chances are that next time you come in you get denied cuz you've spent over half a year in thailand which moves you from the status of "tourist" to the one of "resident". I was in thailand for 4 months this early year and at the 3rd time I got in, I got questioned about the reasons I was there for such a long time and seemed totally unhappy. If I were you, I wouldn't even try to enter the country again without a visa, there are really high chances you won't make it out of the airport

Education visa are for those who really want to study, you just want to be a tourist in thailand then you should pay for an elite visa. You don't have $ for that? Then thailand isn't the right place for your family and you

did you really attend the school or it was just a short way to get a long term visa? Will you be able to prove u have learnt basic thai during these 8 months? it's likely that officers at the border will ask check that to figure out if you really attended your classes....

@Stuart ********

what about if the cops check his documents while the kid is overstaying?

even tho you got a tourist visa, the airline might refuse you to board. You should consider to buy an onward ticket for 15bucks and save you some bad times

multi entry tourist visa. that's your cheapest option.

why do you need thai baht before arriving and lose a 30% in commission? Just bring some us$ with you and once u arrived at the airport you can exchance a couple of hundreds at the boots there. Never get thai baht out of thailand

I did 45+30 twice this year then I went to the states and got back 40 days later. The officer questioned me about my staying and he didn't look happy. Didn't get warned as I prove I was staying there just for a few days to pick my stuff and move to taiwan. He wanted to check my ticket and typed the data on his computer

@Derek **********

op is probably new to thailand. He doesn't know he has lost everything

@Jody ******

there no need to prove here how special you are. I don't want to waste any more time on you, you are absolutely right. There's no list and you can enter anytime you want, as many times as you want without any sort of visa. The bad immigration officers like to scare people cuz they are bored but at the end they'll let anyone in.