consolecowboy

Thanks kindly I appreciate it.

Thank you, could be a option after they do 12 months with Thai ED visa then maybe they will know enough Thai to get by. I know in Australia most of the kids that go to school are immigrants and most can not speak English and if they do not speak English they get special funding and help to, but I am sure it is different here... I appreciate the advice thanks kindly.

Everything can go wrong, and always does, the secret is how you deal with it ????

Ya they sure do we have a deal with Australia where we follow their curriculum its called "Distance education", very popular in Australia due to the rural nature of the place it extends to us anywhere in the world. Only difference is instead of using radios for school like when I was a kid they use the internet. Why do you ask? Does this open up some options ?

Thanks for the brain storming, yes that is a option thanks

Thanks, I guess Education Visa it is.....

Good point we are both 35, one child 16 and the rest under 14. I have updated the original post to include age.

Hi guys I have a question for you all ! Me and my family (4 Children and wife - All Australian - both 35, 1 child over 14 and the rest under 14) have been living in Thailand for 3 months now we entered on a exemption stamp did our ASQ (no vac) and then went to immigration and did a Covid stamp. We rather like it here and are happy so we spoke to some agency's to see what options we had to stay for a year. I write to you guy's to see if I have missed any options, below are the quotes and options I was given: (we are on exemption stamp / covid stamp, hence the high quotes below to convert to correct visa without leaving country) - First option is make a business that costs 220k and everyone can stay for 1 year. (This includes everything required and even comes with a work permit, pay 4 staff for one month then keep only 1 on or something along those lines, this includes everything even visa's for us all only thing it don't include is rent and the ongoing salary for the 1 thai). - Second option is Education visa to learn Thai for my eldest, my self and then my wife and the other 3 children under 14 do not need anything they are dependents, price is 150k total (12 months). - Third option is leet visa but they fail at wording things correctly so its hard to really work out what the price is for all of us. (lets say 1mil++) Is there any option I have missed? (We are Australian not USA) I can go to Cambodia or Vietnam and just buy a 1 year multiple entry visa no issues easily and cheap we have done before when we use to live there, nothing like that exists in Thailand unless you are from USA or maybe I am mistaken hence this post to really find out all our options. What am I missing ? Any constructive advice is much appreciated and if you can refer any well experienced agents please feel free to. Thanks guys, -CC