Can I apply for a tourist visa after my ED visa expires and leave for Malaysia?

@Rick *******

insofar as you'll get out without cancelling your current extension yes, 🙂

@Rick *******

yep just as I said, here

𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻' 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽,

𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮,

𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻' 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮

𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆.

@Rick *******

now the thing is, IF you're not gonna ever get a Non-imm visa to thailand of any type, AND if you're exiting by air, to just buy a tourist visa in another country and come back after you have that (by land is fine), use the time on the tourist visa and go back to where you come from in all reality you don't have to cancel the extension 🙂😮

it won't stop you from comin' in on a free 30 day entry stamp, it wont stop you from getting a tourist visa, it won't stop you from comin' into the country on a tourist visa or getting a 30 day extension on a free entry stamp or a tourist visa entry.

It's just you didn't officially cancel your extension and that WILL cause you grief if you ever try to get a new Non-Imm visa

@Rick *******

you get a letter from your school saying you stop studying on xx date (usually the day your extension expires). You go to the immigration office about a week before that date with the letter and cancel the extension. The immigration office will cancel the extension and stamp you in until the termination date on the letter from the school THEN you leave on or by that date