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Can I enter Thailand a month before my internship starts with a student visa?

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Brooke ************

asked Jul 16, 2024

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Hello I have a question about student visas. If I am traveling to Thailand for a 3 month internship, can I enter Thailand a month before my internship starts, or stay a month after my internship ends? Or do I need to enter Thailand a few days before my internship starts and leave immediately after my internship is over?

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Traveling to Thailand for a 3-month internship on an ED visa allows for a 90-day stay upon arrival. You can enter Thailand anytime during this period, but there is no possibility of extending the visa for the internship. Therefore, your entry and exit dates are flexible within the 90-day limit.

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Brandon ************

If you are traveling with an ED visa, then the visa will give you a 90 day permission to stay stamp when you arrive. You will not be able to apply for any extension on this as there is no extension available for internship. You will get exactly 90 days to do with what you want/need. When you enter and leave is up to you with that knowledge.

2 years ago

Brooke ************

@Brandon ***********

I should probably specify that this a marine biology internship with scuba courses.

2 years ago

Brandon ************

@Brooke ***********

All ED visas are 90 days. What you are doing is irrelevant

2 years ago

John **********

@Brooke ***********

it all depends on the school being authorised and able to provide the paperwork required

2 years ago

Brandon ************

@Brooke ***********

now that visa exempt is 60 days and can extend by 30 days, you're probably better off doing that after your ED visa entry runs out.

2 years ago

Brooke ************

@Brandon ***********

thank you though, that screenshot is more helpful.

2 years ago

Brooke ************

@Brandon ***********

During this program I will be taking classes and earning college credits, as well as taking scuba courses and earning certifications in those. Scuba courses alone are supposed to qualify for student visas and extensions, such as people who travel to Thailand to get their dive master and rescue diver certifications. Or at least that’s what I read.

2 years ago

Brandon ************

@Brooke ***********

that's if you're taking classes. You CANNOT extend an ED visa for an internship. You must leave and apply for a new visa.

2 years ago

Brooke ************

@Brandon ***********

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This says the visas are extendable if you are doing a longer course or program.

2 years ago

Brooke ************

@Brandon ***********

again that makes no sense, so are students taking this internship applying for two ED visas back to back?

2 years ago

Brooke ************

@Brandon ***********

that doesn’t make any sense since the internship can run as long as 6 months, although only want to do 3. I thought ed visas can be extended for up to a year, with you reporting to immigration every 90 days to report your address?

2 years ago