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We need to do an extension for a child on education visa at a major international school (we, parents, are on LTR but school forced us to get ED visa for child). Can anyone give recent experience of how long this takes at CW? We contacted an agent but were quoted 10k baht fee (plus visa cost) and the child still needs to be brought to immigration - we had wanted to avoid him going there and missing a day of school. We were considering going just after lunch so our child only misses half a day. Any recent experience on whether we would be likely to finish the same day? We would do almost anything to avoid going in person (especially our child), but this doesn't seem possible, so we are looking to minimize the pain. Thanks for any recent (direct) experience.

Thanks, but no dice, they are impossible to contact by any method including FB. My only option may to simply submit with what we have and hope for the best, then use an agent if that fails (school suggested an agent as an option)

Yes, the amount is absurdly small, but very clear. I asked the school liaison officer and they also weren't aware so it's likely a specific requirement for the Manila embassy. The problem isn't the amount, it's the three months of statements before applying. The Manila embassy is absolutely impossible to contact by email, phone or Facebook. I have already looked into all of these methods.

I appreciate the input, and it should be obvious that a child on LTR visa can attend school, but the school has a government liaison officer with direct contact that indicates otherwise. I'll be in BKK in a week so will stop by the BOI office to see if they can assist. FYI, not that it's reliable, but an AI query indicated that a child dependent CANNOT attend with just the LTR - not sure what their source was. In any case, I'm still back to the required ED visa $2k in bank question that was my original query. No response to that and local embassy is impossible to contact.

Of course I have been through this at length with the school, which is one of the big 3 in BKK. It makes no sense that a child on a 10 yr dependent visa cannot even attend school, but the school insists that is the stance of the Thai authorities. Bizarre, but that is their position so ED visa is the only alternative.

Hey all, we're moving back to Thailand from Philippines and plan to get an ED visa for our child (we will have LTR, but told by school that child cannot attend on LTR). We expect to apply for ED e-visa utilizing the Manila embassy, but a requirement popped up for US$2K in bank for three months before applying. I had not expected this and all of my money is in brokerage accounts. In the past for most visas, I know brokerage accounts (even with cash balance and immediate access) were not accepted. Does anyone know if that is also the case for ED visas? The $2k in bank is so small as to be pointless (Tuition is bt 1mil/yr), but I'm sure they won't overlook it. Any experience here on this issue (ideally Manila)? The embassy makes it impossible to ask them directly. Thanks.