Hello! Can you recommend a good Thai language school in Bangkok that does courses for 3-4 months and also provides ED visa?

I'm looking for small group classes (intermediate level probably) and I genuinely want to study, I'm not looking for a way to get visa only. I would like to start by the middle/end of February.

Thank you for any advices!

I am currently staying in Bangkok and am interested in obtaining an education visa.

What are some Language school / mauy Thai schools in Bangkok that are good?

Thank you !

I'm looking for a language School ( Thai ) Can provide me with ED Visa ( 12 months) Any recommendations, I'm in Udon Thani now but i can come anywhere.

Hi folks,

Planning to live in Thailand for a whole year on a ED visa, starting from August - September. As I’m not an english native speaker, I would like to enroll in English classes.

During my language stay in Canada, I chose the language center of the University of Vancouver instead of the usual language centers because the courses seemed to be of better quality. Does anyone know if this alternative exists in Thailand?

Otherwise, any particular school to recommend? I’m looking for a light program, preferably 2x4h/week.

Thanks for your input! 🙏🏻

Anyone know the best (and affordable) school in Bangkok so I can go to learn Thai and get a 1 year ED visa?

I have an agent charging 55k for it, but I actually want to learn and do it legit.

How to Pick the Right Thai Language School in Bangkok?

Which one do u recommend?

Must be Downtown area.

Hello looking into getting my ED visa as soon as possible any recommendations on good schools and about how long it takes to receive the visa?

TLDR: I got a consideration stamp for my in-country conversion of TR to ED. It appears I am one of the first, if not the first person, to navigate this process in Bangkok.

I wanted to provide some information for the group in regards to changing from TR to ED in-country.

I entered Thailand on December 12th on single entry TR visa issued by Washington DC embassy. I had been trying to get ED visa since June but the embassies have not and still are not issuing ED visas for entry to Thailand for non-traditional schools.

In November, right around the same time that the TR was made available, my school (Duke Language School) notified me that they received permission from the government to convert to ED visas inside the country which has not previously been possible. I got out of quarantine on 12/27 but the school was closed due to holidays, so I went in early January to provide my paperwork and passport copies etc to them for their application to the ministry. The ministry approval was received at the end of last week (January 22nd). You must have at least 15 days remaining on your visa to apply for change of visa, making January 26th the last day I could apply, or else I would need to get my 30 day extension and then apply for ED visa.

Duke Language School wanted me to go today (Monday), and they sent one of their administrators to meet me at Chaeng Wattana since I am the first person who will ever have done this process with them (and potentially first person ever) so they will know how to prepare future students for the process and to assist me with any issues.

I arrived at 8AM and received a number (144) and at 8:30 they opened the doors and allowed everyone waiting inside. I was the only person for the section I needed (C1). At 8:45 I was called up and the administrator came up with me. I don't know exactly what happened but there was a LOT of discussion and the immigration officer processing my paper work called over multiple other people, with more stars on their shoulder than she had. After a lot of questions to the administrator, they stamped all of my items but apparently there was an issue. The cover sheet of the huge packet of papers that my school gave me was pink and they said that was not acceptable. So I had to wait over an hour while a courier brought a new cover sheet of the exact same information but on a white sheet of paper. Once that arrived we went back without getting another number or waiting in queue since no one was using this section still, and they then took my 2,000 baht and gave me an under consideration stamp. I am to return on February 9th for final disposition of my request. I asked the administrator why there was so much discussion and she stated that they have not processed anyone changing from TR to ED before, and they were asking her why I didn't just enter Thailand on ED visa (another example of immigration and embassies being completely different divisions and not communicating) and she had to explain that it's not possible. In the end it seems like so far so good, but I will update again once I get the final answer in 2 weeks.

I can't recommend Duke Language School enough to anyone. I actually came to Thailand with the sole reason to learn Thai and they have been super helpful with the entire process even as far back as April and kept me updated every step of the way. Sending someone to help me was a great bonus and I've never regretted selecting them as my school.

TLDR: I got a consideration stamp for my in-country conversion of TR to ED. It appears I am one of the first, if not the first person, to navigate this process in Bangkok.

I wanted to provide some information for the group in regards to changing from TR to ED in-country.

I entered Thailand on December 12th on single entry TR visa issued by Washington DC embassy. I had been trying to get ED visa since June but the embassies have not and still are not issuing ED visas for entry to Thailand for non-traditional schools.

In November, right around the same time that the TR was made available, my school (Duke Language School) notified me that they received permission from the government to convert to ED visas inside the country which has not previously been possible.

I got out of quarantine on 12/27 but the school was closed due to holidays, so I went in early January to provide my paperwork and passport copies etc to them for their application to the ministry. The ministry approval was received at the end of last week (January 22nd). You must have at least 15 days remaining on your visa to apply for change of visa, making January 26th the last day I could apply, or else I would need to get my 30 day extension and then apply for ED visa.

Duke Language School wanted me to go today (Monday), and they sent one of their administrators to meet me at Chaeng Wattana since I am the first person who will ever have done this process with them (and potentially first person ever) so they will know how to prepare future students for the process and to assist me with any issues.

I arrived at 8AM and received a number (144) and at 8:30 they opened the doors and allowed everyone waiting inside. I was the only person for the section I needed (C1). At 8:45 I was called up and the administrator came up with me. I don't know exactly what happened but there was a LOT of discussion and the immigration officer processing my paper work called over multiple other people, with more stars on their shoulder than she had. After a lot of questions to the administrator, they stamped all of my items but apparently there was an issue. The cover sheet of the huge packet of papers that my school gave me was pink and they said that was not acceptable. So I had to wait over an hour while a courier brought a new cover sheet of the exact same information but on a white sheet of paper. Once that arrived we went back without getting another number or waiting in queue since no one was using this section still, and they then took my 2,000 baht and gave me an under consideration stamp. I am to return on February 9th for final disposition of my request. I asked the administrator why there was so much discussion and she stated that they have not processed anyone changing from TR to ED before, and they were asking her why I didn't just enter Thailand on ED visa (another example of immigration and embassies being completely different divisions and not communicating) and she had to explain that it's not possible.

In the end it seems like so far so good, but I will update again once I get the final answer in 2 weeks.

I can't recommend Duke Language School enough to anyone. I actually came to Thailand with the sole reason to learn Thai and they have been super helpful with the entire process even as far back as April and kept me updated every step of the way. Sending someone to help me was a great bonus and I've never regretted selecting them as my school.

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the process of making a new ED visa.

I’m french and currently holding an ED visa with my university but it will end 11 of September and I can extend it if only 2weeks (end of my semester/graduation and so of my visa).

Now I want to change and make an ED visa with a Thai language school (Duke Language school) and I wanted to know how long will it take for them to do all the paperwork. Will it be ready on time for the 11 September ?

Also, do you know in nearby countries which one are the more favorable to give you ED visa for language school ?

Thank you for your reply