Hi

 

Firstly, is it possible to move to an education visa (U.K. national, studying Thai language) from a 30 day extension?

 

And secondly, if permitted, can this be done following a 30 day visa exempt entry and/or a 60 day single entry tourist visa?

 

So:

 

30 day visa exempt + 30 day extension + ED visa

60 day tourist visa + 30 day extension + ED visa

 

Many thanks. 

Yes but if you are getting a "one year" ed visa, then the maximum amount of time you can stay in the country is 12 months from the date you entered, not the date of your ED visa, so there's no point in first obtaining a 30 day extension when in the country, and no advantage to getting a tourist visa over an exempt entry before you arrive.

Removed a troll post.

1. In principle, yes, but not all immigrations offices may agree to do it.

 

2. Where an immigration office agrees to do it, you need to coordinate it with the school where you plan to study, as this school will have to provide you with certain documents to submit with your application for the non-immigrant visa category ED (non-ED visa, for short)

 

The Triple A Language School (AAA) has detailed information about the procedure on the web page

https://www.aaathai.school/17541916/at-the-immigration-in-bangkok#:~:text=- Special tourist visa (STV),and apply for visa extension.

I don't know when this information was written by this school and if the same procedure still applies today. Presumably, other qualifying schools have similar procedures.