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What are the current visa extension procedures and fees for ED visas in Thailand?
Edit. Aug 5, 2020. At immigration now. ฿1900 as usual. Itwas my school offering a service. Immigration is still operating normally. Thanks to all that responded.
FWIW it took me 55 min at immigration.
Edit for clarity:
This is for my extension of stay. NOT A NEW VISA. I have an ED visa issUed nov 2019. So this is my last extension of stay for this original ed visa.
How about the cnx immigration extorting extra money on my ed visa extension.
Wtf?
Here is the email i received from my school:
I would like to inform you about a new procedure for a visa extension at Chiang mai immigration. The director of immigration invited the school staff to meet him to inform about the new procedure that the school should have a service by submitting the visa paperwork at immigration for students. And then make an appointment to take a photo just 10-15 minutes at immigration in the next day. However, there is a service fee for that, please check it out;
Visa extension fee 1,900 Baht
Service fee 1,000 Baht (visa extension)
100 Baht (90 days report)
Total 3,000 Baht
FWIW it took me 55 min at immigration.
Edit for clarity:
This is for my extension of stay. NOT A NEW VISA. I have an ED visa issUed nov 2019. So this is my last extension of stay for this original ed visa.
How about the cnx immigration extorting extra money on my ed visa extension.
Wtf?
Here is the email i received from my school:
I would like to inform you about a new procedure for a visa extension at Chiang mai immigration. The director of immigration invited the school staff to meet him to inform about the new procedure that the school should have a service by submitting the visa paperwork at immigration for students. And then make an appointment to take a photo just 10-15 minutes at immigration in the next day. However, there is a service fee for that, please check it out;
Visa extension fee 1,900 Baht
Service fee 1,000 Baht (visa extension)
100 Baht (90 days report)
Total 3,000 Baht
Answer summary
This post details the experiences and costs related to the extension of an Educational (ED) visa in Thailand, particularly at the Chiang Mai immigration office. The user outlines the fees involved, including a total of ฿3,000 (covering a ฿1,900 visa extension fee and a ฿1,100 service fee charged by their school). They report that the immigration office is functioning normally, and share feedback from comments discussing variations in immigration costs across different locations in Thailand and alternative options for processing visas.
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ニーナ *****
Are we able to process an ED visa while we are here in Thailand?
Eddie *******
OPAug 5, 2020. At immigration now. ฿1900 as usual. Itwas my school offering a service. Immigration is still operating normally. Thanks to all that responded.
FWIW it took me 55 min at immigration
FWIW it took me 55 min at immigration
Ivan ************
That sounds fine. Historically extending an Ed visa in Chiang Mai was a queue at 2AM affair if you wanted to do it yourself.
Brian **********
@Eddie ******
so next time you got to decide if 45 more min is worth 1000 baht fee to the agent.Eddie *******
OP@Brian *********
not worth it. I would rather use it for fuel, hotel , beer, bike maintenance , food, rent etc etc. Sitting at immigration is a perfect place to do my homework! A perfect use of time and money!
Brian **********
@Eddie ******
then I'm glad it worked out for you.
Garrett ***********
Service fee?
Tod *********
@Eddie ******
I didn't bother to read the responses BUT it would appear to me that you're actually going to a school where you're not required to attend AND they're "greasing the wheel" so you can get your extensions/file 90 day reports etc.I'd say just get the paperwork from them and go on your own to immigration without their help..
Eddie *******
OP@Tod ********
i will try this. FWIW I do attend school. I do not need any grease. But maybe that is a service offered as well.
Again. The last two extensions i have done by myself paperwork in hand , were the standard 1900b.
Thanks
Jeffrey ************
Pay it.... 😊👍
Ryan *******
To summarize what everyone else has said: Get a life you whining little bastard. You have an incredibly exaggerated sense of your own importance, if you call that extortion. I was held up by armed vigilantes on the border of Angola and Congo.... they put a Bowie knife to my testicles and demanded $500 cash money I didnt have on me... That's extortion my friend. You are a child.
Michael ********
@Ryan ******
so are you $500 short? Or a few inches short? 😆Ivan ************
I would say 1,000B service fee to not have to queue from 3AM and just go in 10 minutes to take a photo is a very good deal.
Mike ********
@Ivan ***********
He wouldn’t need to come in at 3am anyway. This is a common thing I’ve been seeing, though. The school’s relationship with immigration is what the ‘service fee’ is for. Otherwise...well, paperwork gets lost all the time. Just sayin’. 
John ****************
Wasting your time & jeopardizing your job
John ****************
Cheap - grab it quietly
David *********
3000 bhts for peace of mind cheap really
Ivan ************
It's not even 3,000B. It's 1,000B, plus an extra 100 for doing the 90 day. The visa extension is 1,900 if you do it yourself.
David *********
Yes you are right I would just pay 3000
And forget it
And forget it
Eddie *******
OPOk. I reread the e mail. MAYBE it is the. School.
I have sent the school an e mail saying i will do it myself i do not need their help. I will be in to pick up my paperwork this week.
I need to sign something so they can not just go and do it on their own.
Lets see what happens.
Up till now the school has been great. Classes are good etc etc.
I have sent the school an e mail saying i will do it myself i do not need their help. I will be in to pick up my paperwork this week.
I need to sign something so they can not just go and do it on their own.
Lets see what happens.
Up till now the school has been great. Classes are good etc etc.
Tony *******
By now i didnt ask extra extention service. Nut is true 1900thb to the immigration for extention each time
Keef ********
Well cheap that service fee is minimal by the school. I spend more than that on a couple of beers down sukhumvit. Cmon man others are paying huge sums
แมทธิว **************
Extortion Thailand no never 😂
Francis ********
This happened to me! I had to pay another
*****
bhat to my school and i still can not even enter the country. I asked for a refund they said it’s with immigration and not possible 
Darren *******
@Francis *******
don't worry, I'm sure the immigration officer had a good party with your moneyFrancis ********
@Darren ******
loool. That’s was around 500gbp. I asked my school why it’s this fee. They gave me the misconception if I pay it I can re enter country. Yet I’m still stuck in Uk lol. Was shocked as Thai people tend to be very honest but this pandemic has shifted their morality evidently 
Oliver ********
@Francis *******
they really need cash atm
Shannon ********
I'd happily pay this to get my visa done in ctry. 3k baht? And not leaving.. it would cost u a lot more and time to leave the ctry.. even if u could
Todd *********
Getting off cheap mate. Pay the money and enjoy
Sid *******
Normally you would have to leave the country for you’re ED Visa so considering you don’t have that expense and hassle 3000 Baht is cheap
Chester ********
Agency just charged me 55k for 12mnths ed
Ezio ********
Do you think is it a legit visa ? Cause Im also considering to pay agency to get a 3 months visa for 20k
Chester ********
@Gui****
my one pretty sure is.. agency very well known, school legit, could only enroll after amnesty extension was notified. 20k for 3 months wew. Chester ********
@MarG*****
i don't know. Mines 56k for 12months all inclusive.
Marguyvin **********
@Chester *******
is it another 20k after 3 months???Chester ********
@MarG*****
they do it for me every 3 months, i prolly just get more pics. I'm enrolled at a local school and start lessons mondayMarguyvin **********
@Chester *******
what happens after 3 months? How do you extend? And what school do you have to attend?Oliver ********
@Chester *******
told the same to me but 20k for the School rest to immigration Darren *******
@Chester *******
you could've got 20 odd visas for that price...Chester ********
@Dar***
it's 12mnths all inclusive no 90day extras and full time tuition. Next year I'll pursue a business visa. I went to 5 agencies in pattaya and all within 5k of eachother, 2 said not able to do at allDarren *******
@Chester *******
it's because you've effectively bribed an immigration officer in some backwater province to give you a visa under the table.Todd *********
you got crushed on that one, but if happy with the result.... awesome!!1
Brian **********
It sounds like the fee is to the school. The alternative is you go in person with all your paperwork and wait in line.
Roy ***********
@Brian *********
I think it may not be an option for him to go by himself. Perhaps immigration told schools they have to do it this way to have less work.When I go to our immigration office, sometimes they had more than 10 foreign students in there. Everybody else had to wait many hours, as there were only 3 or 4 people working there.
Eddie *******
OP@Brian *********
they are not going. I go on my own. I have done this 3 times alreadyBrian **********
@Eddie ******
and they already sent someone in with your paperwork.Eddie *******
OP@Brian *********
this is the 3rd time i am doing this. They never did it for me before. If it is fact the school i will take my paperwork and do it myself like i always do.
I will ask the school to be sure
Brian **********
@Eddie ******
like they arranged vip roll out the rent carpet fast lane for you. Brian **********
@Eddie ******
your going only in for a picture....I think you might not understand what's normal.
Ben *********
Is this standard across Thailand or just being creative?
John ********
The last two immigration offices I’ve dealt with offered this service to schools with international students and foreign teachers without charge. Going on 5-6 years already.
Made sense. It lowered the IO’s workload tremendously by having the school submit all the documents in one batch and not having to deal with the individual foreigners involved. The foreigners supplied their own photos.
Efficient, free and a done deal. Win-win for everybody.
Seems like your new development is definitely a win-lose scenario. 😢
Made sense. It lowered the IO’s workload tremendously by having the school submit all the documents in one batch and not having to deal with the individual foreigners involved. The foreigners supplied their own photos.
Efficient, free and a done deal. Win-win for everybody.
Seems like your new development is definitely a win-lose scenario. 😢
Shelley ********
Immigration in krabi just charged me
*****
baht to convert my sons visa to a educational one. This seems cheap to me!!Oliver ********
@Shelley *******
so is possible to switch an turist visa to ed for 17.000?
Dan ********
@Shelley *******
sorry to hear that Shelley, I am approaching a similar situation. When did it happen, what exact date ? You were told or shown this, or just as it ‘happened’ which province ? Which school ? Thank hiu Shelley ********
@Dan *******
yes it's possible to switch for a price!I was told it, well, my school was, and I was indeed made to pay it at immigration, nothing written, no receipt 😔 this was Wednesday just gone.
Its in krabi, and the school is a international school for children on koh Lanta 🙏
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