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Do I need to buy a return ticket for a 1-year Ed visa application from abroad?

Education Visa ED visa Thailand Visa Rules Visa Application Process Return Ticket Requirement

Jan 18, 2025

a year ago

Kai ******

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Filling up online form for a one year Ed visa from abroad, I have to inout return ticket details. 

Does the mentioned return date have to be within 3months?

 Do I have to buy a return ticket for that date really? If yes, It would just go wasted.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

When applying for a one-year Education visa (ED visa) from abroad, you do not need to show a return ticket that aligns with a three-month timeframe. The purpose of the ED visa is for long-term study, and typically, proof of a return flight is not required. If the online form asks for return ticket details but it's not mandatory, you can choose to leave that section blank.

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Bart **************

You don't need to leave within 3 months, the visa is aimed at staying longer. Is the return flight a required field to fill? If not just leave it blank.

a year ago

Bob **********

@Bart *************

So just look up

A flight number and enter it

a year ago

Kai ******

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@Bart *************

it is required and it is even asking “flight No” for both tickets. It is just baffling me now what to put and what if my flight numbers differ from my application.

a year ago

John **********

@Kai *****

airlines use the same flight number for every route over again. Just look up the route and get the flight number for your chosen airline

a year ago

Bart **************

@Kai *****

then I think just making something up is the way to go. You can't get refused for not sticking with a flight plan for a visa that doesn't require a booking.

a year ago

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Bart **************

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

There's no such thing as a 1 year ED visa. An ED visa is a 90 day visa.

For non-immigrant visas you should not need proof of a flight out of Thailand, but each embassy can set their own requirements.

a year ago

Kai ******

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Brandon ThurkettleThe school told me since January this year rules have changed and thai airport itself is the one issuing edvisa after showing them the printed paper of online application.

And these aside, I am already seeing infront of my screen that flight numbers and their dates is a mandatory field to be filled.

a year ago

John **********

@Kai *****

thai airport issues nothing. Thai immigration put a stamp in your passport after you show them the evisa, just as they did when you had a visa sticker in your passport

a year ago

Kai ******

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@John *********

The school bullshitted me?

a year ago

John **********

@Kai *****

I'm not saying that at all, just that you or they misunderstand the process, most likely just a language issue and nothing to worry about

a year ago

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John **********

Kai ******

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

Wht I mean is that I am staying for one year(extension every 3months). And embassies have no role anymore. Its all online now. It is just the form asking me online about my flight numbers for both Entering and exiting.!

a year ago

John **********

@Kai *****

the visa is for 90 days, the extensions are contingent on you meeting the requirements for the extension

a year ago

Graham ******

@Kai *****

if they ask for flight numbers then give them that, not a ticket

a year ago

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

@Kai *****

who told you embassies have no role anymore? You specifically select an embassy when you are applying through evisa and that embassy is the one who processes your visa application. You meet the requirements of that embassy or you don't get a visa.

In the past some people have just found a flight and took a screenshot of the flight from the airline and uploaded that and it was accepted. It just depends on what the embassy will and won't accept. If they don't like what you provide they will contact you for additional information after you submit your application.

a year ago

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

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Does Immigration Require a Return Ticket for Entry on an Education Visa (Ed Visa)?

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