> Thailand raised the prices on the Elite Visas in September 2023, due to high demand. In theory you need to buy one for your children as well, in practice they won't be fined. But they will have a history of overstaying stamps in their passports.
So there are two things with this:
- you're potentially causing issues for your children later in life if they want to visit or even live in Thailand legally. It doesn't matter that they don't have a choice about what happens now - it's a potential red flag to prevent them getting a legitimate visa.
- more currently: you've just stated publicly that you're both working on visas that don't allow you to work. Good luck with that.
Mostly due to inertia, we were already in Bangkok, Phuket was close by. The alternative was Bali. We have a cat and felines don't move so easily within Asia.
We're looking for similar places in EU or US timezones, but - contrary to information for digital nomads - it's hard to find information about good places to live as a family...
I haven't lived in America so I can't compare, but compared to Europe, Thailand to a certain extent feels like Southern Europe, eg Portugal, Spain, Italy IMO. Not only the weather, also efficiency, organisation, less focus on families, ...
So there are two things with this:
- you're potentially causing issues for your children later in life if they want to visit or even live in Thailand legally. It doesn't matter that they don't have a choice about what happens now - it's a potential red flag to prevent them getting a legitimate visa.
- more currently: you've just stated publicly that you're both working on visas that don't allow you to work. Good luck with that.