I would like to ask forum members that my first year ED apply in Vientiane Embassy and my second year cannot back to same embassy . So i move to Suvannakhet but according the rules you need to cover 12 months before you can apply for second year.

The new rules only 9 months course for first years on ED .

So the reason short 3 months and the Suvannakhet can refuse to apply a new visa. How true is this and if any members encounter the problem like this as i will going on wednesday.

Thank you and reply.

I don't think it's true, my school didn't tell me that. Students there did 9 months on Thai course then got a 2nd visa for the Japanese course soon after

I don't recall Savannakhet enforcing the one non-ed visa in one year rule that Vientiane has.

The announcement on the Vientiane website states per calendar year but have seen reports of it being wrongly enforced by them saying it is one within a year from the first one.

I thought you could get your second ED visa in Vientiane, so long as it has been more than one year?

 

I recently finished a 1 year ED. I just did a visa exempt (30 day + 30 day extension), and I'll soon be doing my second year ED visa.

 

When it is time for my second ED, it will roughly be 14 months since my last ED visa. Can I, or can I not go to Vientiane? Vientiane is much more convenient for me.

 

Thanks.

9 minutes ago, Thomas72 said:

I thought you could get your second ED visa in Vientiane, so long as it has been more than one year?

That is correct.

I don't think anybody has said you cannot.

From the announcement dated October of 2018.

 

Source: http://vientiane.thaiembassy.org/en/news/announce/detail.php?ID=621

 

Yes, I am sorry. I misread this thread. I just reread it.

 

It was my school who advised me to go get a visa exempt entry, before renewing for the second year. 1 year of ED visa extensions works out to 360 calendar days, short of the 1 year mark.

Edited July 2, 20197 yr by Thomas72
Typo.