ED visa requirements clampdown

[Gérard]

BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Eduction (MOE) yesterday announced new, stricter requirements for Education visa extensions.
New application forms for education visa extensions have just been released.
The new requirements are:

1. Two year visa history of the student now required (currently only required for applications submitted in Bangkok)

2. Extra documents required
• Proof of income. (to see if the student can support themselves and not work illegally)
• Reason for long stay in Thailand, if extended time in Thailand prior to application. (to check the student is not just a visa runner who cannot get any more tourists visas.)
Pending applications must be resubmitted using the new forms.

The ED visa system has been scrutinised by The Thai Immigration Bureau and Ministry of Education for a long time, and it's widely known that foreigners have been abusing the ED visa system.
[Mod Edit] Reference to rival forum removed believe the new, stricter requirements is to prevent applicants using ED visas to work illegally in Thailand.

[bapak]

BANGKOK: -- The Ministry of Eduction (MOE) yesterday announced new, stricter requirements for Education visa extensions.
New application forms for education visa extensions have just been released.
The new requirements are:

1. Two year visa history of the student now required (currently only required for applications submitted in Bangkok)

2. Extra documents required
• Proof of income. (to see if the student can support themselves and not work illegally)
• Reason for long stay in Thailand, if extended time in Thailand prior to application. (to check the student is not just a visa runner who cannot get any more tourists visas.)
Pending applications must be resubmitted using the new forms.

The ED visa system has been scrutinised by The Thai Immigration Bureau and Ministry of Education for a long time, and it's widely known that foreigners have been abusing the ED visa system.
[Mod Edit] Reference to rival forum removed believe the new, stricter requirements is to prevent applicants using ED visas to work illegally in Thailand.

Sirada - The Learning Centre had been following the above procedure for some considerable time.

[oakdale160]

News to me, you can get a visa if you have Errectile Dysfunction.
Makes sense with all the 'therapists' in thailand.

[Name Taken]

News to me, you can get a visa if you have Errectile Dysfunction.
Makes sense with all the 'therapists' in thailand.

TiT

[crazy88]

I thought it was a viagra that you needed. No wonder they looked at me strangely at immigration!

Crazy 88

[oakdale160]

I hate the thought of immigration putting a clamp on it, that must hurt.