 103 days in Thailand, 4 trips in total, 3 on VE and 1 on SETV
2016: 76 days in Thailand, 3 trips in total, 2 on VE and 1 on SETV
2017: 74 days in Thailand, 3 trips in total, 2 on VE and 1 on SETV
2018: 88 days in Thailand, 3 trips in total, 1 on VE and 2 on SETV
No back to back visa / VE, no overstayThat's nothing to worry about IMO, most people denied were approaching or over 180 days a year.
It shows Thailand's folly, making genuine tourists like yourself worry.
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There is no set time limit to being out of the country after paying the overstay fine, many people have paid it and flown back the very next day. Sorry to hear that your son ran into an officer on a power trip, it is happening more often lately.
I'd tell him to take a tuktuk from Vientiane to the land border with Thailand, it's much friendlier, once through he can take a taxi to Udon Thani airport and fly domestic to Bangkok, no issues flying domestic with a past overstay as there are no passport controls, and it's cheaper.
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On 3/11/2019 at 5:36 PM, moe666 said:
It is called a computer when you come in they can see your travel history into Thailand. Even a new passport and a name change will not guarantee you entry. Ask the drug dealer lady from England who trird it after being away for 5 years. If you have a history that shows you are coming and going on various entry visas and visa exempt they will see yor history figure out real fast you are not a tourist
IOs certainly seem to get an immediate alert pop up on-screen if someone is a criminal / on some other blacklist, that'd probably be what happened to her.
But they don't seem to get any alert for 'too much travel history', they do have the ability to look up past entries but from reports that usually only happens once they get pulled aside to a supervisor. People spoke about having a list of their entries 'printed out'.
That's why sometimes you can get lucky, I certainly have been getting lucky for 10 years so far. And why sometimes the 'fresh passport' strategy can certainly help, although isn't foolproof
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You're right about the flower sellers you see outside bars in tourist areas late at night when they should be at home asleep, they are exploited.
Occasionally helping out inside a family shop / restaurant attached to their house, after school hours or on weekends, no more than an hour or two a day, that'd be another thing.
Thai law says a max of 2 years imprisonment and/or a 400-800k fine for employing someone under 15 years of age, penalties were increased in 2017.
https://globalcompliancenews.com/thai-labour-protection-act-child-labour-violations-20170209/
'Employment' would probably mean 8+ hours a day and it not being with parents. Some grey area inbetween, and minimal enforcement.
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12 hours ago, Lovethailandelite said:Complete rubbish! They absolutely don't tell you to get a new passport. The exact same way as when your denied entry at the airport, your not told to go running around land crossings to gain entry. You can keep on peddling that it's perfectly OK to keep living here on these Tourist visas and swapping passports etc. Let me give you a little tip......This isn't going to see the year out ????
I know several guys who got told to get a new passport.
I actually expect things to get better after the upcoming elections and end of military rule. Also airport staff are regularly replaced with a new batch, it's a job no one wants to do, long commute. There will always be fresh staff who haven't got the memo to deny people, or who don't care to.
Avoid lines with a female IO, and if you see the male IO ahead of you sending lots of people aside for questioning, switch to another line, better yet use the Laos land borders.
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17 hours ago, Ctkong said:
Maybe it is less than 180 days a year? Because some years back, on one of my trips to Thailand, I was pulled aside and informed that I would have to give next month’s trip a pass because I had almost overstayed the number of days per period. The lady IO was going thru my passport noting down each entry. I told her I got a GF in Bangkok and since I am Malaysian, I make a monthly trip to see her. Anyway she said ‘ next month cannot enter country’. I still returned the next month and luckily got thru. Seems it is an adhoc situation depending upon the IO you met.
It's also female IOs, don't use a queue with a female IO. Lots of reports of them being worse.
landing suvarnabhumi Airport
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If you haven't booked yet I'd fly to malaysia or laos and enter thailand by land border instead.
If you do fly in try to choose a queue with a young male officer, they care less than women and older guys. Watch the queues and see which officers are sending people away for questioning. Have 20k baht equivalent in cash and an onward ticket booked.