@Abbie *******

The choices you have is between schools, so that's where you got to start.

Ask in here or do a google search for reviews of schools in your area.

When you have decided on a school you give them a call and ask about the process, or go to visit them.

When you have signed up for classes, they will take a copy of your passport, take some passport photos and prepare the needed documents for you.

When the said documents are done, you will have to sign them.

For this part, there is really nothing an agent can do for you. I doubt many / any of them can tell you anything about the level of education in the different schools, and apart from an endless amount of signatures, there is little to no paperwork, you will have to fill out by yourself.

Very few schools can convert from a tourist visa/visa exempt to an ED visa inside the country. So you will most likely have to travel to a nearby embassy such as in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, or Singapore to get the visa attached.

By doing it this way, there is NOTHING you can do wrong. Besides showing up, there is no work in it for you, and it is really a quite simple process.

It is not my business or concern if you want to study or not, and I couldn't care less how you obtain your visa. 🙂

11 years ago when a friend 😉 moved here, he got royally screwed over by the agent that helped him obtain his ED. He didn't find out until after his 2nd year, and he ended up in A LOT of trouble. Only VERY deep pockets and a lot of luck/contacts got him out, and I do not wish for others to end up in the same situation as him.

I am really only trying to help you, and the best way I can do that is to make you forget about having an agent to "help you out".

Best of luck 🙂

Ps. There are plenty of Phuket forums on FB. Perhaps joining one of them and asking for school reviews, would be where to start 🙂

@Abbie *******

Sorry, don't mean to confuse you 🙂

The visa center you emailed, is located in BKK. The school you got advised is located in BKK 🙂

@Paul ******

exactly what I was trying to explain the OP. I'm not sure why she is so persistent in finding an agent, instead of just finding herself a school.

No agent will do any good for her, and trying to get the visa through a BKK school (while residing in Phuket) is not how to do it.

@Abbie *******

Whether you like it or not, the first step in getting a legit ED visa would be to find a school. Once you sign up for classes, the school will prepare the documents that you need to obtain the visa, and you will then most likely, have to travel to a neighboring country, to have the visa approved and attached.

What I think you ask for, is an agent that can skip the initial steps, and just hand you a visa. Unfortunately, that is not legal at all, and surely not the correct way to do it.

How is the agent supposed to get you a legit ED, without a school involved? 🙂

@Maria *****

you need to be volunteering to get a volunteer visa. Talk with the foundation that you want to volunteer for.

A friend did it same way as you, and had a nice ED sticker in his passport. Unfortunately it didn't show up in immigration database, and that resulted in a very very long overstay.

If any problems occur, you will have a hard time explaining why you don't speak Thai, never been in the classroom or know what school you attend.

Fake stamp or not, you break the law if you don't attend classes.

Was refused by QR.

@Julie *********

unfortunately it is not that easy 🙂 you have to apply from your home country, or country of recidence. That's why people use the neighbouring embassies to obtain their visa.

@Julie *********

you applied online from cambodia?