What should I do to cancel my expired ED-Visa in Thailand and will I face any fines?

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Mar 22, 2022

3 years ago

ORIGINAL POSTER

Good afternoon! I have a question referring to ed-visa cancelation. 

My Ed-Visa expired on 17th Jan 2022, and I came back to my home country at that time for a holiday. In March 2022, I obtained a non-B Visa in my home country to work for a company in Thailand, which is valid for 90 days. However, I haven't canceled my Ed-Visa and now I am not able to extend the non-B visa for up to 1 year until the Ed-Visa is canceled. 

May I ask in this case, should I have any problem at the immigration office when I ask for a Visa cancellation or should I have to pay a fine? 

Thank you for your advice in advance.

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user inquired about the cancellation of their expired Ed-Visa after returning to their home country. They obtained a Non-B visa but cannot extend it until their Ed-Visa is canceled. Comments suggest that the user should have canceled their Ed-Visa before leaving Thailand and would likely incur a fine for not doing so.

Tod *********

you should have cancelled your ED extension BEFORE you left the country with documentation from your school by going to the immigration office

You will need the paper from the school stating when you stopped studying (probably dated the day you stamped OUT of thailand 😛 )

They will charge you a fine of 500 baht a day up to a maximum of 20K baht because you didn't do it

You have to go to the immigration office that issued that extension to cancel it, no other office can do it

3 years ago

Ngọc ****

ORIGINAL POSTER

Thank you, Tod. May I ask besides paying the fine, will the officer refuse to stamp a cancellation stamp in my passport because I came back to Thailand on a non-B Visa?

3 years ago

Ngọc ****

ORIGINAL POSTER

I see. I appreciate your help, Tod. Have a nice evening!

3 years ago

Tod *********

@Ngọc ***

nope, shouldn't have a problem, believe me you're far from the first person to not cancel an extension before they left and then come back in and can't get a new extension until they do

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