My family and I are coming to Koh Samui for a 6-month stay. What's the recommended type of medical insurance? Is travel insurance or a local/domestic plan better for a long-term trip? We need coverage for sickness and emergencies. Appreciate the advice!

Visa Run Advice Needed for Mom & Toddler (Chiang Mai)

For context:

• US passport holders

• Received 60-day exemption on arrival + paid for 30-day extensions already.

Hi everyone, I’m hoping for some advice on doing a visa run with my toddler.

This will be my first (and only) visa run before applying for the DTV at the end of the year. I’m trying to figure out what’s most practical with a little one:

• Should we just fly out, stay overnight (maybe one or two nights), then fly back in?

• Or would it be better to go with one of the border run companies/private van services that handle everything in a same-day trip?

Any recommendations or tips would be greatly appreciated — especially from other parents who’ve done this with kids.

Thanks in advance 😊

Hello everyone, does anyone have current experience, duration, tips for a Border Run to Laos? With family and car/car either to chong mek or mukdahan. Base was Non -O Visa 150 days incl. Overtime . For a special reason, I have to extend it again. Thanks for the helpful answers.

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Hallo zusammen, hat jemand aktuelle Erfahrungen, Dauer, Tips für einen Border Run nach Laos? Mit Familie und Auto/ PKW entweder nach Chong Mek oder Mukdahan. Basis war Non -O Visa 150 Tage incl. Verlängerung . Aus besonderem Grund muss ich nochmals verlängern. Danke für hilfreiche Antworten.

I have a DTV visa and so does my husband. We applied for my daughter as dependent for me but for some reason it's came back as my husband. Can I still travel alone with her in and out of Thailand? Is there any other problems I might face it not being on my visa? It was all my information that was supplied for visa. We do not share the same last name.

We entered Thailand yesterday for the first time with DTV. My husband, my 3 years old son and I. Very simple and fast, no questions asked.

Good day!* We are planning to travel to Thailand for about 2months every year. We are a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 toddlers) we are digital nomads and will be doing online teaching during our holiday. Will the DTV visa be best for us? Feels like a big hassle for 2 months😅 We are South Africans!*

Thank you!

We're here until October on a tourist visa will then complete DTV in australia before returning.

How have others transitioned their travel insurance? Do we need to cancel our normal policy and transition to expat insurance?

For context we are 31 and 32 with a 2.5 year old.

We've got a 12 month lease and car here. From australia.

For anyone worried, we arrived into BKK last night. Had a female immigration officer who was lovely and friendly. Showed her the printed pdfs and she waved us through with no further questions. Family of four, kids also have DTV. No questions about funds or work etc. Applied for DTV under workation pathway.

Question about traveling with children within the Kingdom.

My wife and I our traveling by plane from Chiang Rai to the beaches down south and bringing our 7 year old granddaughter and our 12 year old nephew, what kind of documentation will we need for flight down and back?

I ask because while my wife is biologically related to both (Thai Nationals with ID cards) we all have different last names.

Thank you for any help or suggestions.

Hi friends !

We are a family that travels from Thailand to Vietnam to do the visa

Do we have to show 500k per head in the bank checking account or is it enough to have it at savings plan?