Hey everyone and thanks in advance for your advice. My partner and I are in a fortunate position where we are moving to Thailand, and have the means to support ourselves while we explore our dreams on what we want to do with our lives career wise.

I'm an ecologist, and want to be able to volunteer my time and expertise but also learn from the various conservation projects going on around Thailand. I see Chiang Mai Uni has a great forest ecology department so I'll be dropping in there for a chat with the staff. If I've done my homework correctly I will need the Non immigrant business visa with a work permit to do any of this kind of hands on volunteer work. The question is, am I able to apply for this before I go to Thailand and before I've actually secured any of these volunteer ideas?

We're looking at a longer term visa option with the ability to become residents in the future

How do I find out information about student visas or to teach in thailand?

Prices, when to apply ect and who with?

Thanks in advance.

Im 40. Retired but dont quite meet elite criteria funds.

Hi everyone!

I'll be provided the required documents for a ED visa (September - January) from Chiang Mai University. However, the faculty is really busy at the moment and it's taking them a while to send me the documents. Plus, allegedely the electronic visa application takes 3+ weeks, which means that I might not be able to come right in the beginning of september like I planned.

I was now thinking if it is possible to come on a tourist visa-on-arrival and change to ED visa once I'm there. I've read conflicting information about this online, does anyone here have experience with this?

-Chiang Mai university, a father and daughter sit at the lake and feed the fish.

Hi folks,

Planning to live in Thailand for a whole year on a ED visa, starting from August - September. As I’m not an english native speaker, I would like to enroll in English classes.

During my language stay in Canada, I chose the language center of the University of Vancouver instead of the usual language centers because the courses seemed to be of better quality. Does anyone know if this alternative exists in Thailand?

Otherwise, any particular school to recommend? I’m looking for a light program, preferably 2x4h/week.

Thanks for your input! 🙏🏻

Change Visa from Non-Immigrant ED to Tourist?

Hey everyone! I am currently an exchange student at Chiang Mai University and my student visa is valid until the end of January. I would like to stay in Thailand for a bit longer, both for research/ fieldwork and for a little vacation in the south, as I hadn't had the chance to go there yet.

Do you know if it is possible to change my visa to a tourist visa? And if yes, how? I've tried to google, but nothing came up. I would also have the option to apply for affiliated researcher status at CMU, however that doesn't guarantee an extension and it would also be way more complicated for me compared to just changing the type of visa 😅

Thank you in advance :)

Hi all really confused about what visa me and my family need to move to thailand, if anyone can help?

My daughter is 18 and looking to get a place at chiang mai university.

My son is 13 and will be going to school.

Im 40 and wife 37 so cant get a retirement visa, so what visa would be best for us to move out there.

Thanks for your help 😊

Hi all really confused about what visa me and my family need to move to thailand, if anyone can help?

My daughter is 18 and looking to get a place at chiang mai university.

My son is 13 and will be going to school.

Im 40 and wife 37 so cant get a retirement visa, so what visa would be best for us to move out there.

Thanks for your help 😊

Hi all,

So, I just want to make sure there's no potential issue with my plan. I'm in Thailand, on my first ED Visa, which is coming to an end on March 15th. I'm going to get a new one at Chiang Mai University (already checked with them), but with this lovely smoke season coming up, I'd like to skip town, and squeeze a '60-day Covid extension' in between. So, end of February, I would go to immigration here in CM, get the 60 days extension, go away for a month or so, and come back in May to get my new ED Visa.

Anybody sees an issue with this plan?

Hi! I am moving from spain to chiang mai on ed visa to study at CMU. I paid the course already and got all my paperwork ready but suddenly the embassy in madrid closed without pre notice and now i have to wait until they reopen next year to apply.

I could go as turist (so i dont need to change my flight and ASQ Hotel booking and etc) but i cant move my stuff and get it there with this turist visa, so i need to change to ed visa there to be able to receive (import) my belonggings. My doubt is...is this possible to do without having to go outside the country? I asked CMU and they told me they cannot ensure the ministry will approve my visa..has anyone done something like this? How did it go? TIA