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Can we take our kids with overstayed visas out of Thailand for a holiday and then return for a visa exemption?

Alice ***************
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Hi, I'm looking for some advice.

I'm afraid we have messed up with our kids visas. They are 5 and 7 and in international school.

We are on a DTV and tried to get them as dependants but as we are already in Thailand, that's not possible.

We are now trying to get their educational visas sorted for them, but they are in overstay.

And not just any overstay, an overstay of +180 days.

We have royally messed up here, please don't judge, it's been a difficult year.

My question is, can we take them out of Thailand for a holiday, and take them back to Thailand for a visa exempt, and then while in Thailand, have the exempt converted to educational?

Or do we risk the kids not being allowed back in?

Again, both my husband and I have our visas, it's just our 5 and 7 year old.

Thank you for any advice on how best to fix ๐Ÿ™
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The user, an expat family in Thailand with children aged 5 and 7, is facing issues with their kids' visas due to a significant overstay of more than 180 days. They are seeking advice on whether they can take their children out of Thailand for a holiday, return on a visa-exempt entry, and subsequently apply for educational visas while back in Thailand. Community responses indicate that children under 15 years old typically do not incur fines or bans for overstays, and recommend exiting Thailand temporarily to rectify their visa status.
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Nigel *********
Nigel *********
Cant the international school help you,cant be the first time they have come across this issue
Michael ********
Michael ********
No problem for kids under 15.
Kuu *****
Kuu *****
If kids of the age you mentioned are overstay they can go and come back to thaipand and dont have to pay any fine also
Tod *********
Tod *********
๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ง๐—ฉ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Well you could LEAVE thailand with them, and apply for the DTV's at any nearby consulate showing you as the parents already have them and they'd be approved pretty fast I'd imagine

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ +๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ,

Who told you that you royally messed up?

There is no fine for children under 15 on overstay and no banning for overstay on children under 18. Your children are not the first foreigners to overstay, I know foreign children here on multi YEAR overstays.

Bounce them out of the country by air or land (they won't be fined for overstay, just get the stamp in their passport about it) and back in to get a new free 60 day entry stamp.

Then you could apply for the in country ED visa thru the immigration office where you live with documentation from the school.

You're not royally messed up at all.

You've got young foreign kids on overstay,

It's not a big issue at all

It's not a big problem either (other than you have to get the OFF the overstay to get any visa issued in country)

either go and apply for the piggy back DTV's at a nearby thai consulate, OR

just bounce 'em out and back to get them off overstay and on to a free stamp entry ๐Ÿ™‚

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