Can I apply for an ED visa from my current country of residence instead of returning home?

@Brigitta ******

Well... depends on what you want to achieve. You can study even on a visa exempt.

@Brigitta ******

Not the same at all, with the ED you don't have to leave the country when doing your 3 90 day extensions.

SETV gives you 60 days of stay and the ED visa 90 days of stay, you are correct, there both 3 months valid after placing it in your passport, so you have the same 3 months to enter Thailand to use the visa.

Robert Lagas I know, but The Hague and Brussels are not for away from each other. 😄 Tbh, the school warned me about the difficulties of getting an ED in Belgium.

As this is a strange story

@Danny ********

, but she is in the Netherlands and can apply in the Hague, no need to travel to Belgium.

@Brigitta ******

Be warned, I had all the required paperwork with me and the Thai embassy in Belgium (Brussels) still didn't want to give me an ED visa. They only wanted to issue a SETV. Their reasoning, you can study 120 hours on a SETV also. Protested it, but to no avail. But I calculated this into my planning, and went to Kuala Lumpur. No issues there.

You can apply at the Thai Embassy in the Hague if you meet the requirements, which I posted earlier in the link provided.

a Visa is a to be inside the country, there is no automatic medical insurance or any other goods involved. The difference is: The METV is valid for 6 month, you can during these 6 month enter and leave Thailand as much as you like and you will get 60 days of Stay at each entry. Depending on your study, the ED visa is a Single Entry Visa and gives you 90 days of stay, during these 90 days you follow classes and with help of your school you can apply for a Extension of Stay. The 1 year ED visa, is only if you enroll in University education.

Difference is that the METV is for tourism purpose and the ED visa is to study in Thailand, but here you find the requirements: -Non-Immigrant-Visa-ED-(Education).html

If you have proof of residency and working in the Netherlands you can apply for the METV at the Thai Embassy in The Hague. Here are the requirements: -Tourism,-Medical-Treatment.html

And that country is?

So what kind of Multiple Entry Visa are you looking for? We need much more details for this than I don't live in my home county and which visa is better than the other, multi entry visa vs. ED visa?