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1 hour ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Google:

Thailand Changes Work Permits: With a work permit, one can now work in a permitted job anywhere, at any time!

Bredbury Blue, 

Could you verify the information with a link, please?

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Your extension is not tied to having a work permit or working so you have nothing to worry about. The only thing you will need to do is change your address to Khon Kaen it you will be living there.

Only if you had a extension based upon teaching would you need to maintain the work permit.

Sorry, correction needed: My non-o was obtained based on marriage with Thai national and therefore I still hold a non-o. However, for a few years now, I have extended my visa based on the contract with my employer. The new visa extension in KK will likewise be based on the contract with my employer there. Hence, I believe I need a work permit before I can get the next extension. 

My address will be changed to KK.
Thank you very much for answering so quickly.

Hello Ubonjoe, 

I am about to move from a teaching job in Mahasarakham to a teaching position in Khon Kaen. According to the resignation acceptance letter from my old workplace, my last day of work in Mahasarakham is on the 1st, and the contract with my new employee in Khon Kaen (KK) starts on the same day. I hold a non-o extension of stay based on marriage with a Thai.
My employer in KK has informed me that I need to cancel my old work permit (WP) on the 1st May and get the new WP from the Labour Office (LO) in KK on the same day, so I can go to the immigration within the same day to get an extension based on my new contract.
However, I just learned that the LO in Khon Kaen would not be able to issue a new WP within one day. They need 2-4 days for the process since it involves issuing a new WP. Importantly, they cannot begin the process before I have cancelled the work permit at the LO in Mahasarakham. 
Hence, I will end up overstaying my extension of stay for a few days while the LO processes my work permit. Luckily, the Immigration in Khon Kaen has confirmed that no one will be charged for overstaying until 31st July because of the travel restrictions caused by the Covit-19 pandemic.
 
So, my question is: How can it be, that the process of the WP in Khon Kaen cannot be started before 1st May when I have all the necessary documents except for the letter of cancellation from the LO in Mahasarakham?

Yours or anyone's insight on this would be beneficial to me.
 
Thank you.

Update from Mahasarakham Province, May 2019

I completed the online form but the website told me I had to go to the Immigration Office (see attached screenshot).

At the IO, I was told that the website is not working properly. No further details were given.