Visa Cancellation for ED Visa

[Maleetea]

Hello all,

 

I am in Thailand since 2nd August 2024 with an ED Visa (now, since October with the extension) because I am an exchange student at university here. I will leave the country on 31st May 2025 to Vietnam because my visa expires on 8th June 2025.

Now, my uni informed me that I have to do a Visa cancellation as it is a "long-stay visa". 

Is this really necessarily? 

 

[I want to reenter Thailand on 28th July for two weeks again. (Without a visa because I'm from Germany)]

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Maleetea

 

[BrandonJT]

Legally, yes you must cancel your extension.  You signed a document that stated you would notify immigration of any change in your status, and it appears you will stop studying and that is a change in status.  You would need to get a letter from university that states the date you will end your studies, and then take that letter to the immigration office that issued your extension.  You can usually do this 1-2 weeks in advance of the date on the letter. They will cancel your extension and then stamp you back in until the date on the letter.  

 

If you never plan to get another long-term visa or extension in Thailand again, then you are probably safe to ignore it. On the other hand, if you do plan to get one, or not sure, then you would want to do cancel it as the penalty for not doing so is the same as overstay, 500 baht per day up to a maximum of 20,000 baht, regardless of if you are in Thailand or not.

[Jack1988]

17 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

If you never plan to get another long-term visa or extension in Thailand again, then you are probably safe to ignore it. On the other hand, if you do plan to get one, or not sure, then you would want to do cancel it as the penalty for not doing so is the same as overstay, 500 baht per day up to a maximum of 20,000 baht, regardless of if you are in Thailand or not

Not true. A friend of mine was married to a Thai but he got divorced and he remained in Thailand without cancel the extension based upon marriage. He left the country before the expiration of the extension and months later he got other type of visa and extension with no issues at all

[BrandonJT]

23 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

Not true. A friend of mine was married to a Thai but he got divorced and he remained in Thailand without cancel the extension based upon marriage. He left the country before the expiration of the extension and months later he got other type of visa and extension with no issues at all

We are not talking about marriage visas or extensions, we are talking about education extensions.  They have their own set of rules.

 

Though your friend was technically on overstay from the moment his divorce was finalized.

[Jack1988]

12 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

We are not talking about marriage visas or extensions, we are talking about education extensions.  They have their own set of rules.

 

But if the education extension is expired he can apply for other type of visa and extensions. Like in the case of marriage visas or retirement visa. When it's expired is automatically invalid anyway 

 

Or maybe it is a different case for education visa/extensions? It must be cancelled before applying for other type of visas or extensions?

[BrandonJT]

4 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

But if the education extension is expired he can apply for other type of visa and extensions. Like in the case of marriage visas or retirement visa. When it's expired is automatically invalid anyway 

 

Or maybe it is a different case for education visa/extensions? It must be cancelled before applying for other type of visas or extensions?

It must be cancelled when the reason for the extension ends.  That is the rule regardless of if you want to apply for another visa or extension.  But if you don't plan to apply for another long-term visa or extension in the future, then there's no point that it will become a problem.  If you do plan to do so, then you could be prevented from doing so and fined.  Work extensions are similar.  Not marriage extensions. Not retirement extensions.

[Jack1988]

1 minute ago, BrandonJT said:

It must be cancelled when the reason for the extension ends.  That is the rule regardless of if you want to apply for another visa or extension.  But if you don't plan to apply for another long-term visa or extension in the future, then there's no point that it will become a problem.  If you do plan to do so, then you could be prevented from doing so and fined.  Work extensions are similar.  Not marriage extensions. Not retirement extensions.

So this is a case only for education and work extensions? No problem if you want to apply for marriage extension or retirement extensions?

[BrandonJT]

44 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

So this is a case only for education and work extensions? No problem if you want to apply for marriage extension or retirement extensions?

You are misinterpreting what I said.  

Work extensions MUST be cancelled. Education extensions MUST be cancelled.  Marriage and retirement extensions do not need to be cancelled.