There are five steps to getting your Thai ED visa.
- Enroll with LinguaPlus for a minimum three-month course
- LinguaPlus will apply for a visa letter from the Ministry of Education
- You apply for the ED visa at an embassy outside Thailand
- The Ministry of Education certifies your enrollment
- You obtain 90 day extensions at Thai immigration for however long you study with us. This costs about 2,000 Baht each time, but you don’t need to make ‘visa runs’.
LinguaPlus can help students get an ED visa to stay in Thailand for periods of 90 days up to a year or more.
- If you book a course with us before travelling to Thailand, you can also apply for your visa outside Thailand. LinguaPlus will provide a letter to support your application at a consulate or embassy. You will be able to get a 90-day visa, which can be extended once you arrive in Phuket.
- If you are already in Thailand, then you need to get some documents from us and a letter from the local education office to present at a consulate or embassy outside Thailand. You should apply for a change from tourist or ‘B’ to an ‘ED’ visa.
The documents we’ll need are:
- passport
- passport photo
- school documents (license and letter)
- receipt for your course from our school
- the completed application form
We need a 50% course deposit and a copy of your passport to start the application process. We’ll also need some personal details, such as your job, your address, your parents’ names, and your monthly budget in Thailand.
Students are responsible for payment of all visa fees
ED visa FAQ’s
No, it is possible to study even on a tourist visa. If you want to stay longer than three months to study, we’ll be happy to help with your ED visa application.
There is no guarantee, but your course fee will be refunded if your visa is refused. We don’t give refunds once visas have been issued or after you have started your classes.
Anyone can apply for an ED visa. Some nationalities are required to apply for the visa only at a Thai embassy in their home country – please check before travelling.
The fee for a single entry is about 2,500 Baht, depending on where you apply.
No, it’s not possible to change visa types in Thailand. You’ll have to make a trip to do this. We can provide the necessary paperwork to apply at a consulate in either Penang, KL or Singapore.
Once you enroll we’ll submit the application to the Education Office. It takes them around two weeks to issue the letter for your visa application. Once you arrive back in Thailand you will get a stamp for a 90-day stay. After that, extensions can be made in Phuket without making visa runs to the border.
With any non-immigrant visa it is necessary to report to the Immigration department every 90 days.
You can leave Thailand but you visa will be invalidated if you don’t get a re-entry permit before leaving.
No! Once you have the ED visa you don’t need to leave Thailand any more.
You can’t work on an ED visa. If you decide to work in Thailand you must get non-immigrant O visa and a work permit.
If you have previously studied Thai on an ED visa and you want to do so again, it is possible at present.
