MelissaShmanders

...you have been in overstay ever since your visa was issued...

I believe the original visa and its period of validity are still valid. It's extensions based on studying at the CMU LI that are now cancelled. The overstay period started the day the extension was cancelled by CMU LI

Sorry, can you clarify this? I am on the initial 90 days of my non-Im ED visa; end of December is when I'm required to check in and renew (but, yes, I know that's no longer an option). This visa was issued in Vientienne; before that I was about 25 days into the tourist visa that was issued when I first entered the country. What I'm trying to figure out is if I'm going to get slapped with an over-stay when I try to leave, or if I'm fine until late Dec, at which point I should make a run for that 60-day.

And again, I'm asking anyone out there who has Matt Kay's email address to please send it to me! I was only in email contact with Gill and Aun. I tried sending an email to matt@ that same domain name, but that was just a shot in the dark.

I've just read through this entire thread and all of the previous (closed) thread dedicated to this topic. Naturally I'm exhausted and frustrated.

I am one of the students caught in this clusterf**k. I paid my tuition, in cash, at the end of September, apparently after this had broken, but I was unaware as I had just arrived in CM. I had a similar experience as a previous poster; the woman named Gill took me to another room where I paid my tuition to one Thai woman, and then walked across the room to another desk where a Thai woman named Aun gave me a letter for the Thai embassy in Vientiane. I met Matt Kay that day. He signed my letter and seemed in good spirits while we chatted. At this point, I was told that FEU was picking up the program and I would get information regarding my class schedule via email. As we all know, none of this happened. In fact, I was never even able to attend a single class. I just found this thread today and I agree with those posters who wish this to remain open as it is the only source of information I have at this time.

What I really want at this point is is advice from you all! I am still in the first 90 days of my non-Imm ED visa, which expires Dec 24. Am I going to get in trouble for over-stay when I try to leave? Can anyone suggest a Thai language program that can help me extend my visa beyond this? I am only able to stay until April, and thanks to this mess I can't afford much, so unfortunately a cheap program is better than a GOOD program (sorry, I really do want to study Thai, but after losing all my money to CMU I have to take value over quality).

Also, can someone PM me Matt Kay's email? Somehow my poor timing with enrollment has left me excluded from the mass emails other students have received, and I was only ever in direct email contact with Gill and Aun.