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Will leaving Thailand on an education visa and returning on a tourist visa affect obtaining a second education visa?

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Apr 5, 2025

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Damo ********

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Hey guys 😎 

If you leave Thailand without canceling your education visa in Phuket (1st year) & return on Tourist visa.

Will you have any problem getting your 2nd education visa in Hua Hin? 

I believed by exiting Thailand, the current visa cancels but then I heard it doesn't unless you cancel it so just looking for clarification.

Thank you 🙏

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The situation regarding obtaining a 2nd education visa in Hua Hin after leaving Thailand without canceling your first education visa depends on whether you were on an initial ED visa or an education extension. If you were on an extension, you must cancel it with school documentation, or you could incur fines and be unable to obtain a new visa. If you were only on an initial 90-day visa, there typically shouldn't be any issues.

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Brandon ************

That depends on if you were previously on an ED VISA, the initial 90 day visa, or if you were on an education extension (the stamp in your passport said extension of stay).

If you were on an extension then you were required to cancel that with documents from your school. You likely won't be able to get any new long term visa or extension until you do cancel it, and when you go to cancel it, they will charge you 500 baht per day for failing to do so, up to a maximum of 20,000 baht.

If you were only on the initial 90 day visa, then visas cannot be cancelled and you shouldn't have any issues.

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