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Moving from visa F to Education visa (guardian), am I doing the right process?

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Hello,

 

My visa F has just been cancelled on December 1st (retirement) and I need to leave the country before December 21st to start the process for another visa. I think I have already all the paperwork : Child birth certificate, school letters + 500K in the bank for 2 months.

I was planning to go to the Thai embassy in KL or HCMC  but no visa appointment time slot available before ages. 

So, I am now planning to do a visa run, coming back here with a 45 days tourist exemption (I am French) and do the Visa O Education in Chaeng Wattana. 

Is it an option? Any others?

Thanks !

 

You apparently are asking about getting a non-o visa and extension of stay based upon being the parent of a child attending school.

You should be able to apply for the extension of stay with the current non-f visa or extension of stay at immigration.

That type of non-o visa does not appear on the list for changing visas on the immigration website.

You could get the visa at the embassy Vientiane or the consulate Savannakhet Laos.

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Thanks Ubonjoe. 

My visa F has already been cancelled. 

So, are you saying I cannot do the following : 1) Leave and enter Thailand again( As a French, I will have a 45 days waiver). 2) I would request the Non O 1 year visa for education at the immigration office here?

16 minutes ago, xtof2 said:

Thanks Ubonjoe. 

My visa F has already been cancelled. 

So, are you saying I cannot do the following : 1) Leave and enter Thailand again( As a French, I will have a 45 days waiver). 2) I would request the Non O 1 year visa for education at the immigration office here?

A visa for education is a visa for a person who wants to study. If you don't study, you need a visa to take care of your kid.

24 minutes ago, xtof2 said:

Thanks Ubonjoe. 

My visa F has already been cancelled. 

So, are you saying I cannot do the following : 1) Leave and enter Thailand again( As a French, I will have a 45 days waiver). 2) I would request the Non O 1 year visa for education at the immigration office here?

It is not a education visa or extension you would be applying for. You apply for the extension based upon being the parent of child that is attending school. 

From the immigration website.

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See number 11 here: https://www.immigration.go.th/en/?page_id=1890

You cannot apply for the non-o visa needed for it at immigration. You will have to apply for it at nearby embassy or consulate.

See this on the Vientiane embassy website. https://vientiane.thaiembassy.org/non-o-visa/

"Dependent of a visa holder working or studying in Thailand"

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Thanks a lot Ubonjoe. Crystal clear now.

I will probably do it from Phnom Penh.

It seems no appointment is needed there.

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