I need advice. I married a thai women 3 years ago, she has a 4 year old daughter from a previous relationship. He disappeared after the baby was 6 months old. no money no help, he dropped off the radar completely.I'm currently in the process of getting marriage visa to get them here. In order to get my step daughter here I must have the father sign a document that states we can take the baby out of thailand with no restrictions. To make a long story short we find his mother in roi et who tells my wife he just got married and is a farmer in nong khai. my wife calls him and he says he will sign the paper. I send a lawyer and a notary to meet him with my wife and at the last minute my wife gets a call from a women(wife) saying he will not sign paper and that they want money and hangs up phone. We still dont have a dollar amount that they want. Im starting to get nervous because if we dont have the document signed my the time the interview comes the baby will get denied. cannot re apply for 1 year. naturally I refuse to seperate them because i know nobody will help her if she is here.
My plan is to find out where he lives and go in july to his house. I googled average thai income, it states $4400 a year usd. Do you think he will accept this? he doesnt want custody. im just afraid hes gonna ask for 1,000,000 baht because maybe he thinks im a rich american. Do you think it is likely he would walk away from $4400 usd? Im hoping a thai person can answer this question for me. Im in desperate need of help. thank you