Hi. We're a family of 4 visiting bangkok for 6 months. We are 2 adults, and 2 two year old children.

We originally planned to get a 6 month MEV, and hire a minibus to Poi Pet for our border bounces.

However, now we are given a visa exemption of 45 days, it changes the math, so I have some questions.

1. Is there a definitive answer on exactly what 2 land entries per calendar year means? Will I get 2 before January, then 2 after?

2. Does anyone have any direct experience having children who overstay? It says that children aren't fined or punished for overstays, but it's logged in their passport (that only last 5 years anyway, and cheap to replace). Are there any other issues to consider, is it logged on a computer and could affect them later? Is there any chance they could give the fine to us? If anyone has any experience with this, I'd really appreciate it.

We can either get an MEV for us and overstay the kids, get MEV for all of us and travel together, get exemption and extensions for all of us, or exemption and extension for us and overstay the kids. I'm just trying to work out which is best, and if any risk is worth the considerable money saved.

Thanks in advance!