🚨 Hi everyone, I urgently need your help regarding the Non-Immigrant ED Visa for Thailand. 🚨

I applied for the ED visa online yesterday, and unfortunately received the message "Your visa application has been cancelled" just a few hours later.

The application fee was already paid, but unfortunately it’s non-refundable.

I wasn’t told the reason for the rejection, but when reviewing my documents I noticed that I had made a mistake in my initial application.

I had accidentally written the course period as July 2025 to November 2026, which would of course exceed the normal visa period. Even though the official school letter clearly says July 2025 to November 2025. I've now corrected that mistake.

However, I’m still unsure if there’s another issue.

According to the school's letter, the program starts on July 26, 2025, but my planned arrival in Thailand is only in September 2025.

Could this timing mismatch be the reason for the rejection?

Is it a problem if the course officially begins before I enter the country?

I’d really appreciate your help:

* What are the most common mistakes with the ED visa application?

* When specifying the duration of stay, do I need to match the course dates exactly, or only my personal travel dates?

* Do I already need to have a return flight booked for the visa to be approved, even if I plan to extend my stay later?

* What should I pay extra attention to?

* Has anyone had a similar experience and can give me advice?

Unfortunately, I can’t contact the embassy until Monday by phone or email.

Until then, I’d be really thankful for any tips or insights 🙏

Hey all,

I have read through several posts, both from users and mods about not exiting, even with re-entry permit on an non immigrant ED visa (for studying Thai language or those types of courses) due to several people being denied entry via DMK/Suvarnabhumi or any entry through air.

Most of these posts were from the Covid days or 2023 and older ([members only]/)

Are there any recent reports (last few months/weeks) of anyone who has non immigrant ED visa -extended several times, has re-entry permit stamped, and getting back into Thailand through land border successfully?

I simply want to see if there are any new updates regarding this.

Thank you in advance 🙏🏽

Hi all,

Question regarding Non-Immigrant ED Visa: I had one in Chiang mai back during covid, finished it, and eventually left Thailand in early 2022.

Now I'm back (In Bangkok) and am wondering if it's possible for me to get a second year of an ED visa with a school/program here. Has it been long enough, can I still take Thai language courses as my selection, will I have to advance a level because of already taken a year of the beginner course? etc. etc.

And if so, does anyone have programs in Bangkok they can recommend? Thanks!

Hey everyone! I need a quick tip about my one-year Non-Immigrant ED visa for Thailand. It’s set to expire next month, and I’m planning to leave the country the day before it ends. After about 10 days, I’ll need to come back for a short visit, and I was thinking of using the 60-day visa exemption on arrival.

Someone told me that even though my Non-ED visa will already have expired by the time I return, I still need to request its cancellation. Does anyone have firsthand experience? Is it really necessary? I’d like to avoid any extra bureaucracy!

Any advice or insights would be super appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I've received a Thailand's Non-immigrant ED Visa through email (E-visa).

But I would like to have that beautiful physical visa sticker on my passport instead of the stamping, can I ask the embassy for it?

Hi!

So I’m British and I came to Thailand on a 60 day visa free entry about 20 days ago.

I heard it’s okay but I want to double check if I can change it to a Non immigrant ED visa.

I also want to double check if I’m allowed to change my visa type whilst I’m in the country?

(From what I’ve seen, yes)

I start my internship on Monday and the only reason why I didn’t apply earlier is because one particular document was taking FOREVER to arrive.

I really wanted to come to Thailand a bit earlier than my internship to make sure that I can get things in order as it’s my first time coming here and I have little idea of how things work around here 💔

Hi!

So I’m British and I came to Thailand on a 60 day visa free entry about 20 days ago.

I heard it’s okay but I want to double check if I can change it to a Non immigrant ED visa.

I also want to double check if I’m allowed to change my visa type whilst I’m in the country?

(From what I’ve seen, yes)

I start my internship on Monday and the only reason why I didn’t apply earlier is because one particular document was taking FOREVER to arrive.

I really wanted to come to Thailand a bit earlier than my internship to make sure that I can get things in order as it’s my first time coming here and I have little idea of how things work around here 💔

Is there an age limit for getting Thai Language Education visa.. Does it vary depending on which province. Thanks.

Hello guys, previously, I entered and exited Thailand and obtained a 2-month tourist visa for the second time. Now, I want to extend it again to travel more, but the only option I know about is annual language schools. Is there any other solution for 3-6 months?

Hallo. I got accepted for exchange programme in Thailand. So now I got all documents from University and I wanna apply for Visa. So I'm going for non-imm ED visa and I realised that I can only get single entry.

I plan to travel during my stay to other Asia countries for events (I work in entertainment industry) and I was wondering is there any alternative to be able get multiple entries? I heard it's possible to pay everytime but it's like €50 or sum and if I'm gonna travel more than 5 times I think it's waste of money.

Anyone has idea how I can figure it out? Not sure if I can have other kind of visa and just study with that.