Hello everybody,

 

I want to apply for an ED visa course of 1 year to learn Thai language. I gathered information about it and called many schools. After my readings, it seems that the first visa given after receiving the school's paperwork is a common single entry visa, not a proper ED visa. Is this correct ?

Does it mean that once I will make my demand for a visa at Vientiane, they won't need the school paperwork, and those are only needed to get the extension at the immigration office every 3 months ?

 

I'm asking those questions because I am scare I could be refused a single entry visa. I stayed in Thailand for 8 months already on exemption stamps that I extended at the immigration office. I don't have any visa in my passport yet.

Last time I made a visa run, the officer would not allow me another entry and canceled my previous stamp (the red cancel stamp). I was lucky to talk to a supervisor, I told him that my Thai girlfriend is 8 months pregnant, I showed the hospital papers about it. He allowed me another 1 month entry and left a note above saying that now I would need a proper visa.

 

I am french, 40 years, I want to stay here to take care of my girlfriend who will give birth to our baby next month. What do you think about my situation ?

 

Thanks !

Edited January 9, 20179 yr by alex77777

You would get a single entry non-ed visa that will allow a 90 day entry. You will need paperwork form the school to get. The only reason you would not be issued the visa would be if the paperwork was not correct.

Then you would then get 90 day extensions at immigration up to a total say of one year the includes the 90 day entry from the visa.

If the non-ed visa was denied you could get a single entry tourist visa that would allow a 60 day entry. The previous visa exempt entries you have had would not affect getting one since they only count previous tourist visas.

Thanks a lot for the precise answer. Thank you for helping people around too. I read your comments on many times, they are always of great help.

So what's the difference between an Ed and a non Ed?

Both sound the same. 

2 hours ago, LammyTS1 said:

So what's the difference between an Ed and a non Ed?

Both sound the same. 

The is no visa called ED. It would be non immigrant ED visa (aka non-ed).

I'm confused and pardon me for stupidly.
You say you can get a non-ed single entry visa for 90 days and then 90 day reporting for a year along with school documentation?
Isn't that the Ed visa you mean?
I thought anyone under 50 could not get a single entry visa of more than 60 days unless it was an education visa?


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25 minutes ago, LammyTS1 said:

I'm confused and pardon me for stupidly.
You say you can get a non-ed single entry visa for 90 days and then 90 day reporting for a year along with school documentation?
Isn't that the Ed visa you mean?
I thought anyone under 50 could not get a single entry visa of more than 60 days unless it was an education visa?
 

You get a single entry non-ed visa that allows a 90 day entry and the you apply for 90 day extensions of it at immigration using paperwork from the school. You also need to 90 day reports. You are on the non-ed visa when you enter the country and then you are on extensions of stay based upon attending a school.

The non-ed visa is not the only visa that can be obtained. A non-b for working is possible or a non-o if married to a Thai or for volunteer work. 

You get a single entry non-ed visa that allows a 90 day entry and the you apply for 90 day extensions of it at immigration using paperwork from the school. You also need to 90 day reports. You are on the non-ed visa when you enter the country and then you are on extensions of stay based upon attending a school.

The non-ed visa is not the only visa that can be obtained. A non-b for working is possible or a non-o if married to a Thai or for volunteer work. 

So how is an education visa different from a non-ed visa?

When I enquired to a school about this, they told me I had to get an education visa & explained the 90 day reporting. I've not heard of a non-ed visa?

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"Ed Visa" = "Non Ed Visa" = "Non-Immigration Ed Visa"

 

The "visa" you start with is "used" as soon as you enter Thailand, and what you have from that point forward is a "permission of stay."  Visas are obtained outside of Thailand (in almost all cases).

 

What you get to continue staying in Thailand past the initial 90-days is an "extension of stay" - which is technically not a "visa".   You will obtain these at the immigration office near where you live in Thailand. 

 

The terminology may sound pedantic, but it actually helps to clarify what people are talking about when they ask questions.

10 minutes ago, LammyTS1 said:

So how is an education visa different from a non-ed visa?

When I enquired to a school about this, they told me I had to get an education visa & explained the 90 day reporting. I've not heard of a non-ed visa?

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The ED in a non-ed visa is a abbreviation for education. Non immigrant visas are issued as different categories. See: http://www.mfa.go.th/main/en/services/4908/15398-Issuance-of-Visa.html

 

Fully understand now.
The terminology confused me.
Thanks for clearing things up.


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