Visa ED extension (Internship)

[Maxdb]

Right now I'm doing an internship in Thailand for 5 months. I entered the country with an Non Immigrant ED visa (so for 90 days) which will expire at the 20th of October. 

At the moment I'm clueless of what to do, I know its possible to leave the country and apply for a new visa in an other country, but my budget is limited and I don't want to spend to much on traveling for a new visa. I heard people saying its possible to get a new visa trough my company but I don't think they have any knowledge of this at my company. I also saw its possible to get a visa extension at the immigration service but I couldn't find anything about what was needed for the visa if you are doing an internship. I do have the chance to leave the country for a few days since I can take off when ever I like to, but now I would like to know what the best option is, what is the easiest, less risk full and cheapest to do to get my visa extended. 

Thank you in advance!

 

- Max

[Lamkyong]

At the moment I'm clueless   and you got an ed visa  ???

[Fithman]

It is unlikely that you will be able to obtain an extension unless your internship is linked to a Thai university. 

 

A single entry Non "B" visa could be obtained from a nearby country with paperwork supplied by your employer but another "Ed" visa is not likely to be available.

 

[Maxdb]

On 7-10-2016 at 9:47 PM, Fithman said:

It is unlikely that you will be able to obtain an extension unless your internship is linked to a Thai university. 

 

A single entry Non "B" visa could be obtained from a nearby country with paperwork supplied by your employer but another "Ed" visa is not likely to be available.

 

 

Thats good to know. No my company is not linked to a Thai university, so I guess that means I still have to leave the country.

[Maxdb]

On 7-10-2016 at 6:38 PM, Lamkyong said:

At the moment I'm clueless   and you got an ed visa  ???

Yes I do, but so far I did not look into this matter, all I knew was that I had to leave or extend my visa after 3 months. Its hard to find information about visas with internships since other files are needed and other rules apply when you are doing an internship apparently.

[Kgale Selepe]

Hi maxdb 

How did everything go with regards to extending your visa ? I’m currently in the same  situation you were in two years ago and just need to know what happened / what to do? 

 

Any help is much appreciated. 

TIA x 

[ubonjoe]

11 hours ago, Kgale Selepe said:

How did everything go with regards to extending your visa ?

I assume he left the country to get a new non-ed visa since he has not visited the forum since October of 2016.

As said before an extension of stay is not possible unless the internship is through a Thai university.

[Vai1998]

Hey Kgale,

Even I am in the same situation right now, so can you please help me out, what happened and how did you manage?

Thank you so much,

V