Today I received my DTV from the Thai Embassy in London, in about 5 working days from account creation to visa.

At first I had applied for a private cooking course with a professional chef, however I changed my strategy to Muay Thai lessons after being requested by the London embassy specifically for a headed confirmation letter from a school.

I confirmed with the London embassy that yes, when applying from the UK I must be applying to a school, not with an individual. This is slightly stricter than the official "Thai department of consular affairs (Bangkok)" line, who stated that it does not have to be a school and private lessons would be okay.

My wonderful girlfriend helped me find [members only] Muay Thai school.

They answered promptly to my initial email and booked me onto a course with just email correspondence which was great.

Bashir from Tiger Eye was very very helpful dealing with my request and seemed to have all the documents templates ready to go, which shows that there are schools actively participating in the DTV scheme.

Note on contacting the London Embassy:

Google reviews have stated that staff at the London Embassy of Thailand are near impossible to reach. This was not my experience. I called at around 4:30pm last Wednesday. I just waited past the dial tone, and the message that "[they were] only open until 12", reaching a member of staff in about half an hour.

If I cancel my ED extension of stay, do I need to leave on the exact day that it's cancelled? I told my school a certain day and got the letter to take to immigration to cancel my extension but I later realized my flight is actually 1 day earlier. Do I need to get a new letter from my school or is it ok to leave a day earlier?

Is there an age restriction to get the ED Visa? I heard someone say it must be under 50 years old. Is it true?

Hello all. I have an ED visa, my first extension will be on 13 Sept but I have to come back to my country for a while to solve some issues so I will not come back to Thailand, at least for now. Do I have to cancel my study at the immigration office or not? The school said it is not necessary, it is not an extension and I can stay until Sept 13. Is that correct? Thanks a lot ;)

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Hey I have last 3 months on my ED visa. In schools they told me that I need to leave the country and get back. It's the first time I heard it. Do I Really need to do a "visa run" after one year of ED visa to get the second one ?

American on visa exemption. I'm having issues understanding what a local Muay Thai gym in Ayutthaya needs from me in order to start studying. I can only understand via translated phone call with gym owner so far, afraid information being lost in translation. What I gather is the gym is saying I need a paper from my embassy saying I can study here or something. Im not sure what hes talking about. I thoight i need a form from the gym to take to the local immigration office. Any helpful advice appreciated. Thank you in advance.

I have a Thai EdVisa.

I was wandering if I want to leave the country to visit my family is it really that easy?

My school says: no worry very easy.

They say all I need to do is 1 paper called a reentry permit.

Is this true?

I’m on an ED visa in Chiang Mai. My stamp is for Apr. 22. I plan to leave the country by then.

Ideally, I’d like to cancel my ED visa in Chiang Mai and the spend 2-4 weeks roaming around down south, before leaving by Apr. 22.

Is this possible? i.e. What is usually the largest gap between showing up at immigration to cancel one’s visa and the official ending date for study?

Many thanks.

Anyone can recommend study visa

Hi, I am thinking of converting my tourist visa to an ED visa. I want to do learning thai online. Does anyone have an idea of the average price and can anyone give me any recommendations?