Hi Y’all 👋🏽
We have a question about our daughter’s visa situation.
We are from USA.
She’s 21.
She’s been on an emergency passport that expires this coming October. Because she had less than one year left on it, her visa (education) at start was only for 3 months. It expires on January 30th.
(It was the now controversial Ed Visa).
We did visit the US Embassy in Bangkok today to swap her 1 year passport (the emergency passport) for the 10 year but this will arrive 2 weeks AFTER January 30th (the date the Ed visa expires). Should she:
A. Stay past the expiration date to wait for the 10 year? Once she has the 10 year, USA will cancel the one year. This new passport will also not have any Ed visa stamps in it (I know they can probably look it up but nothing immediately alarming).
B. Do a border run? By land or air? For how long? It would be her first time out of Thailand since coming in September.
She’s been advised to go to Cambodia and apply for a Tourist Visa from there.
Does anyone know what that entails or what’s at risk? Just trying to plan well.
Thank you in advance!
TLDR : Answer Summary
The question concerns an American family's daughter, whose education visa (ED visa) expires on January 30th while she is waiting for her new 10-year passport. They seek advice on whether to stay in Thailand past the visa expiration, conduct a border run to Cambodia or Laos, or apply for an extension of her ED visa. Answers from the community suggest options for a border run, the potential for an ED visa extension, and the process of managing her passport situation with Thai immigration.
