hotels automatically report for you. the amount i guess depends on the duration you have been at the new location without reporting

@Mike ********

check out

Thx

@Robert ******

quick and speedy reply

This is true, confirmed Pattaya don’t participate in the online program when I enquired last month.

@Tim *******

to be honest if I was in BKK I would of chosen that school! I’m studying in Pattaya so not viable at the moment. however my last stint at learning Thai was at a school in the same building as Duke I believe at Piammtr language school.

Normally your friend would be required to exit the country and obtain an ED Visa outside of Thailand but as Robert has said, it makes sense to check with the particular school that she wants to study at as they will be able to give you the correct process and tell you what support they can offer in obtaining this visa

@Tod ********

recommends Duke normally. Apparently the Curriculum is very good and original.

@Tod ********

I know right! It really puts me in a situation I would rather not be in and as most people, would like to do things the correct way. For the benefit of other readers, I study in Pattaya.

This is interesting because this week my school had a random immigration visit and previously when I first signed up for this school it was always communicated 4 days per week 2hrs per day Thai lessons. When I arrived In the country and went to school they then said no you only need to come for 2 days per week and 2 hrs a day as “the rules in Pattaya have changed” they said. To be honest I had no problem learning 4 days a week as I genuinely want to progress my Thai but as I had no option I just did they 2 days per week. So getting back to the immigration visit, it turns out that if I now want to pay the 1900 extension of stay I have to join an additional beginners class for Thai as well as my higher intermediate class to show the extra hours that I should of been doing? And also apparently I have to go to immigration for two visits, the first to request the extension and the second 15 days after to show attendance records before they accept it but as I haven’t been going 4 days a week there may be a problem? Apparently immigration have requested attendance records from the school and questioned why visa students are only doing 2 days per week!? At this point the school gave me the option to pay 5000 bht, they would sort out the extension and getting it stamped and no questions from immigration and I wouldn’t have to worry about joining another class to make up the attendance? Other students in my class have apparently been doing it this way for months and said it so much less hassle. A part of me wants to save 3100bht but another part of me is seeing all this talk of a big clamp down with tourist and ED Visas and frankly, I want to spend as much time away from an immigration office as possible. I am not here to have a holiday on an ED visa I am here to study and if I could, would go to classes for 4 days a week or even 5!

Like David said above, cheapest/best means different things for different people. Cheapest school to get a visa? Best school for Thai language Curriculum? You have to be more specific in your questions. You also did not state where in Thailand you want to study? I am studying on a SE ED Visa in Pattaya but you must know that there are rules that are different depending on where you study. At the moment I study x 2 days a week, 2hrs per class. I’m pretty sure outside of Pattaya you may have a minimum of 4 days per week to study to uphold immigration requirements as you have to present your attendance records when going for your extension of stay. Being Thailand things vary from province to province and very quickly and not announced either. I expected to study 4 days per week when I arrived. I believe according to

@Tod ********

you can get a maximum of 15 months? Studying Thai but will require you to get another ED visa after 12 months? I may be wrong.