Living in a foreign country entails scores of challenges. While single expats may argue that the thrills and adventures far outweigh the struggles, those with children in tow discover that it is a different story altogether. Or is it?

 

Meet Nina, a single parent employed as a teacher in Thailand. Years ago, she went back to her native country to fetch the four-year old daughter that she had left under the care of her aging parents. Now her daughter is already a teenager and currently enrolled in one of the schools here in the Kingdom. Needless to say, the mother and daughter are both happy to be together. Seeing her child fully adjusted to the Thai culture is now considered by Nina as her proudest achievement as a parent.

 

“I am pleased to have raised her well in a foreign country, and almost single-handedly at that!” she beams. “She is happy to be here; she’s doing well in school, and quite fully adjusted to the culture as she has a lot of local friends in the neighbourhood. She even knows how to speak the local language.”

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/raising-a-child-in-thailand-from-a-foreign-perspective/

 

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What happens when the daughter gets to 21 and needs to get her own visa?

8 hours ago, rickudon said:

What happens when the daughter gets to 21 and needs to get her own visa?

She gets a student visa if studying, a work visa if working or marries a Thai. Of course by then Immigration rules may have changed dramatically.

10 hours ago, rickudon said:

What happens when the daughter gets to 21 and needs to get her own visa?

She has many options for a Visa she can follow her mum down the teaching route, she can marry a thai, she could get a further education visa, she can get a work permit in a different role and if failing at all that she can use a agent.

 

Plus by the time she is 21 the Visa rules can change dramatically this is Thailand you can't gurantee that you will have a Visa in 5 years