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What are the steps to switch my daughter's student visa from a language school to an international school in Thailand?

Tammy ****
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Hi. We are living in Chiang Mai. My 16 year old daughter was here homeschooling and on thai language school visa since September

2024. She has now been accepted into an intl school full time starting in August. Her next 90 day extension is June 14. The new school isn’t quite ready to give her a student visa til June 16.

Do I pay and extend and then switch over? Or are there any other options? Does the present school cancel her visa or do i? When do we do this? They haven’t offered much help. Exactly what are our options?

TIA
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The user's daughter is currently on a Thai language school visa, expiring June 14, 2025, but she has been accepted into an international school that can only provide the visa paperwork after June 16. The user is unsure whether to renew the current extension or if there are alternative options. Responses suggest applying for a new extension based on the current school's documentation, then later transitioning to the international school visa with their documents. It's important to consult with the immigration office regarding potential overstay and to follow necessary steps for a smooth transition.
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well seeing as she's on an extension that's only good until June 14th and the new school isn't going to give paperwork until June 16th, you either get another 90 day extension with the place she's enrolled at now or you run on overstay for the time until you can apply for a new extension with documents from the new school. <- IF your immigration office will let her overstay until she can apply for the new extension (you'd have to go talk to them before you try to do it that way)

Your daughter isn't on ANY visa at all, and the stamp right now that lets her stay in thailand says "extension of stay permitted until" and has a date (which you say is June 14th)

I'd say get an extension with the documents from the school she's attending now, then get documents from that school stating she stops studying on xxx date, and get the new documents from the new school where she will be attending.

You go and cancel the current extension and immediately apply for a new extension with documents from the new school. All you're doing is changing from an extension based on education at a private language school to one based on education at an international school.

Shouldn't have any problem doing that "reason change" on extensions
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