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6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

That would of been a 2 or 3 entry tourist visa that are no longer issued. A multiple entry tourist visa now allows unlimited 60 day entries for 6 months from the date of issue. 

A single entry tourist visa would allow a 60 day entry that can be extended for 30 day entries.

Thank you very much. In terms of location, quoting my original post, which would be easiest to apply to from Penang, Hong Kong or Vietnam?

Oh, thanks Joe. Is this new? I remember getting a METV in Laos years ago.

A TR visa is also 60 days at a time if I remember rightly?

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You can only apply for a multiple entry tourist visa in you home country or country of legal residence.

Your only choice nearby is single entry tourist visas. You could get up to 3 or 4 of them without a problem. 

Hi there,

I am looking for some advice on my personal situation. I started in Thailand some years ago studying Thai at a language school on an ED Visa, then transferred to a university where I am due to complete my degree (one that still immigration still only gives 90 day extensions for). For now it is my intention to stay in Thailand afterward but I will be looking at finding a job and get a work permit etc. However at the end of my studies, I will have to cancel my ED visa and move onto a tourist visa whilst looking/applying for work.

I don't have any tourist visas in my new passport, nor visa exempt entry stamps as I have been on the same ED visa in my current passport. My question is, where is the best place to obtain a multiple entry tourist visa outside the country in Asia? I would like to make use of some quality time whilst applying so am looking at somewhere nice, perhaps Vietnam, Penang or even Hong Kong. I have been reading stories of visas being denied because of no outward ticket from Thailand and obviously I would not have an outbound ticket booked in this situation.

Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you.

Hi Guys,

My french passport holding friend would like to apply for a TR visa in KL. On the website it mentions something about 'listed and non-listed' countries and their requirements...

Will he need to show hotel and flights (and even bank statements)??? Hotel = his Thai partner's condo, flights = there's one flight back into Thailand as he wants to covert his visa inside the country (don't worry about this as I know some people disagree) and bank statements = well that's not gonna happen.

Any help is very appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

Hi Guys,

I need to go to immigration tomorrow to extend my ED visa. It'll be a Thursday and I will want to be processed as quickly as possible. What time do they open and when is the best time to get there to queue for first ticket?

I also need to get some photocopying done before they'll give me the ticket. Does anyone know what time the copy shops open too.

Thanks in advance

Just out of interest, what non-skilled (I don't mean manual) work can a foreigner do here without a degree? I'm just curious what routes they could go down.

Yes they will. The paperwork is already in the processes. Thank you for your help.

Hi All

A quick question. Am on an ED visa studying at university and would like to know if anyone thinks it poses a risk leaving the country for the UK for a week WITH a re-entry permit to re-enter Thailand with just another couple of weeks remaining on the extension? My plan is to extend once back in the kingdom with the relevant paperwork supplied by the university.

Thanks in advance.

Great, thank you very much. Much appreciated.

Hello all, is it possible to change from a non-immigrant B Visa to a non-immigrant ED Visa within the country, or do I need to inform my friend to leave the country and return with a new Visa?

I keep hearing different snippets of information and none of them seem to add up together. Does anyone know the real answer?

Thank you very much

Curiosity got me. There are people in Thailand that have overstayed 20 years+. My wondering where what might happen to those sorts of people should they be apprehended or try to leave.

Literally just wondering, but has anyone actually heard of a horror story involving a custodial sentence within Thailand for overstaying their visa?

The last thing I heard was the trendy building visa service provides the letter with your passport asking immigration to transfer the visa to the new passport. Is this wrong?

Does the service at the trendy building do a check service to ensure your photos and forms are correct also or are they simply a receiving service?

Ubonjoe to the rescue once again, much obliged.

Hi all,

Has any British national renewed their passport within Thailand recently? Am just wondering how long its been taking for most people. The UK website is useless and I know full well that its not taking 'at least 6 weeks'.

Thanks

Thank you. The passport won't expire until 2018. The reason the space has been taken up is due to another country's immigration officer slapping the stamp right in the centre of a perfectly good page...

So if the embassy don't cut the passport, how do they know if you travel on it (which it says they can't on the website)??

Hi All

I have a bit of a dilemma and I'm quite concerned. I'm a British passport holder.

I am a university student in Bangkok and have just converted the visa from ED language school to ED university and have been given the normal 90 days initial extension of stay (up to 17th June). I have little space left in my passport and need to get a new one urgently. The trouble is, I won't be able to go to the British passport appointment until the 6th April, but they'll cut my passport and it'll be useless until another one gets issued (which takes at least 6 weeks according to the website).

The next problem is that university start preparing the documents 40 days before the extension of stay is up for a further extension, but the problem there is that the passport number and expiry date on the letter the university issue me (to request an extension) will be the old cancelled passport number and dates (that I will still have in my hands but cannot travel on). I'm not sure if that passport can be used to make an extension of stay or not...

Could anyone provide me with any advice?

Thank you in advance.

You would need the documents from the university that you have started classes on or before the date you change the reason for your extension.

You could have an overlap of the dates on the letter from the language school and the university documents.

The is no minimum or max number of days you have on your current extension when doing the change.

Your visa expired long ago because it was only valid for one 90 day entry.

So I can't have a letter in mid February stating that I 'will' start on 1st March for instance to be able to change. I will need to have started my classes before I can actually change?

I don't officially finish my language school classes until mid march but would rather get on to the other visa.

Hi All,

I'm super confused with the changing of visa from one educational institution to another.

I'm a British passport holder, entered Thailand on a triple entry TR visa in April 2014, then in May, signed up for a Thai Language school, went to Laos to get the ED visa in July and have had two extensions since then. My current extension stamp brings me to April 2015.

I am starting university in Bangkok in March and am quite eager to get onto the 1 year visa as soon as possible (of course it's so much easier than having to extend every 90 days or less!). The information that's coming from both the school and the university in regards to 'dates' isn't making much sense to me.

The language school will give me a letter 'cancelling' the visa for a date that I request but am confused as to what I need from the other school, and with what dates etc they need to state and when to go to immigration to do so. I hear that the dates have to match up and if they don't, overstay will be charged. This all makes little sense to me and I'm starting to panic about it all. I also heard that you can't cancel the visa until 14 days before it expires or something. But I don't know whether a visa 'expiry' is one year from the entry into Thailand date or up to the extension date.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

Hi All

Does anyone know if I am able to get a Thai driving licence for motorcycle at any time of the day at the JJ (head office) branch?

Something I have read online says something about a mandatory 2 hour lecture about Thai driving laws. Only problem is, I won't be able to make it in time for that!

Any advice or personal experience would be appreciated.

Thanks

People on Ed Visa who read and speak Thai already probably won't have any problems and the Ed Visa is still a good long stay option although now more expensive due to having to pay for more classes to get Ed Visa paperwork.

People who can't yet read and speak Thai better find a new alternative to stay in Thailand long term or actually learn Thai.

If you can't speak Thai then best to attend class and write notes in your book. If immigration believes that you are attending class and are a serious student then less likely to have problems.

I would think schools with good lawyers and good relationship with immigration would have less problems but that does not seem to be the case now.

Walen portrays itself as white as snow about abuse of Ed system. Checking with former students may support or contradict this image.

Does the Bkk Walen have more than three small classrooms in the Time Square building teaching Thai classes?

I would think 7 weeks of 4 or more hours a week to learn the alphabet is quite long unless the test has changed. Before it was saying the letters in order from memory, recognizing most the letters and vowels and reading a couple words. I got out after 2 weeks but also studied at home.

Walen have classrooms on other floors in the same building. It's an enormous company.

I got the normal, but my Thai is above average for someone that has studied for 6 months. Also I'm at the big 'W' school.

How long had you been in Thailand and how well did you speak Thai before getting an educational visa to stay in Thailand?

8 months I've been in Thailand and I couldn't speak a single word beforehand.

Leaving is never an issue

Your visa will automatically cancel upon leaving without a re-entry permit

You've broken no rules so why would there be an issue with re-entering another time?

Hi All,

I am buying a second hand motorbike from a private individual and would like to know how to do it.

I am on a non-im ED visa and I have already received the letter from immigration giving me permission to do so.

What else do I need? Apparently I need some forms signed by the current owner before it can be transferred but I can't seem to find these anywhere.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks