the wording on their own statement (Thai Embassy Vientiane) is wrong, what they mean is that they will issue only one ED visa from a language school covering the period of one year, means the OP can apply a new ED visa in August 2019 only. If he apply a ED visa from an University it will be no problem.

no, but I will ask the Consul.

at the moment I would say avoid both places for the time being. If you have option to fly to Myanmar, KL, Hanoi or HCMC and fullfill requirement I would do. Or make a good planning for Vientiane, now you can book for 17th, 18th and 22nd April.

yes, but said two things are required, plus the money in the bank.

but the slot will not be available for another person.

another reason was that their system identified some mail account as fake and despite confirmed booked they were refused. I had one customer. That should be a thing of the past.

yahoo, yandex , outlook or aol is instant, just gmail take hours...

gmail accounts still take up to 6 hours to reach you.

no, the rule came into effect as of 1st March 2019.

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