VISA APPLICATION

Non-Immigrant “ED”

When a student enters Thailand with a Non-Immigrant Education Visa (Non-ED Visa), issued by the Royal Thai Embassy/ Consulate outside Thailand, he/she will be granted 90 days duration of stay and not 1 year. Approximately 60 days after his/her arrival in Thailand, or 30 days before his/her student visa expires, he/she is required to submit his/her passport to Chiang Mai International Engineering School. We will first check his/her passport and the expiration date of the visa. Then, we will prepare the necessary documents for the visa extension.

Undergraduate Students

1. For Foreign Students Residing Outside of Thailand:

  • Students must request supporting documents from Chiang Mai University through this link https://ird.cmu.ac.th/visa-online/.
  • The International Relations Division of Chiang Mai University will provide official visa application documents to students only in PDF format via CMU-IRD-VISA Online within one week. If students need original documents, please inform the International Relations Division.

**We recommend all students enter Thailand with a Non-Immigrant Visa (ED) only. **

2. For Foreign Students Residing in Thailand with a Non-Immigrant Visa (ED):

  • Students must directly contact CM-IES to inform the date when their former institute will cancel their Non-Immigrant Visa (ED) and specify the Immigration Bureau location where they will extend their visa.

3. For Foreign Students Residing in Thailand with Another Visa Type:

  • Students must directly contact CM-IES to process the necessary documents for a visa change. Please note that the current visa must be valid for at least four more weeks to start the process. However, the approval of the visa type change depends on the consideration of the Immigration office. Therefore, we recommend entering Thailand with a Non-ED visa.

Graduate Students

All foreign graduate students must directly contact their department to submit a copy of their passport and specify the Royal Thai Embassy/ Consulate/ Immigration Bureau location where they will apply for their visa.