However, right now, especially with Omicron, it is not known if you will be able to do re-entries or if it will be worth it or be too complicated.

If it is a METV, your stays in Thailand are maximum 60 days, and can extend for another 30 days. You can leave and re-enter any number of times during the 6 months that the visa is valid. You can calculate the number of times you can do re-entries.

However, the validity of the visa starts when it is issued by your embassy, NOT when you enter Thailand.

If you arrive in Thailand 1 month after it was issued, you will have 5 months left of the METV—and this will affect the number of times you will be able to do re-entries.

@Robert ******

Nationality will dictate what is needed to do to certify the diploma/transcripts.

UK for example can't do at an embassy. American citizens go to the US embassy to swear an affidavit that the documents are genuine and original.

@Robert ******

@Benjamin *****

It depends on nationality, but OP will have to certify her diploma and transcripts at her embassy. This is needed for the school to prepare the B visa documentation.

@Dave *******

No one knows. Some get it in minutes, some in more than a week.

As early as possible is best.

@Alex ******

Getting a job after a Non-Immigrant ED visa is basically impossible without leaving Thailand.

Getting the work permit and teacher waiver, will equally be nearly impossible on an ED visa+work extensions.

@Alex ******

If you get an Non-Immigrant ED visa, you won't be able to switch to a Non-Immigrant B work visa inside the country.

It is not possible to change Non-Immigrant category inside the country.

@Alex ******

Start by getting the ED visa for a language school. This isn't even certain.

@Alex ******

Changing ED visa extensions for a new school might be possible, but also complicated, probably involving the permission of your previous school or things like that. Might or might not work in the end.

@Alex ******

"what type of visa, or extension to stay, would I need to apply for while I waited for the new ED to process"

You could go on COVID extensions, but those might end soon.

HOWEVER, if you will be able to go back on extensions based on studying, in a new school, in a new province, would likely be complicated process.