@Vladislav ************

I'm being quite sincere, I hope I can.

@Vladislav ************

I look forward to paying Thai taxes and love to support Thai people and the Thai government any way I can.

I had a similar situation, I was on one for the same amount of time. I decided to go to Nepal for 5 months and then Taiwan to apply for a DTV. It would be interesting to find out the answer.

Stormtrooper23 I would highly recommend Duke then, everyone who graduates Duke is fluent and has a great vocabulary. It's the most challenging in Thailand of these type of schools but the teachers and curriculum are great. The only higher fluency option is

@Chulalongkorn ***********

's intensive Thai program (which I did their free program) and the curriculum isn't as well written but it's more like 5 hours per-day committed time Mon-Fri. Duke is great.

I completed the program in both Duke and ALA schools. They are BOTH solid and have great teachers. Duke is challenging but you learn Thai at the most fluent level. ALA is a bit more geared towards older foreigners and I found the program much easier. - The full story is I paid for the full 14.5 months at Duke while I was on a different visa and began attending classes on the old visa.... and I flunked after two months. I bought the 14.5 month package from ALA and started my ED, and completed the full program. Since I had already paid for the Duke program I decided to go back and take it as well. I was tested out in their six month class (the fourth one?) I can't remember. But I went ahead and took classes for another six months and passed pretty well. I think there's still one more class I can take. I highly recommend both schools, depending on what you want. If you just want the visa then choose ALA, you WILL be challenged though and you must attend classes and take it seriously.

@Daniele ******

Yeah, there’s a monastery in Chiang Mai that accepts nuns who are foreigners and will teach and sponsor a visa.

@Bent ************

There are many nunneries dear. I was offered to become a nun at several.

LBH (Losers Back Home) who go abroad and complain when they should constantly give gratitude for the incredible kindness and hospitality of Thai people. The American government barely grants visas at all to Thai people. But arrogance and ignorance are common features of our Western culture lately. They want a double standard and thankfully won't get it.

@Arendarski ******

just get the extension, super easy! Go to immigration here and file, if takes less than an hour.