Todd, I went to Samui immigration with daughters three passports , the expired Filipino and US with entry stamps and the new Swiss and showed them Thai birth certificate . The first question was "how did she get to Thailand in the first place " I said look at the birth certificate, she came in mommy's tommy ! Now they said if I renew her expired US passport they could transfer the stamp on new one, but what kind of stay would she get ? For how long as a minor ?They cant transfer stamp on new Swiss. We have til March 2022 to solve this before daughter reaches 15. My marriage visa expires in December and my US passport is still valid. Could I get the new marriage visa on it without going out of country ? It has an expired retirement visa on it. That would be one solution. The other solution is hoping before March 2022 and during school vacation, we can go to Vientiane ( wife is from Isaan ), if borders open and no quarantine. That was our pre pandemic plan. Immigration said you can fly out to another country get visa at embassy and do quarantine upon return. Cost now would be beyond my means. overstay fine is less. Last year I got stranded in Philippines where I own a rental villa resort for 7 months and with all costs to come back and quarantine it cost me $5000 .Just Covid insurance to return at my age , 78, was 900 euros plus plus.What do you think ?

Todd, thanks for your input, again. Just to explain why I didn't do it sooner : It took me years to get the Thai court custody award, The bio mom disappeared, no way to be served. Also it took years to get a Thai divorce from my ex Filipina ( not daughters mom ), she also could not be served. To get dependent visa for sure imm wants to talk to step mom for last 10 years too, Could only get married a few years ago after divorce.Now you know the rest of the story. Good dayNothing is simple in llife

last year, we had plans to either go to Europe or Vientiane during school vacation ( wife has farm in Isaan ). she was 13. Bad luck now since COVID

maybe in 2022 they will have border runs

@Tod ********

correct but now with Covid restrictions, no way to do that. I will go and ask them Yes maybe they meant you have time to get visa since no fine yet

@Tod ********

correct. They told me many times when asked, to just wait til she gets 14, no fine for kids overstay. Now would they grant her a dependent visa on US passport if my current marriage is on Swiss ?

@Tod ********

Q: should I go to Imm locally and ask them with all 3 passports ?

what can happen if they do share a bed ? LOLOLOLOL (censored )

@Alessandro *********

you are so right, marriages are never permanent lol

But Todd I have marriage visa, so that makes me permanent no ? Been here 14 years, first on retirement visa now marriage. Switched passport use from US to Swiss 2 years ago. I have US because I was born in US from Swiss parents, law of the land. entered Thailand with US because Swiss had expired. Now I only renew one no need for two passports. never going back to US