@Jay *****

you will soon find out what your choice of ED visa is worth. Immigrations are cracking down on online ED courses. Good Luck (because you will need it!)

@Frangipani ******

One is definitely allowed to apply for the METV every other calendar year!

There won't be the Immigration officer at the border denying an entry for someone on a still valid METV.

What the officer however could do, is denying a last entry and the last 60-days stamp shortly before the expiry of the 6-month visa validity, which would carry the visa holder to almost 8 months of stay.

I remember having read one or two reports that this has happened recently, maybe you had this in your mind when you wrote your comment

@Jay *****

you can't get a Non-Imm-ED visa for online language schools. Immigration is cracking down on these schools. You have to prove that you actually are attending classes personally

@Meaux **********

. . there is no one-year Non-Imm-ED visa.

You need to start out on a 90-days single entry Non-Imm-ED visa with the documentation the language school provides you with, on the E-Visa system outside of Thailand, and once after having entered Thailand on this visa, you can apply for the one-year Extension of the Stay Permit based on Education (ED)

What you however can do, is applying for the 5-year DTV on a Muay Thai training seminar from a licensed training camp.

For this visa application, among other things, you need to prove you have a minimum of 500,000 THB or equivalent, for a minimum of three months, on a bank account in your name

@Meaux **********

you can't get a Non-Imm-ED visa for online language schools

Meaux Ov Lumin . . . . what you however can do, is applying for the 5-year DTV on a Muay Thai training seminar from a licensed training camp. For this visa application, among other things, you need to prove you have a minimum of 500,000 THB or equivalent, for a minimum of three months, on a bank account in your name

Meaux Ov Lumin . . there is no one-year Non-imm-ED visa. You need to start out on a 90-days single entry Non-Imm-ED visa with the documentation the language school provides you with, on the E-Visa system outside of Thailand, and once after having entered Thailand on this visa, you can apply for the one-year Extension of the Stay Permit based on Education (ED)

@Randy ******

(please exchange "he" with "you") . . . While for the application to the 90-days Non-Imm-O Marriage Visa outside of Thailand, the required 400,000 THB can sit in ANY bank account ANYWHERE in the World as long as he can prove the account is in his sole name,

The 2 months seasoning of the 400,000 THB in a Thai bank account is the official requirement for the application to the 1-year Extension of the Stay Permit Based on Marriage to a Thai Wife, but sadly, some Immigrations want to see a 3-months seasoning.

These Immigrations seek to drive the applicants into the fangs of agents and pay tea money, because they know you just can't fulfill this 3-month requirement on a 90-days Non-Imm-O marriage visa.

He has another, very viable option:

He can buy more time by applying to the 60-days "family visit" extension near the expiry date of the 90 days out of the Non-O visa.

However, to be able to apply for the 60-days extension, he needs a freshly printed Kor Ror 22 or 2 (whichever applies) from an Amphoe to show Immigration that his marriage to a Thai is registered inside Thailand

@Max ************

you are right, 2 months are the official requirement, but sadly, some Immigrations want to see a 3-months seasoning. These Immigrations seek to drive the applicants into the fangs of agents and pay tea money, because they know you just can't fulfill this 3-month requirement on a 90-days Non-imm-O marriage visa. . . . . . .He however has another option: He can buy more time by applying to the 60-days "family visit" extension near the expiry date of the 90 days out of the Non-O visa - however to be able to apply for the 60-daysextension, he needs a freshly printed Kor Ror 22 or 2 (whichever applies) from an Amphoe to show Immigration that his marriage to a Thai is registered inside Thailand

@Robert ********

you are right, a ticket out of Thailand within the first 60 days can actually be required from the Thai embassy in Warsaw, when applying for the METV. That's why I recommended

@Marek *********

to apply a minimum of 4 weeks before the planned flight to Thailand, in case the embassy will ask you for further documentation regarding an onward travel proof