How long can I leave Thailand with a re-entry permit on an education visa during a family emergency?

Contact immigration office to get the correct advice.

If all else fails, go to the Immigration Office and see if they can recommend something.

Usually with ED visas, your given advice not to leave the country, Brandon has given you good advice regarding your situation, so I suppose the decision is yours, I understand your difficult situation.

The re-entry permit is issued until the final date of the current visa. If it's a normal education Visa that means it's every 3 months. If it's a university program it's usually one year. But without seeing the passport you will know when it expires. If you're not back by the date that it expires your education Visa finishes.

It's probable that a regular 3 month extension visa will finish soon, so try to extend early.

One month. But getting a letter from your school would help. Sorry to hear about what you are dealing with. That’s tough. I hope you have a safe journey 🙏

Does school offer online classes? I’m in Thailand on an ED visa but I never go to pantip for classes. I always do online because I had surgery back in June here in Thailand. There are ppl in my class that are in America while attending classes.

Sorry to hear but I have been on the wait list for 1.5 years n not scheduled yet for total knee replacement n Medicare is free but so dilute.

Technically you can stay out until the day before your visa expires, it will be mentioned in the reentry stamp. However, unless you have written permision from your school saying how long they are allowing you to skip lessons and a good idea would be the why, you could be refused entry. So if they give you 3 weeks in the letter, you have to return within the 3 weeks.

The truth of the matter is that there is no amount of time you can leave and be guaranteed they will let you back in. An ED visa was issued to you for attending classes inside Thailand. When you are not in Thailand, you are not attending classes like you said you would.

The most you can do is get a letter from your school stating that you have permission to leave, how long you are allowed to leave for, and why you needed to leave. Then you should also have your own paperwork supporting the reason that is stated in the school letter about why you needed to leave. The letter should also include direct contact information for the administration of your school.

But as I said, there is nothing that will guarantee you can get back in. A couple of months ago someone left Thailand with all of this type of documentation, and when they returned, the immigration officers even called the administrator of the school and spoke to them on the phone, and still denied entry to the person.