Ed Visa

[samuie]

Please can anyone help? has there been a change on ED Visa's? Reason I am asking, this week we had to renew our son's ED visa at the language school he attend's only to be informed that the rules have changed in the last 2 weeks and he cannot have a 1 yr multi-entry ED visa, he can only have a 90 visa and had has to report every 90 days for an extension of stay?

Many thanks

Samuie

[Mario2008]

Consulates and embassies have been instructed to only issue single 90 day ED-visas, except for special circumstances perhaps.

You seem to be talking about getting an extension of stay. That is indeed only for 90 days at language schools, with some immirgation offices seeming to make exceptions. Normally only for regular education, mainly university, does one get a 1 year extension of stay. That has been the policy for a long time.

As said, a very few immigration offices seem to have a different policy, so it might be interesting to know which immigraiton office you are talking about.

If your name is any clue, I believe Samui always only gave 90 days for language schools.

[lopburi3]

As said this is the normal procedure. And a visa can only be obtained outside Thailand at a Consulate so believe you may have been talking about a one year extension of stay rather than a multi entry non immigrant ED visa (which only allows 90 day stay without an exit).

[samuie]

My son had a 1 yr ED visa (multi-entry) it was his first year at the language school here in Hua Hin, he had to report every 90 days (like us all) when we were told they had been a change just wondered why that is all, when we lived in Bangkok and he studied at Language school he only had a 90 day visa.

[lopburi3]

You must leave the country with a visa entry as that entry is only 90 days and immigration can only extend at cost of 1,900 baht - they can not 'stamp' you for a new visa entry without exit of the country.

Please check passport to be sure we are talking same thing - either a multi entry non immigrant ED visa issued by a Consulate or extension of stay issued by immigration. What do the stamps say?

[Mario2008]

Hua Hin was one of the few immigration offices where they allowed 1 year extensions of stay based on study at a language school. From your story I gather they have now been told to follow the common procedure of only issueing 90 day extensions. So it is a change at that immirgation office and maybe Phuket and a very few others.

[lopburi3]

If that is the case a new extension of stay using full school paperwork and TM.7 with 1,900 baht payment will be required every 90 days. This is the normal (special) requirement for language school study.

[samuie]

Many thanks for replies - much appreciated

Always can rely on the forum for correct info

Samuie