What are the current limitations on the duration of Student (ED) visas in Thailand?

@Tod ********

I’m going to be looking into some programs that are totally unrelated to language study.

@Tod ********

thanks. Yeah so the idea of it being extendable 3x after the first 90 days, effectively, is gone. Is that for all ED visas? Or just the Thai language ones?

I live with sisaket girl...speaks issan as she calls it..and Kymer. .but now via bung khan nong kai ..there dialect....we are now in udon..so I get a mix and match...although she is fluent in english speaking and writing ....

Yes so now it is a lot less years than it used to be so it is ruined for the normal folk. If you are under 50, not married, no children, no job in Thailand, an ED was one of the only affordable and available options. But the system dodgers have to screw it for everyone.....sigh.

The Korat dialect is VERY different from other Isaan dialects. What you will find is that people from different parts of the north-east will find common ground in their languages. Many people speak more than one dialect due to the mixed nature of the population and overlap of language. My wife is from Korat, our neighbours speak a variety of languages from Lao (northern) Northern Thai and a smattering of various Lao-Isaan dialects. When my wife and her sister start talking their Korat dialect, no-one understands (which is probably why they do it:) )

Everyone I speak to in Central Thai understands, and is able to respond so that I do too. Some of the older folk might have to pause a bit to think it through, but they still get it in the end.

It's not just the official Thai language, it's the one that people from all the different language backgrounds use to speak with each other, unless they have another common dialect, or know enough of each other's dialect to get by. Thai people from the regions away from the central area are often multi-lingual. They enjoy having fun with many different aspects of the multiple languages found in Thailand. As learners of Thai, we would need decades to catch up with the average rice farmer in terms of their language skills. Central Thai is the one that we will find to be most useful in any part of the Kingdom. That's why they teach it to us in schools.

exactly my point and view

the Ed visa was a scam...it let people stay when in fact as stated none where learning thai...it was a joke..I can go back 20 years when this was happening...

People that get the visa but don't attend to learn thai, they are abusing the system, and possibly taking the place of someone that genuinely wants to learn

Why is it good that it is tougher for the people who follow the line to pay the price for the abusers??

@Tod ********

..yes they have to learn it...using it is different

they learn thai...but use the local dialect.....I am in udon at the moment...most speak issan as they call it...don't hear thai hardly at all

I would say central thai is mostly educated Chinese thais...

@Tod ********

..yes 25 years here...10 with lady korat...she spoke thai most if the time...10 years with sisaket girl..spoke issan as they call it and Kymer. ..she would not speak thai in sisaket or none kai...only there dialect. ..I spoke thai in sisaket but was ignored most of the time

bar girls are good fun for slang thai...lol

@Graham ********

lol i'm in mae hong son, my missus teaches me northern thai, not a bar girl though 😂

Thai 5 dialects... try and learn all of them lol.....if in issan learn issan from a bar girl....you will learn very quick. ..lol

i agree with that, i have a thai partner and her mum doesn't speak english very well, also a lot of my thai friends i would like to be able to speak more, its basic thai i speak now so doing the ed benefits me by the language and the length of stay. I always believe where you live you should learn the language, i grew up in spain, so i speak fluent spanish, thats how it should be :) p.s i don't expect to ever speak fluent thai 5555

I have a question regarding this: I came to Thailand end of December 2017 on a Non Imm ED visa. 90days. Whenever I go to immigration and get an extension they'll only give me 60days though. How many extensions can I get? Currently on my 2nd on. School said they are not sure I can get another one. Thanks!