My wife and I enrolled in a language school in Chiang Mai, the school applied to the Ministry of Education for us and our documents arrived 45 days later. Now they will apply to the immigration office for an education visa and our visas will be issued in 21 days, but we have a 4-year-old daughter and we will apply for a dependent visa for her, the immigration office said that they will give our daughter a dependent visa during the first extension (i.e. during the first 90-day report after receiving the education visas). The school says that after my wife and I receive our visas, we have to go abroad and come back again for our daughter, there must be a mistake here, can't the 4-year-old child apply at the same time as us and get a dependent visa? Since she cannot act independently of us, how will she go abroad and come back? If If we wait for our first visa extension, this time our daughter will have to stay in the country illegally. In this case (if she remains illegal), they say she will not be able to get a dependent visa. Please help.
TLDR : Answer Summary
A user in Chiang Mai is confused about the process of applying for an education visa and bringing their 4-year-old daughter into the visa system. They were informed that their daughter must wait until they have completed the first extension of their education visas before applying for her dependent visa, which raises concerns about her potentially overstaying her visa if they cannot apply simultaneously. Responses clarify that the daughter must wait for her parents to receive their visa extensions, but she can remain in the country without penalties as children under 15 do not incur overstay fines.
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