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

@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

@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.

@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

@Kai *****

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

@Kai *****

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

@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.