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Hi can someone please clarify the following:

1. If I go and study at a university and I want to apply for an ED Visa, do I need that 500000bht in my account?

2. As above, my daughter is in Little Stars Preschool, they will be giving me paperwork today to say she is registered there, if I apply for her to get an ED visa must she show funds or do I automatically have to show the money as her guardian?

3. To apply for a ED Visa and I am currently on a tourist visa, do I need to leave Thailand or can I go to immigration to have it changed?

4. My double entry tourist visa is now used up, my exit date is 17 June, if I go to Mae Sai to get a new tourist visa do I need a visa to go there or do I just cross the border and go to the consulate and apply? Same question if I should choose to use Laos

Thanks

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1. No. The 500k requirement is for sponsor (parent to stay with child student).

2. You will need the money (with three month history in account) - not the student.

3. Immigration procedure for change:

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION FOR VISA OR VISA STATUS ALTERATION (NON-O): FOR A FAMILY MEMBER OF AN ALIEN STUDYING IN THAILAND. (APPLICABLE ONLY FATHER OR MOTHER, SPOUSE,CHILD)

In case of overstaying in Thailand, application could not be submitted.

Application for Visa Status Alteration. (TM.86)

Application for visa. (TM.87)

Copy to passport entries.

4 X 6 cm. Photograph.

Application fee of 2,000 baht.

5.1 Documents proving that the applicant is the spouse, father or mother or child of foreigner ; a marriage certificate or birth certificate, as the case may be. (Certifying by Embassy or Consulate and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.) Or

5.2 Letter from a government office, embassy or consulate, Certifying that the applicant is of the referred family, Or 5.3 a guarantor-letter from The Department of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In case of parents(father or mother) wishing to take care of child/children studying at school in Thailand must show a bank statement from a bank in Thailand showing that the applicant has an account (Saving or fixed deposit) of not less than 500,000 baht, and a document proving foreign remittance.

A letter from the authorized principal or the manager requesting visa or visa status alteration for a parent of the child/ children studying in the school.

Passport of the child/ children.

4. There is no Consulate in Mai Sai and you can not obtain a visa there. Vientiane, Laos is the nearest Consulate and most people require a visa to enter Laos (but available on entry).

Posted

Thank you for all the information.

If I am the one studying and applying for and ED Visa what would I need to show? And then would my daughter be able to be a dependant on my visa?

Posted

If you were the student the financial requirement would be removed. It is listed in Police Order 606/2007 under section 7.10 (and 7.8). There are links from useful information at top of forum.

Posted
Does anyone know where the nearest Honorary Thai Consulate is from Thailand?

Look at Post No. 2

Is Laos an Honorary Consulate or a Thai Embassy?

Posted

Laos is a country - there are two Royal Thai Consulates - one of these is located in Vientiane as is the Embassy - the other is located in Savannakhet. There are no "honorary" Royal Thai Consulates in the immediate area - most of them are found in US/Europe.

Posted
Laos is a country - there are two Royal Thai Consulates - one of these is located in Vientiane as is the Embassy - the other is located in Savannakhet. There are no "honorary" Royal Thai Consulates in the immediate area - most of them are found in US/Europe.

So Vientiane or Svannakhet?

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For visa issue from Chiang Mai Vientiane would be the best location if going to Laos.

Does anyone know what would be the best to get to Vientiane? Air, bus, train or car.... or do you know of any places that perhaps offer travel packages to this destination?

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