Do you need to be in school all day with an education visa in Thailand?

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

I meant that cookery or Muay Thai should be used as soft options for DTV, not language lessons. I wasn't talking about ED visa. That was Stephen (see above)

@Paul *****************

never heard of an ED visa for Thai cooking. That's a DTV thing

Alastair Gray Immigration now has a sharper eye than before on all those Non-ED students

Jeff Stein I was not offended. I simply commented that there were too many jaded useless sarcasm in this group. You and a few others felt the need to justify the reason for the useless comments. Fact! It’s moot at this point. Go bug someone else please.

Asianchicknotthai exactly, you are the one calling everyone out that they are assuming when the poster herself said she plans on working remotely if she gets an education visa and that's illegal and people including myself and moderators pointed that out. Somehow that offended you and your thin skin.

I guess you think people should not tell her and let her end up in a detention center for a month and let her get a big fine up to 50,000 she can't afford to pay followed by deportation and a 5 year ban. Ya, that sounds like great advice 🙄

Jeff Stein you should learn how to read period. I commented on the comments to her “original post”. Which is a thread in its own. You decided to read every other thread to then chose to reply to my thread with your own assumption of her ill intent. Asking is not doing! Now who is the fool?

There you go again, a non Thai man telling another non Thai how all the foreigners became jaded! Besides, according to your theory per your snippet above, she stated she “will do things by the book” which proves to me again, that there are too many jaded men giving useless advice on this page. She asked a fair question and it snowballed. Nonsense indeed!

Asianchicknotthai

1. If you're working remotely without a proper and correct visa it's illegal.

2. If you're working remotely on an education visa that's illegal.

3. She is asking how to get an education visa and has stated in a reply that she'll be working remotely, that's illegal.

4. You can't have 2 visas at one time.

5. It's people like this that try to find loopholes and make a joke of the laws and requirements to live here and that's why there are major crackdowns on businesses and visas.

6. You need to learn how to read a thread before you accuse people because now you look like a fool.

Barbara Drtina may you continue to meet “kind” people. Safe journey to you!

It looks like you’re too busy, Barbara, to get the full benefit of a language course right now. I don’t know if you’ve studied languages before, but while foreigners can and do speak Thai, what surprised me was how many Chinese students REALLY struggled with it. In my ignorance or innocence, I thought Chinese speakers would grasp it much faster than Westerners. They can’t, and that feedback actually comes from many Chinese students who already speak a few languages fluently! Personally, I can also speak Japanese and Hindi to a communicative level, so seeing them struggle with the structure and tones was a real eye-opener for me.Because of your background, you already know your own study style. Plus, as a teacher, you can understand the instructor's perspective when it comes to managing a group class setting. One-to-one lessons might be a better option for you. Most school courses are based on 2-hour classes, usually 3 to 4 times a week depending on the school. You can, of course, do this online with many schools. However, from my experience as a student—and from seeing many teachers—there were often internet problems, or the teachers just didn’t give as much attention to the online students.Maybe a Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) is a better fit for you, especially since you are looking for visa options and mentioned having more than one job. You can look into how to manage your time to get the best out of learning Thai. I used to do 2-hour classes alongside 2 to 4 hours of self-study every day. It’s also highly beneficial to learn Thai writing as soon as possible. It might slow down your speaking progress initially, but after a few months, once you get faster and more proficient at writing, your speaking and listening skills will really motor ahead!I completely get why so many people are wary of newcomers. I was actually a victim of the Education Visa clampdowns myself. It was unclear if visas would get renewed due to the restrictions, even though I was a serious student. When a clampdown happens, everyone potentially gets dragged into it in some way or another until things settle down again. Just keep in mind that you will get tested at Immigration every 90 days—which isn't too much to worry about—and you will need to show at least 80% attendance.For my part, I gave myself 4 years to study on the Education Visa, with the understanding that I still wouldn’t be speaking with more fluency than a 7-year-old. But that is more than enough to operate comfortably in Thailand! Enjoy!

It looks like you’re too busy, Barbara, to get the full benefit of a language course right now. I don’t know if you’ve studied languages before, but while foreigners can and do speak Thai, what surprised me was how many Chinese students REALLY struggled with it. In my ignorance or innocence, I thought Chinese speakers would grasp it much faster than Westerners. They can’t, and that feedback actually comes from many Chinese students who already speak a few languages fluently! Personally, I can also speak Japanese and Hindi to a communicative level, so seeing them struggle with the structure and tones was a real eye-opener for me.Because of your background, you already know your own study style. Plus, as a teacher, you can understand the instructor's perspective when it comes to managing a group class setting. One-to-one lessons might be a better option for you. Most school courses are based on 2-hour classes, usually 3 to 4 times a week depending on the school. You can, of course, do this online with many schools. However, from my experience as a student—and from seeing many teachers—there were often internet problems, or the teachers just didn’t give as much attention to the online students.Maybe a Destination Thailand Visa (DTV) is a better fit for you, especially since you are looking for visa options and mentioned having more than one job. You can look into how to manage your time to get the best out of learning Thai. I used to do 2-hour classes alongside 2 to 4 hours of self-study every day. It’s also highly beneficial to learn Thai writing as soon as possible. It might slow down your speaking progress initially, but after a few months, once you get faster and more proficient at writing, your speaking and listening skills will really motor ahead!I completely get why so many people are wary of newcomers. I was actually a victim of the Education Visa clampdowns myself. It was unclear if visas would get renewed due to the restrictions, even though I was a serious student. When a clampdown happens, everyone potentially gets dragged into it in some way or another until things settle down again. Just keep in mind that you will get tested at Immigration every 90 days—which isn't too much to worry about—and you will need to show at least 80% attendance.For my part, I gave myself 4 years to study on the Education Visa, with the understanding that I still wouldn’t be speaking with more fluency than a 7-year-old. But that is more than enough to operate comfortably in Thailand! Enjoy!

PositiveChestnut8663 Would that not be an overnap?

Barbara Drtina well if you work remotely, why do you not apply for the DTV ? If you are caught out working remotely on a Non-Imm-ED Visa, you will get arrested, put into Detention Center, they take your phone away and let you fry in there for a couple of weeks, then allow you to fly back home one-way, and will blacklist you from entering Thailand in the next 5 years. You should be aware that your plans (ED-visa and remote work) already are pointing into illegal activity

Barbara Drtina work remotely on an education visa? So not follow the rules at all and illegally work.

@Barbara *******

doing things by the book means you cannot work remotely on an education visa though