When converting to ed visa, does time run from the date of entry or the date of conversion?

[Badger18]

I am on a tourist visa but would like to convert to an ed visa. The ed visa gives you 90 days at a time. If I convert, will the first 90 days of the ed visa run from the date of entry into Thailand or the date when the visa was converted?

[Ohyesuare]

The date when the visa was converted. 

[ubonjoe]

It starts on the day you apply. You will only be able to apply one time for a non-ed visa unless you leave and re-enter the country with a new tourist visa or a visa exempt entry.

After getting the non-ed visa entry you would apply for a extension of stay based upon attending school.

[BritTim]

7 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

It starts on the day you apply. You will only be able to apply one time for a non-ed visa unless you leave and re-enter the country with a new tourist visa or a visa exempt entry.

After getting the non-ed visa entry you would apply for a extension of stay based upon attending school.

 

The last time I applied for a conversion to a Non O, the visa date and the associated initial 90-day stamp had the date the visa was issued, which was about 10 days after I submitted my application. Has this now changed?

[ubonjoe]

3 minutes ago, BritTim said:

The last time I applied for a conversion to a Non O, the visa date and the associated initial 90-day stamp had the date the visa was issued, which was about 10 days after I submitted my application. Has this now changed?

There have been several reports and the stamps posted that showed the visa issued on the day a person applied and a entry stamp as well. Some offices might do it differently.

[jackdd]

At Chiang Mai immigration a non-immigrant visa starts at the day you apply.

[darrendsd]

I entered on a VE - then converted to a ED visa from within Thailand - the date of the ED Visa started from the day I entered Thailand so I got around 11 months stay on it

[jackdd]

24 minutes ago, darrendsd said:

I entered on a VE - then converted to a ED visa from within Thailand - the date of the ED Visa started from the day I entered Thailand so I got around 11 months stay on it

An ED visa only gives permission to stay for 90 days, so how could you get 11 months out of it?

[darrendsd]

30 minutes ago, jackdd said:

An ED visa only gives permission to stay for 90 days, so how could you get 11 months out of it?

90 + 90 etc - extended at Immigration