Jack1988 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Hi everyone, yesterday I went again to immigration and I've finally got one year non ed visa but on my passport I saw the they gave me 3 months first. After this 3 months I will get 9 or 12 months? Thank for the answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 What do you mean by non-ed visa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myran Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 You'll only get a full year at a time if you're studying at a university. If it's a language school or similar, you get a maximum of 3 months each time you extend (up to a year, unless it has changed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1988 Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, EricTh said: What do you mean by non-ed visa? I mean student visa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1988 Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 43 minutes ago, Myran said: You'll only get a full year at a time if you're studying at a university. If it's a language school or similar, you get a maximum of 3 months each time you extend (up to a year, unless it has changed). Yep I know that I must go to immigration every 3 months but am just curious to know how many months I'll get after the first 3 months they already gave me on my passport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackThompson Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 34 minutes ago, Jack1988 said: Yep I know that I must go to immigration every 3 months but am just curious to know how many months I'll get after the first 3 months they already gave me on my passport You will get 3 more only, if at an informal school (not university). Then go back again after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jack1988 said: Yep I know that I must go to immigration every 3 months but am just curious to know how many months I'll get after the first 3 months they already gave me on my passport You will only get 3 months every time on the condition that you pass the language test that the immigration officer give you when you go to renew. I used to have a class-mate who said he didn't pass the test so he couldn't get the extension. There are many people who use education visa just to stay in Thailand but they don't actually attend the classes or study Thai. That's why immigration came up with this 3 months scheme. There are some schools who run visa-mill for 'students' who skip classes and don't really study. Edited May 30, 2020 by EricTh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1988 Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 12 hours ago, JackThompson said: You will get 3 more only, if at an informal school (not university). Then go back again after that. Thank you for the answer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1988 Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 12 hours ago, EricTh said: You will only get 3 months every time on the condition that you pass the language test that the immigration officer give you when you go to renew. I used to have a class-mate who said he didn't pass the test so he couldn't get the extension. There are many people who use education visa just to stay in Thailand but they don't actually attend the classes or study Thai. That's why immigration came up with this 3 months scheme. There are some schools who run visa-mill for 'students' who skip classes and don't really study. I understand, thanks for the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackThompson Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 On 5/31/2020 at 11:58 AM, Jack1988 said: I understand, thanks for the answer Many schools handle your extensions - have an "arrangement" with immigration to process them. I would ask the school about this before chosing one, if looking to go this route for an extension of stay here. The "fee" for this was around 3K baht per 3-mo extension, when I last looked into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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