@William **********

how much to get one from get out of Kansas, for a U.K. resident? 😄😂😄😂 . .he is a Brit, not a hillbillie

@shanm******

you have two options to get a 90-days Non-Imm-ED (education) visa:

*** apply for it in your home country before you fly to Thailand. You will need documentation from the school or university you plan to attend

*** apply for it on Immigration inside Thailand. This process is called “change of visa type” from a 60-days visa-exempt entry or from a 60-days Tourist Visa, to a 90-days Non-Imm-ED Visa. Also done with documentation from the school or the university

Under both options, the airline CAN ask you for a proof of onward travel out of Thailand within the period you will get stamped in, if you show them a one-way ticket at the Check-In counter

@shanm******

you can use a cheap one-way flight ticket like Air Asia from Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur for 36 US Dollar for proof of onward travel - to throw away

@Yvan *********

you don't "extend my visa". A visa cannot get extended. The visa you used to achieve the "extended stay permit" has become invalid already. Immigration just extends a stay permit. The stamp you receive in your passport clearly states that you got a stay permit and not a visa. A 1-year stay permit based on reason "Retirement" . . . and for this stay permit, you can buy a "re-entry permit". This re-entry permit has a validity for use until the expiry date of your extended stay permit

@Yvan *********

single re-entry is 1000.- THB, a multi re-entry is 3800.- THB. At the Airport if you haven't any prepared forms and pictures, you will need to add 200.- THB to these fees. Why I take a notice? I got my own visa advice group, I just can't allow myself to hand out incorrect information 😊

@Mike *****

in the e-visa menue, you need to look underneath Non-Imm-OX and Non-Imm-OA . . . there it will say "other". Just click onto it and all the other Non-Imm-visa categories will open

@Jim ******

for the application to the 90-days Non-Imm-Visa, YES. For the application to the 12-months Extension of Stay, NO

@Wannikea ********

actually what you wrote in the first part is inconsistent with the facts . . . "travellers milking visa-exempt stays" in reality are the ones that are asked to stay for 2 nights. In "all likelihood" he did a visa-exempt entry, or he wouldn't have received an "exempt entry stamp" for it. So much for sounding inconsistent when re-reading 😄

@Tore ********

if you don't value this wonderful opportunity and can't afford to pay these meager 24,000 US Dollars into your Thai bank account, you shouldn't be in Thailand

@Tore ********

"Financially it makes sense to keep the 800 in investment rather than rotting in a thai bank account." . . . . . you seem to belong to those expats who are supporting corruption in Thailand. And you seem to forget that the 800,000 THB in a Thai bank account actually earn a very good harvest: They are the "parking fee" that enables you to live in a country on half the monetary expenses you would have to pay in your home country