ED visa

[david kc]

Hi, I've been staying in Thailand for 4 years and half. (1 year half as tourist visa and 3 year ED visa.)

 

I want to apply ED visa again to study different language course. 

 

Is it easy to get ED visa again? if not, do I need to change my passport? ( I have 7 page visa stamp left in my passport)

 

thank you

 

 

 

 

 

[ubonjoe]

Moved to here.

You should not have a problem getting another non-ed visa if you change your studies to another language.

[david kc]

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Moved to here.

You should not have a problem getting another non-ed visa if you change your studies to another language.

OK, I will apply ED visa again. but if I change my passport, there is no stamp so can I apply same course again? because I want to stay in Thailand more than 5 year. or need to apply other VISA? thank you

[ubonjoe]

11 minutes ago, david kc said:

OK, I will apply ED visa again. but if I change my passport, there is no stamp so can I apply same course again? because I want to stay in Thailand more than 5 year. or need to apply other VISA? thank you

Getting a new passport would not clear your record at the Ministry of Education since they keep records of your studies. Possibly the same for immigration.

[david kc]

5 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Getting a new passport would not clear your record at the Ministry of Education since they keep records of your studies. Possibly the same for immigration.

If I change my school, move to chiang mai from here, its different immigration.

 

it means, no record in ministry of education?

 

thank you

[ubonjoe]

24 minutes ago, david kc said:

it means, no record in ministry of education?

Not sure about that. The may keep records in a nationwide database.

[david kc]

17 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Not sure about that. The may keep records in a nationwide database.

I think it will have record what I study. can not have same language course.

 

If I get ED visa 4 or 5 times at language school, and then if I want to study at cooking school, Its different course.

 

Can I get ED visa for cooking?

 

thank you

 

 

[ubonjoe]

8 minutes ago, david kc said:

Can I get ED visa for cooking?

If the school is registered with the Ministry of Education you can.

[david kc]

I am not sure they registered with the ministry of education. I will ask them later.

 

After I study at language course , I will study other course.

 

Do you know school which registered with the ministry of education? 

 

thank you

[JackThompson]

The only advantage I can see to a new passport, is so that when you enter Thailand, all those visas are not staring the IO in the face.  And it seems to me, they closely examine every page.  They can still see your history on the computer, though.

If moving to Chang Mai, there is a "self defense" course taught by retired Thai Army guys (who are purported to out-rank the immigration folks) who are known to get no-hassle ED visas for their students.  Another option in that area is a Non-O for Volunteering, though it is reported you must contribute some cash plus time as part of the package (via an agent/lawyer). 

[david kc]

11 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

The only advantage I can see to a new passport, is so that when you enter Thailand, all those visas are not staring the IO in the face.  And it seems to me, they closely examine every page.  They can still see your history on the computer, though.

If moving to Chang Mai, there is a "self defense" course taught by retired Thai Army guys (who are purported to out-rank the immigration folks) who are known to get no-hassle ED visas for their students.  Another option in that area is a Non-O for Volunteering, though it is reported you must contribute some cash plus time as part of the package (via an agent/lawyer). 

Hi, I can not apply same language course so I'm looking for other study corse.

 

I think there are many school in Bangkok. Do you know other school which is not language school.

 

thank you

[JackThompson]

51 minutes ago, david kc said:

Hi, I can not apply same language course so I'm looking for other study corse.

 

I think there are many school in Bangkok. Do you know other school which is not language school.

 

thank you

I gave the only options I know of personally.   I have heard of cooking courses also, but am not familiar with particular schools. 

[BritTim]

7 hours ago, david kc said:

I think there are many school in Bangkok. Do you know other school which is not language school.

You mentioned cooking classes. There are definitely culinary schools that can arrange education visas. A Google search can find some of them. However, I think they are for genuine students looking to start a career as a chef. Outside of the language schools, I do not think there are many courses designed primarily to help you get a visa.

[david kc]

11 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If the school is registered with the Ministry of Education you can.

I will find the school which is not language school.

 

but if I want to study language in Bangkok, there is other course like germen and spanish which my current school don't have.

 

Do you think I can get germen and spanish in Bangkok?

 

thank you

[david kc]

1 hour ago, BritTim said:

You mentioned cooking classes. There are definitely culinary schools that can arrange education visas. A Google search can find some of them. However, I think they are for genuine students looking to start a career as a chef. Outside of the language schools, I do not think there are many courses designed primarily to help you get a visa.

I need to ask different school to get ED visa.

 

thank you