Good morning. Are there any South Africans on this group whom I could chat to who are in Thailand on the Non O-A visa obtained in South Africa? I just have a few questions. Thanking you in advance.

Good day everyone. Is there any South Africans on this group who is able to share their experience with me. You're welcome to send me a private message. I will arrive in Thailand soon on a work visa (Non B) and my son, 14 years old, on a tourist visa on arrival.

First question is: How was your experience, if you had a similar experience, when converting your child's tourist visa to an Ed visa?

Second question: What documentation, other than what the school will provide, did you need?

Third question: Finances? (All fees involved) Last question: Did you do a visa run to any neighbouring countries, which one is the best to be able to get the convertion from tourist to Ed visa done?

Thank you, much appreciated.

Hi everyone. Only seeing this now and we have to go do our visas tomorrow. Hotel booked and everything. Any advice???

We are flying back tonight to Phuket, we came to KL for Non B and non O just to find out South Africans cannot do it here anymore. So we will be returning on a 30 day exempt visa, we have 30k on us will this be fine or do I need to draw the other 10k as well? We have a rental agreement for 30 days and then we have an emirates ticket to fly back to SA the 19 December. So we have an exit ticket but it will be longer than 30 days. Should I explain we are in process of doing our Non B and Non O or what is the best thing to say when they ask? We are soooo stressed!