What are the requirements and extension possibilities for an Educational Visa (ED) in Thailand?

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Dec 13, 2017

7 years ago

Michele *************

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Hi folks!

Educational Visa... the school I would like to attend included this in the document list I have to provide:

"All countries need to provide a police history check certificate from their embassy or local police station".

Have you had the same requirement?

Can the 6 months ED visa extended to 12? and the 12 months one?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The post discusses the requirement for a police history check certificate for obtaining an Educational Visa (ED) in Thailand, specifically for a school application. It seeks clarification on whether a 6-month ED visa can be extended to 12 months. Community responses confirm that an ED visa is not issued for 6 or 12 months directly; rather, the process involves obtaining a 90-day Non-Immigrant Type ED visa, which can be extended at the immigration office with school paperwork, rather than a fixed duration for the visa itself.

Tod *********

To get a police check inside the country you can use the Special Branch division here in Bangkok, or check to see if your area has an office.

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7 years ago

Michele *************

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Thank you, this is so useful

7 years ago

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Tod *********

The way it works for an ED visa for a private school is like this;

You get the paperwork from the school and the Ministry of Education to go to a thai consulate in a neighboring country and apply for a 90 day Non-Immigrant Type ED visa

Then when that 90 days is running out you get more paperwork from the school and go to the immigration office to apply for a 90 day extension. You do that for the entire time you signed up to study.

There is no 6 month ED visa, there is no year ED visa for studying at a private school

7 years ago

Tod *********

It sounds like you're applying at a school in the south of thailand because they recently implemented a policy like that for all the schools down there.

7 years ago

Michele *************

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Yes, in Koh Phangan

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