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Not too long ago I received a response from someone saying that with an ED visa you are able to get a Non O for your wife and child. I went to a Thai Language school today in Bangkok and they said that it is not possible for their school to help with the Non O because they are a private school and not a government school. They said they had asked immigration before for another student that came with a family and they were told it was not possible. It seems strange to me. So the school is able to offer me and ED visa if I want but my family is not allowed to apply for a Non O to stay in country? Is this true? It would seem to me that if you are able to get the ED visa you should be able to apply for a Non O for your family unless there is some strange law I have never heard that does make a distinction between public and private school. Anyone familiar with this?

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Your answer is a little confusing because you are talking about extension. Here is what happened. I went to a language school and asked about getting an ED visa for learning Thai language. I then asked would the school be able to give me the letter or whatever I needed so I could apply for a Non O  for my wife and son at the same time. They said that they had a family come in before and they asked immigration and that immigration said that because they were a private school that they student was not able to sponsor his family for the Non O. So I need to know is this information correct or not? If a private language school is able to sponsor me for an ED visa is there any reason my wife and son should not be able to apply for a non O visa together with me at Laos when I am applying for the ED visa? What paperwork would I need from the school for them to apply for the Non O?

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The school would not apply for the Non-O for your family.

 

You will need a letter from them confirming your enrollment and their registration and MoE status (2) & (3) in UJs link, and you'll need copies of your passport and ED visa.

 

Then your family leave the country and apply for their Non-O.

 

I don't know what (4) The alien must have been confirmed by the relevant government agency (except in the case of study in an international school and higher education) means, as my daughter has her ED visa from an international school.

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Immigration would not issue a non-o visa for your family members for attending any school. Immigration will issue a extension of stay for them after you have an extension based upon attending school.

When they apply for the non-o visas at the same that you apply for the non-ed visa they would only need their marriage and birth certificates and a copy of your passport. If submitted with your application the supporting documents from the school and the education ministry would prove you will be attending school.

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I am still confused because you keep mentioning extensions and I am not trying to get an extension I am currently on a tourist visa and considering in the future to apply for an ED visa. Here are my follow up questions,

 

1. If I get approval to study and the correct paperwork from the school to apply for the ED visa the school said I must go out of country to a Thai consulate to apply, during that time can I also apply together with my wife and son for a Non O visa? Only I am going to be studying Thai, my wife and son are not studying they just want the Non O dependent visa based on my studying and getting the ED visa.

2.  So you are saying that if we applied all together at the Thai consulate the only documents my wife and son would need to apply for the Non O is the visa application, marriage certificate, birth certificates and a copy of all our passports? I am assuming that the school would provide me the letter confirming my enrollment and the school's registration and MoE status for my ED visa application? 

 

Am I missing anything here? 

Thanks for taking the time to help me I appreciate it.

 

 

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The non-ed and non-o visas will will only allow one 90 day entry. Near the end of the 90 days would need to apply for an extension at immigration based upon attending school. Then your family members would apply for their extensions.

1. That is correct.

2. The school will supply the required documents for you non-ed visa. Copies of those would then be used for your family members to get their non-o visas.

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6 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

The non-ed and non-o visas will will only allow one 90 day entry. Near the end of the 90 days would need to apply for an extension at immigration based upon attending school. Then your family members would apply for their extensions.

1. That is correct.

2. The school will supply the required documents for you non-ed visa. Copies of those would then be used for your family members to get their non-o visas.

Thanks ubonjoe, yes I am familiar that it is a 90 day visa and you must apply and pay for an extension fee 1900 baht every 90 days on the ED visa. I do have one more question. You said in a former post that immigration will offer the Non O extension after I receive my extension. Does that mean that we must go separate so that I get mine first or will we be able to go together and apply for our extension together at the end of 90 days?

Thank you

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6 minutes ago, vinegarbase said:

Does that mean that we must go separate so that I get mine first or will we be able to go together and apply for our extension together at the end of 90 days?

You can go together to immigration. As soon as your extension is approved and stamped in your passport they can apply for theirs.

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