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In my opinion that would qualify as parole violation.

She will be lucky if she avoids this.

nothing makes me want to visit a country more than increased fees!

I know a good guy who does great work.

You can find him on the corner of Ratchadapisek Rd and Soi 7. Just near the bus stop outside Alaina Massage Parlor.

He is a shoe repairer and has a little stall on the corner of the sidewalk. Not expensive and quality work. Highly recommend him.

is he equipped to do quality sole replacement ?

yep

im not even a big drinker but this is <deleted> stupid.

I know a good guy who does great work.

You can find him on the corner of Ratchadapisek Rd and Soi 7. Just near the bus stop outside Alaina Massage Parlor.

He is a shoe repairer and has a little stall on the corner of the sidewalk. Not expensive and quality work. Highly recommend him.

99% of Muay Thai gyms are not accredited with MOE. It is nonsense. I train 5-6 days a week and would love to visit some a few other gyms and get an eD visa for studying muay thai but the only gym I know that offers it is a sham.

I don't drink tap water here, but I brush my teeth with it. I think a bit of exposure is good to build your immune system up. Helps keep me healthy all around asia.

wow... this is interesting

I was in Pattaya friday and saturday and walked past this exact spot and had the SAME ladyboy aggressively court me over to his/her bar. I got real bad vibes from that one. I was on the other side of the street so they couldn't grab me, but you could see her eyes were messed up.

If the purpose of your being in Thailand is to study the language, it seems reasonable that you might be expected to stay in a part of the country where such studies are possible.

If you're in the area you're in for some other reason, you're on the wrong visa.

This is nonsense.

Half the people in BKK studying thai are living in farang ghettos and can get by without speaking a single thai word everyday. I'd wager this guy has to use more thai in his everyday than most sukhumvit dwelling foreigners do.

Hey all so I contacted the school I am at and this is the reply I copied for you all to see. Hope it clears it up as it has for me. Regards!

`Regarding to your question about 90 days report, today two of our

students have just been to the immigration office for their report,

everything is going well as it used to be. There is no requirement to

leave the country to apply for a new visa outside Thailand. So the

information you heard must be wrong. (for now everything is still the

same)

The changes on rules and regulations for ED visa is applied when it is

renewed. As school needs to present student attandance record and the

test paper. The officers also will interview the students in Thai to

check if they really come to school and learn something before they

get the visa renew for another year.

Right now to apply for the ED visa aboard, students must participate

in the class for 5 days per week and 5 hours everyday (means full time

students), my school will have to obey this rules too from the next

course as it is the new regulation, but this is not for our old

students.

There are so many changes now and noone knows what is coming up.'

5 days a week, 5 hours a day?

.

Nonsense..........

hey don't shot the messaging. I copied and pasted this direct from the email I received from the schools director.

I mean it would be a nonsense rule. 25 hours a week of contact classes is more than TRIPLE required of me during University in Australia. I don't think anyone wants 25 hours of classes a week, even legit and eager students.

Hey all so I contacted the school I am at and this is the reply I copied for you all to see. Hope it clears it up as it has for me. Regards!

`Regarding to your question about 90 days report, today two of our

students have just been to the immigration office for their report,

everything is going well as it used to be. There is no requirement to

leave the country to apply for a new visa outside Thailand. So the

information you heard must be wrong. (for now everything is still the

same)

The changes on rules and regulations for ED visa is applied when it is

renewed. As school needs to present student attandance record and the

test paper. The officers also will interview the students in Thai to

check if they really come to school and learn something before they

get the visa renew for another year.

Right now to apply for the ED visa aboard, students must participate

in the class for 5 days per week and 5 hours everyday (means full time

students), my school will have to obey this rules too from the next

course as it is the new regulation, but this is not for our old

students.

There are so many changes now and noone knows what is coming up.'

5 days a week, 5 hours a day?

.

Nonsense..........

There is to be said that a multi entry visa gives more flexibility in all cases.

 

For example when on an extension one may have to leave country urgently, being away at the time it expires. Without a multi-entry then he would have to get a new visa again with the associated delays and inconvenience.

 

re-entry permit at airport for 1000 baht

It is a shame that they do not seem to allow eD visa for muay thai anymore. Only school I know that is greenlight by MoE is Master Toddy, and I have no desire to train there.

I have seen a new police order that goes into effect on August 29th but the translation of it has not been approved yet.

It may be that some immigration offices are letting schools know about the coming changes.

What sort of changes?

Can you confirm that the amount of hours needed to study per week to qualify for a visa has increased?

What about the stuff about having to study 5 days a week?

Can anyone post them up? I've seen them mentioned a few times, but haven't seen exactly what has changed.

I just went to the website of the school I've applied to (one of the reputable ones as far as I can tell) and get this instead of the homepage:

"Error establishing a database connection."

Just a coincidence, right? :::paranoia begins to set in:::

Pro Language?

anyone got a list of all the new rules?

and I am all for people staying on eD visa and studying thai.

I might be going on eD visa and taking lessons later in the year too.

 

 

 

Are you serious?  You have been studying Thai for 2 years and still cannot understand when someone speaks to you in Thai?  And you cannot write anything using the Thai alphabet?

 

Either your teacher sucks, or your learning skills suck, or both

 

I'm sure you are fluent buddy.

 

I'm the wrong side of 35 and learning a language at this age is not easy. I can hold a basic conversation in Thai, but only if the person I am speaking to speaks slowly and clearly. I can speak to someone else in Thai and they can understand me fine, but it's much harder for me to understand them. Most people don't realise how much of a difference it makes.

 

The woman at immigration was quite busy and didn't have time to quiz me like that, which is why she got me to write it down.

 

And yes, learning a new alphabet is actually a pretty advanced topic and something you wouldn't necessarily attempt before learning basic conversation, since conversation is a more important skill.

 

But hey feel free to continue your crusade against people on Ed Visas.

 

 

sorry but the other guy is correct. i haven't even taken a single thai course and I am certain I speak better Thai than you after 2 years of study.

 

 

Can you sign my tits?

 

You don't have to be a full time student to get an Ed Visa folks. Only 100 hours of study per year. Get over it.

 

I know it isn't fulltime study and not everyone is a motivated or capable learner, but don't come in here and bullshit us. I know the score, and you know the score. Two years of study and you cant even talk basic Thai or write the alphabet is what it is.

 

Are you serious?  You have been studying Thai for 2 years and still cannot understand when someone speaks to you in Thai?  And you cannot write anything using the Thai alphabet?

 

Either your teacher sucks, or your learning skills suck, or both

 

I'm sure you are fluent buddy.

 

I'm the wrong side of 35 and learning a language at this age is not easy. I can hold a basic conversation in Thai, but only if the person I am speaking to speaks slowly and clearly. I can speak to someone else in Thai and they can understand me fine, but it's much harder for me to understand them. Most people don't realise how much of a difference it makes.

 

The woman at immigration was quite busy and didn't have time to quiz me like that, which is why she got me to write it down.

 

And yes, learning a new alphabet is actually a pretty advanced topic and something you wouldn't necessarily attempt before learning basic conversation, since conversation is a more important skill.

 

But hey feel free to continue your crusade against people on Ed Visas.

 

sorry but the other guy is correct. i haven't even taken a single thai course and I am certain I speak better Thai than you after 2 years of study.

2 years and you can't even learn the alphabet in Thai? Are you fucking serious? I taught myself that in a couple weeks.

Be honest with us and yourself, you barely study or put any effort into the language.

 

I am not on an ED visa, but I have been studying Thai for several years. I can read Thai script and I know a fair amount of the language. However I freeze up whenever I need to use Thai in conversation and am often unable to retrieve the right words (or forget them). I am multilingual, but each language has taken me much longer than two or three years. That's just the way I am.

 

I think the success in learning a language should not be the benchmark for getting a visa. It should be based upon attendance at the school. As long as you are honestly putting in the effort, the degree of success should not matter. After all, the government's concern is that the person is actually working instead of studying.

 

Absolutely correct. But immigration officers may not have your logical thinking, and the process can be kept simple.

 

At this time all they want is is a simple confirmation that a Thai student can talk a little and perhaps write some simple words or his name. It's not asking much really. 

 

I think if you can't make small conversation and write your name in Thai after two years of studying, that you deserve to have your visa denied.