I am moving my family from the U.S. to Thailand and my children will be attending school there for the next academic year. The school cannot give us a letter for the Education Visa until May but we will be there in April.

My question is this: Can we enter on an exempt status and then in May apply for the education and guardian visas?

Thank you for any guidance in advance and any additional tips/advice will be greatly appreciated!

Just curious,(and curiosity is usually only fatal to cats ;) )

Has anyone gotten a DTV by enrolling in a Thai language school?

If so could you mention the school, say how long of course you enrolled in and what consulate you applied thru?

I want information about non ed visa in Thailand?

Hey yall! I'm moving to Thailand in August on a student visa

From what I understand the visa is an initial 90 and can be extended up to a year, so I'm assuming I'd have to renew every year for the 4 years of University.

My question is, do I have to leave Thailand and go back? And is there a specific amount of time I have to stay out of Thailand between visas?

Because of money, I'd like to travel as little as possible. Is there a way to renew my visa another year, but stay in country?

I’m going to apply for a Thai non-ed visa at the embassy in Vientiane. I’m aware of the new method of submitting documents online then paying in person. Does anyone have knowledge of how long this typically takes? Website says 5-10 days but I’m hoping maybe that’s a conservative estimate. If anyone has done this recently, please let me know how long it took

dtv soft power

do soft power applicants often get rejected? if you have the 500,000 baht and a letter from the business you’ll be studying at, is there a high chance you’ll be accepted?

Please help. At New Delhi embassy I applied for DTV (soft power) with 6 month Muay Thai course. Had provided all required documents with bank balance comfortably more than required funds for past 6 months. To my surprise today I received a 3 months Non-ed single entry visa. Has anyone faced similar situation? Appreciate your help 🙏

I had an non immigrant ED visa in January 2023, which mentions the day the stamp was added and two smaller rectangular stamps, one underneath, and one on the next page mentioning the day I received it and the expiration date (3 months later). There is also a red stamp saying USED above the visa.

I left Thailand 3 weeks after receiving it and returned 8 more times since on visa exemptions. Now I want to apply for another ED visa, but I was told that I have to first cancel the ED visa that I received almost 3 years ago. Is this correct?

Updated: 9 Jul 2025

*I got APPROVED*.

Here is the timeline,

Applied: 30 Jun 2025

Requested additional Docs: 7 Jul 2025

1. Please upload bank statement showing amount of no less than 500,000 THB and please highlight the last balance.

2. Please upload all pages of your passport. (P.S - I submitted the bio data page and all pages that include the immigration stamps only)

Requested 2nd time: 8 Jul 2025

1. Please upload all pages of your passport not skipping any pages. (P.S - I wrote a cover letter that says I'm still in Jakarta and I submitted all the pages starting from page 1 to the last stamp page (page 21) including the cover of my passport)

Status changed: Pending approval on Today around 11am and got approved on around 1:30 pm

Total working day: 8 day

Thanks to everyone in this group. It was really helpful.

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Hi everyone,

Have anyone got asked the second times to upload all pages of the passport from Jakarta Embassy?

I already submitted all the passport pages that included all stamps on it but the embassy asked it again with this note:

Please upload all pages of your passport not skipping any pages.

P.S - I used to stay with Non-ED visa for 8 months.

My visa was expired on 25 Apr 2025 but I leaved the country on 20 Apr 2025 without cancelling it.

Maybe they can't find the cancellation stamp for the ED visa?

I have reqeusted the cancellation letter to the school. But they can only provide on tomorrow.

What should I do in that situration?

Should I write cover letter that I already asked for cancellation letter and I will cancel it as soon as I get back to Thailand?

Any suggestion would be really appreciated.

Just got my Canadian passport renewed from Canada consulate in BKK and delivered to me in Chiang Rai. I have the previous, now cancelled passport. Do I need to go to immigration and get the new passport updated with current stamp?