What alternatives exist for education visas in Thailand aside from language learning and Muay Thai?

cooking, massage, study at university for example ...

Okay what people are getting confused about is the difference between a VISA and an extension of stay.

When it comes to education visas, you get paperwork and go get a 90 day single entry ED visa from a thai consulate. Then when that is expiring you go get a 90 day extension. <- Once you get your extension you're NOT on ANY visa anymore. You're on extensions of stays.

As far as learning the thai language most people get a 90 day ED visa and then can get extensions of stays for 6 more months (totaling about 9 months of stay). That takes them thru basic and intermediate thai classes. Then they go get a NEW 90 single entry ED visa and an get extension of stay for 3 more months (totaling about 6 months of stay) That gets them thru the advanced level of thai.

Just so we're clear, this image shows a VISA on top and an extension below it. IF you have the bottom stamp in your passport, you're NOT on ANY visa, you're on extensions of stays.

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No such thing as a 9 month ED visa, how long you can stay depends on many variables but normally you will be staying on an extension of stay and not the visa itself. I know many people who entered on a ED visa studying to become divemaster.

Benjamin Haag They don't come cheap though.

Cordon Bleu Dusit Thani Bangkok comes to mind, I believe they sponsor ED visas.

Ok so other options are cooking classes and self defence classes. The latter one in Chiang Mai if you are not too good at self defence it will take a long time to learn.

You go to a school or University of your choice of study. There you ask if the school is certified by the Ministry of Education and if they can help you with the papers for an Education Visa.

You could go to uni

So do i get a "feed elephants with small bananas ed visa"?

Yes, i wonder to about the scuba divver instructor ed visa, hahaha.

Robert since when? You don’t get a Ed visa for scuba diver instructor

Just wonder why you ask? You want to stay easy in Thailand holding an ED visa or do you really are interested to learn something?

Scuba Diving Instructor for example.

So?

Yes, there are.