Not sure if im posting this in the right place, but here goes anyway!

I've just joint this forum, its been really helpful so far in answering questions that you don't normally get the answer to on all the 'official' Thai websites.

Ok, we are looking to move to Hua Hin by the end of the year (all going well with my husbands work relocation), we are also looking to start IVF treatment in Bangkok soon after.

I was just wondering if our child was born in Thailand, obviously it would have a Thai birth certificate right? Does it make it any easier as far as visa's are concerned?? Or does it make no difference at all?

Any thoughts would be great.

Zara.

Zara, I am moving this topic to the forum “Thai visas, residency and work permits”

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Maestro

No, your child would not get Thai citizenship. It would not affect any visa issues until the child started school. Then maybe you could get a visa based on having a child in school.

The child will not need a visa to stay here, children are not charged any overstay, so you do not need visas for them.

You will need to register the birth with your embassy, and go through whatever procedure to get citizenship and passport from your country/embassy.

Although a child is not charged overstay they indeed do require a visa (although with UK passport they would qualify for visa exempt 30 day entry). If your husband has one year extensions of stay from Immigration (rather than 90 day visa entry) you and child can obtain matching extensions of stay.

As said there is no citizenship factor for birth in Thailand.

I was talking about their children. Being from the UK, you could pay for a visa, then pay for extensions of stay, then pay for re-entry permits. Or you could just show up at the border without a visa for your child, and not have to pay anything. They could stay with you and would be marked for an overstay, but not charged, up until a certain age.

Then you could have headaches making 90 day reports. Maybe your 90 day report time is different from the child's due to a trip out of the country that you made, that the child did not. Although if they do not charge for overstay for a child, maybe they do not care if 90 day reports are made for children either.

Another thing that I always wonder, is if a child is here on a visa exempt entry and stays 4 months and overstays. What happens when they try to come back in on another visa exempt entry? Do they say that the child has reached the limit of 90 days in 6 months and refuse entry? Or do they pretty much forget about all of the immigration rules for children?

It sounds like the husband is working and his company should take care of those "expenses" and "headaches".

Another thing that I always wonder, is if a child is here on a visa exempt entry and stays 4 months and overstays. What happens when they try to come back in on another visa exempt entry? Do they say that the child has reached the limit of 90 days in 6 months and refuse entry? Or do they pretty much forget about all of the immigration rules for children?

If you are on visa exempt entry and overstay that time can be counted against the 90 day limit and child could be refused entry. We have seen such a report here at the southern border and persistence and hqs level intervention by friends was reportedly required to gain entry for child. I suspect that other cases have not been enforced this hard.