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Why does extending an education visa at Changwattana take a whole day?

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Oct 24, 2019

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As a word of advice, if you plan on extending your education visa at Changwattana, you better plan to lose your entire day. It took me the better part of 8 hours today.  Thankfully there was a medicinal massage shop at b1 to help pass the time.

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Extending an education visa at Changwattana can be a lengthy process, often taking most of the day, as experienced by a user who spent about 8 hours there. The wait may be longer after a National Holiday, but there are facilities like massage shops nearby to help pass the time.

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It also was a day after a National Holiday

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Yeah I assumed this was also a contributing factor to the long queue. The government workers didn't break in the afternoon and I'm pretty sure they stayed at the office until at least 9 pm. I left at 745 and there was a minimum of 50-70 people behind me, possibly more.

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Steven *********

At least there's a happy ending to this story

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