Hi everyone..
Me and my partner are italian and chinese.
Our actual job is all around Asia. Since we work about 6 months at year the resting 6 months we live in Thailand with a tourist multi entrance visa. Is already 7 years that I stay in Thai.
We are planning to change job and stay definitely in Thailand, also to make a family.
In the moment we can have a child is possible that both of us will have a work permit, or is possible that only one will have and the other one will have another kind of visa.
My question is.. what will be about the child? If will born here, can stay in the country or will have visa problem?
Which is the best way for us to set up our families documents to stay in Thai?
Many thank you,
Foreinger couple want make a family in Thai..
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OP, as both foreign nationals, your life here will be complicated Visa wise. Very complicated.
My life companion is Thai, we have 2 girls born in Thailand (now 7 and 8), and a new baby born in Australia (1 half – we got her Thai citizenship, birth cert and passport in Australia).
When the kids were 3, we carefully evaluated our choice concerning their education.
Any way we sliced and diced it, researched it, it was MUCH cheaper and MUCH better education going back to Melbourne.
2 kids at $20K = $40k/year. Maybe in high school it’s worth it, in primary school that’s a serious cash burn.
The standard of education you get is still below free public education in Australia.
You may want to compare educations standards of Italy vs Thai then decide if paying here is worth it for the returns.
“Local” Thai schools. I don’t want to make blanket statements, do your own Due Diligence. Note that there are/have been several high profile cases of teachers sexually abusing children. One is on this message board now. It’s the tip of the iceberg. This problem may be very prevalent, very very prevalent.
With the lack of safeguards such as a Working With Children police check, I think the risks are too high. You make your own judgement. Talk to Thai people, who have gone through local schools, especially younger women. Almost everyone has a story about a “too friendly” male teachers. Up to you what level of risk you want to take with your kids.
Visa wise, get ready for many documents, many bank account printouts, always proving you can stay here. I’ve got a Thai life companion, 3 Thai nationality kids, yellow tabian baht book, car in my name, 2 bank accounts with cash here, and still need visas, reporting, printing bank statements, proof of where the money comes from, even the boss of the village going down to immigration for police interview to say I don’t deal drugs in the village. I can’t imagine 2 foreign nationals with off-work for 6 months. Check the conditions on work permits, can you be employed only part-time of the year?
You also got to decide, you want the kids educated Australian/European/American or Chinese or Thai? Consider open-mindedness versus closed-mindedness. Individuality and creativity versus indoctrination into a culture/religion/way of thinking. Another huge reason for us going back to Australia was Iwanted the kids to be mentally free, not be brain-washed into a religion or culture. When they are free and older and see ALL perspectives, they can make their own minds do they want be be Buddhist, Christian, Nothing, or any mix they want. If they go to a Thai local school, they will not have that choice. It is highly regimented. they will have no choice but to buy into the monarchy and religion here. Is that what you want? Or do you want them free to make up their own minds? Up to you….
Good luck!