What should I do if I'm denied reentry to Thailand on an ED Visa?

UPDATE...

@Matt *******

has been ALLOWED to enter Thailand at the Phuket airport.

FYI... His Ed Visa is for the study of the Chinese language.

The PHUKET Thai Immigration Officers brought another Chinese person seeking to enter Thailand...

They asked Matt if he would help Thai immigration officers to translate with the Chinese citizen for them.

"A Chinese National was brought in with Visa issues and I offered to translate for them"

Matt agreed 👍

" I'm sure that showing my ability to speak Chinese helped to show that I was studying it, but they told me it was MY HELP that WAS the REASON they LET me in"

Matt also said that there were others being questioned by Thai Immigration which also had the Ed Visa.

And when asked to show PROOF of their Ed Visa course of study contract with the Thai language school, They did and were ALLOWED to enter Thailand.

Bottom line...

Stay in Thailand during the Ed Visa course of study.

If absolutely necessary to leave, have proof of your course of study with you.

That's the first time we have heard of the need to Carry Ed Visa course documents with you when you LEAVE Thailand.

Happy that Matt is now in Thailand.

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@Matt *******

please KEEP ME UPDATED on your situation... By using PM message me. As it's nearly midnight in Phuket, I will close comments on your post for the night. Hopefully you have found a successful way to enter Thailand.

I suggest you to PM message

@Tod ********

for further advice. He's our EXPERT 👍 and is usually an early riser each new Morning 🌄.

Don’t be to surprised if immigration knock on the schools door and ask for you full attendance record. They aren’t messing about these days

They want to see that you are actually enrolled in school and not trying to just live here on an ED visa.

Show the contract then or any email or whatever proof, if it’s a legitimate ED visa.

If not….

Don‘t know if this is allowed to post here. If not , please delete it. Don’t sign anything and propose them to book a ticket to a neighboring country. Normally, they will deny and send you to the country you just arrived from, but you can try it. After that choose a friendly land-border into Thailand, where you won’t have any trouble and learn from your „mistake“.

I wish you success in obtaining permission to enter Thailand.

And I suggest you get the correct Thai Visa for LIVING in and Working from Thailand. You may find the New LTR 10 year Thai Visa to be an excellent Visa choice for you and your business.

This is the post which I posted about the Ed Visa and being DENIED entry into Thailand when you leave during the course of study for which you obtained the Ed Visa.

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Please read my REPLY UPDATE of March 24th...

3 hours after I posted this on the forum....

I am going to share this Post which was submitted for approval Friday March 24th at 9:00pm... and I replied via PM with my advice.

I have not shown the name of the poster, BUT wish to share this as we get this kind of question about traveling out of Thailand when on an Ed Visa for Study of Thai language.

Especially now, due to the ADDED SCRUTINY of ED VISAS... and the SCHOOLS by Thai Immigration, students are expected to be attending classes and pass tests in order to obtain any extension of stay of the Ed Visa.

Questions are being asked by Thai Immigration Officers upon arrival back into Thailand. And reentry may be DENIED, especially if you have a recent history of staying in Thailand using varied visas Visa exempt entry and COVID extensions.

I suggest you FOCUS on YOUR STUDIES and leave the travels to other countries until after you have completed the full course of study.

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YES it's happening often... The Ed Visa is for attendance at classes and passing tests during the term of the course. We have warned about this happening in other posts on this forum.

Where are you now? At BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport?