Should I get a tourist visa for my baby before traveling to Thailand, or is the 30-day visa on arrival sufficient?

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Jul 16, 2018

6 years ago

Jamie ************

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I am in the UK now and my baby girl only has a british passport and will return to thailand with her mother, who is cambodian. I will join them a couple of months later. the mother has a work permit. People have told me I do not need a visa for my baby and she will just get an overstay stamp but no fine. Should I get my baby a '60 tourist visa' in UK or just let her get a ' 30 day visa on arrive' at the airport. either way she will spend 3 or 4 months in thailand before she leaves so will get an overstay stamp.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user's child, who has a British passport, is traveling to Thailand with her Cambodian mother, unsure whether to obtain a '60 tourist visa' or utilize the '30-day visa on arrival'. Suggestions indicate that children under 15 are not fined for overstays, thus entering on the UK passport for 30 days without a visa is advisable, while also considering establishing the child's Cambodian citizenship for future travel ease.

Tod *********

Sorry I deleted comments.. :/

The way it works IS children under 15 cannot be fined for overstay and children under 18 cannot be banned for overstay.

Have the child fly in on the UK passport, and get a 30 day visa exempt entry. Then just let them overstay.

6 years ago

Biff *******

Might be worth trying to get the baby's birth certificate sorted out and registered with the Cambodian embassy, establishing her Cambodian citizenship, before she travels. If you want to tag your daughter on to your wife's visa status in Thailand at a later date it might be easier if you've already got proof of her relationship with her mother ready, and the same rules that applied to the mother will apply to your daughter.

Just thinking ahead ;)

6 years ago

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