Can my child stay in Thailand while I switch language schools and obtain new visas for both of us?

May 20, 2024
6 months ago
Zaina ******
ORIGINAL POSTER
Urgentโ“โ“

Currently, I am on a non-ED master's visa, and my baby (3 years old) is on a dependent visa. Our visas are going to expire on June 19.. I am planning to obtain a one-year language visa.

1. School A is not providing a visa for my baby.

2. School B will provide visas for both my baby and me in September, as they are currently fully booked.

Is it possible to obtain a visa from School A and keep my baby here until September, then change to School B and get visas for both of us? What are the potential consequences? Will immigration issue a visa for my baby given that it would be an illegal stay for three months?
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The user is currently on a non-ED master's visa while her child holds a dependent visa that will expire soon. Her options include applying for a language visa at School A (which will not sponsor her child's visa) and waiting for School B (which will provide visas for both) starting in September. User is seeking advice on potential legal consequences, specifically regarding her child's status if left with an expired visa for three months. Comments suggest that it may be possible for the child to remain in Thailand overstay without serious repercussions, as children under 15 are not fined for overstays. Therefore, the user can study at School A while considering future options for their childโ€™s visa.
Tod *********
As this thread has the potential to turn into a slow motion train wreck I will close it.

We wish good luck to the O/P and their child in the endeavor.. (y)
Tod *********
I closed commenting on this post as I wanted to message directly with the O/P. It turns out she and her child are indeed on extensions of stay as I surmised.
Zaina ******
ORIGINAL POSTER
There is no ban and no fine.. but will they put an overstay stamp on my baby passport ๐Ÿ˜ฃ will they have a record of this for future also?
Zaina ******
ORIGINAL POSTER
No we are mot doing yearly extensions..We are currently on valid visas. I am doing my master's and have an ED visa, and my baby has a non-O visa. As my master's is finished, I just want to get a language visa.
Tod *********
The other choice is for you to just enroll in and study at School A, allow the child to overstay and worry about it at another time.

As I said there is no negative repercussion for you or the child to have them overstay. I know foreigners with children here on multi-year overstays and there is no problem at all
Tod *********
Most likely neither of you are on any visas (Non-ED or Non-O ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ) anymore and you've been on yearly extensions

๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—• ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐˜€?

You could but no your child cannot ๐Ÿ˜•

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

There is no problem just letting the child run on overstay when their current extension expires. Remember children under 15 can't be fined for overstay, and children under 18 can't be banned.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€?

Nope, they will not. ๐Ÿ˜• Once your child goes on overstay, you can't switch to an in country visa.

You'd have to bounce them out and back to get OFF the overstay and on to either a free stamp entry (if your nationality gets that) or buy a tourist visa for them from a nearby thai consulate (if they don' t get in free stamp) then apply for the in country visa based on being the child of a foreigner legally here on an ED visa
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