@Brandon ***********

oh mannn. Stand corrected. I will delete this. I was counting my land border exits for years 🤦🏻‍♀️

*deleted comment. Was corrected by Mods.

Just say you are self employed or part time casual working.

Put something like Nanny or Pet-sitter and use family or friends as a reference address. They rarely check.

@Nadeem *******

yes. Sea and land are the same.

@Nadeem *******

let me reply back to you in a private message. You can do it cheaper with no extensions and just doing an additional border hop in the first entries.

I’ll help you map it out.

@Nadeem *******

yes but you could also do it in another way. And ditch the first 2 extensions and just exit the country 3 times.

Entry 1 = 60 days. Exit

Entry 2 = 60 days. Exit

Entry 3 = 60 days. But use less and exit with enough time to re enter BEFORE THE VISA EXPIRES.

Entry 4 = 60 additional days. Extend this by 30 days = 9 months

This way you pay less in extensions but you have to border hop.

The easiest border hop (and most beautiful) is Koh Lipe/Langkawi. Direct boat between 2 islands.

Second easiest is Mae Sot. But not beautiful at all 😉

A few rules to remember with border hops. You can only do TWO land deals crossings per calendar year.

So this needs to be planned too.

Other hops need to be by air.

With kids you won’t be harassed so much with immigration on hopping in and out for a year.

Edit* And I would not let the kids go on unpaid overstay extension for the first times. But the last time you need an extension you can just not do it for the kids as they don’t get fined. But they will get an overstay stamp in their passport. If leaving who cares. If coming back you don’t want many of these (save almost 8000 baht here for the kids)

Multi Entry tourist visa will give you 9 months if you play it exactly to the date. + 1 other single entry tourist visa + extension = 3 more months.

It’s a bit of a headache and will take planning but works like this.

Apply METV before you come online in your home country. Apply as close to leaving as possible but leaving enough time to process it.

From the date of processing it’s valid for 6 months to enter/exit/re enter as many times as you like.

Each time being stamped in for a maximum of 60 days, which you can then extend by 30 more days each time without leaving.

Doing the minimum entry/exits would be like this

1st entry = 60 days + 30 day extension

Visa run # 1

2nd entry = 60 days + 30 day extension

Visa run # 2

3rd entry and this one is Essential to plan the date exactly. You need to stamp into thailand for your 3rd entry BEFORE your visa expires. Even if it’s 1-2 days before the 6 months runs up, you will still be stamped in for another 60 days and then be able to extend that by 30 days more.

Once that is done that visa is finished and you would need to either go to a neighboring country’s thai embassy and buy another single entry tourist visa (60 day entry + 30 day extension- taking you to 12 months) Or just do a normal exit/entry hop and get 30 day visa exempt + 30 day extension (taking you to 11 months)

It would really require laying it out on a calendar and having the requirements organized. Like having exit tickets booked, some hotel stays, and proof of travel funds.

Each extension would cost 1900 baht per person. For 6 people that adds up too. As do border hop tickets. X 4 times during the year. Not cheap

But it wouldn’t tie you down to any classes like an education visa would.

I would get it for safety. Signed. Dated and Certified.

And carry her birth certificate with your name on it.

It’s not really up to the Thai Embassy, and I doubt they could even answer you on this.

It could be needed by UK immigration as you exit the UK. It could be required by the airline to check-in and board. It could be Thai immigration asking to see it as you enter or leave again. Etc. too many what ifs. Get the letter certified and travel at ease.

If it’s a separate ticket you need to exit and recheck in.

@Stuart ********

thank you very much. We will get a single Re entry now and a multi Re entry when the extension is processed.