do you really think we didn't tell them that ? Come on man ! We have lived here 7 years on visas ! We told them we were in Hatyai - they basically said NO - BUI uses KL and that is where he needs to go! You cannot assume every University will bow down to the student demanding where to go ! I mean this is Thailand
not the experience I had - my son's university told him where to go to - Penang was the closest yet he was sent to KL so I think you are mistaken ! This was for a proper University in Bangkok not a back alley language center. And NO the University did not say it is up to the student ! They specifically told him where to go with his British passport despite 2 previous ED visas for High School issued in Penang - so not the students choice necessarily !
South African passports can only go to Laos or Cambodia. It is not his decision though. His University will address his paperwork to a specific consulate as he is not going to a language center and is going to a university therefore he needs to go into his Uni and ask all these questions to the Visa section that deals with international students. They know the procedure. He needs to go and do the questioning there not on here all the time !