Can somebody shed some light on the legal status of the 3 month old farang baby which was born in Thailand and had his first trip abroad? In his passport was put 30 day visa exemption stamp. Does it mean that his parents must go and re-enter with the baby every 30 days or overstay up to 7 years will be tolerated as other people are saying?

If parents are foreigners, the baby is foreigner too. He/she can qualify for dependent visa and extensions of stay depending on parent's status. So far minors until 15 yrs old were not subject to overstay fines, that doesn't mean it is a good idea to have them overstay.

Another option might be to just get the baby an appropriate visa.

Another option might be to just get the baby an appropriate visa.

Visas for babies now ?

Another option might be to just get the baby an appropriate visa.

Visas for babies now ?

The visa requirements do not exempt children of any age, but the Criminal Code has this clause:

Section 74 Whenever a child over seven years but not yet over fourteen years of age commits what is provided by the law

to be an offence, he shall not be punished, but the Court shall have the power as follows:

1. To admonish the child and then discharge him ; and the Court may, if it thinks fit, summon the parents or

guardian of the child or the person with whom the child is residing to be given an admonition too;

2. If the Court is of opinion that the parents or guardian are able to take care of the child, the Court may give order

to hand over the child to his parents or guardian by imposing the stipulation that the parents or guardian shall

take care that the child does not cause any harm throughout the time prescribed by the Court, but not

exceeding three years, and fixing a sum of money, as it thinks fit, which the parents or guardian shall have to

pay to the Court, but not exceeding one thousand Baht for each time when such child causes harm; If the child

resides with a person other than his parents or guardian, and the Court does not think fit to summon the

parents or guardian to impose the aforesaid stipulation, the Court may summon the person with whom the

child resides for questioning as to whether or not he will accept the stipulation similar to that prescribed for the

parents or guardian as aforesaid. If the person with whom such child resides consents to accept such

stipulation, the Court shall give order to hand over the child to such person by imposing the aforesaid

stipulation;

3. In case of the Court hands over the child to his parents, guardian or to the person with whom the child resides

according to (2), the Court may determine the conditions for controlling behavior of the child in the same

manner as provided in Section 56 also. In such case, the Court shall appoint a probation officer or any other

official to control behavior of the child;

4. If the child has no parents or guardian, or has them but the Court is of opinion that they are unable to take care

of such child, or if the child resides with a person other than the parents or guardian, and such person refuses

to accept the stipulation mentioned in (2), the Court may give order to hand over such child to a person or

organization, as the Court thinks fit, to take care of, to train and to give instruction throughout the period of time

prescribed by the Court when consented to by such person or organization. in such case, such person or

organization shall have the same power as that of the guardian only for the purpose of taking care of, training

and giving instruction as well as determining the residence and making arrangement for the work to be done

by the child, as may be reasonable; or

5. To send such child to a school or place of training and instruction or a place established for training and giving

instruction to children throughout the period of time prescribed by the Court but not longer than the time when

such child shall have completed eighteen years of age.

As to the orders of the Court mentioned in (2), (3), (4) and (5), if, at any time within the period of time prescribed by the

Court, it appears to the Court itself, or it appears from the submission of the interested person, the Public Prosecutor, or

the person or the organization to whom or which the Court has handed over the child for taking care of, training and

giving instruction, or the official that the circumstances relating to such order have changed, the Court shall have the

power to modify such order or to give a new order according to the

power vested by this Section.

The Criminal Code does not appear to have a clause regarding children up to the age of seven years.

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Can somebody shed some light on the legal status of the 3 month old farang baby which was born in Thailand and had his first trip abroad? In his passport was put 30 day visa exemption stamp. Does it mean that his parents must go and re-enter with the baby every 30 days or overstay up to 7 years will be tolerated as other people are saying?

The fact that the child was born in Thailand makes no difference.

The child's overstay will not be "tolerated". The immigration officer will duly note the overstay in the child's passport, but will not issue a fine to the child.

Another option might be to just get the baby an appropriate visa.

Visas for babies now ?

Exactly. Our little girl has been on a non-immi O since her first trip abroad at 6 months as a dependent of my wife's non-immi B and Work Permit. A foreign/foreign baby needs a visa in exactly the same way that you or I do. They do, however, have a very cool birth certificate with the moon phase and more on it.

Although they won't be fined, will the new overstay black list regulations apply to them? I guess we won't know until they actually go into effect and it happens! The criminal code might address the fine, but the black listing will be administered by Immigration.

It's not fair of the parents to let their baby overstay, just because there isn't a fine. It's cheap to do that just to save a few dollars on a visa

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