Patrickk

I am trying to apply for a China visa and needed to get a background police check from the police station in Bangkok. The China website said I needed to get this document legalized first. Can I do this at the legalization office at the Khlong Toei mrt startion? Or should I go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office? Thank you for any advice.

2 hours ago, heretostay said:

This is how it went for me:

 

1. Get a letter from the new employer stating your start date.

2. Get a letter from the current employer that you are leaving, saying that you no longer work there as of a given date.

3. On the date mentioned in (2) - your last day of work - go to immigration and ask for a 7-day extension of permission to stay based on the letter from your new employer.

4. Once you have the 7-day extension, go to the Labor Ministry and request a new work permit based on the new employer's paperwork.  They should give you a limited duration work permit (maybe three months).

5. Back to immigration with the work permit, so they will extend your permission to stay for the same period as the work permit.

6. Back to Labor Ministry to extend the work permit for the full length of the new contract.

7. Back to immigration to extend the permission to stay for the full length of the new contract.

 

I strongly suggest that someone from your new employer accompanies you through all of this.  I did it (and changed provinces, too), and got over all the hurdles.  But it took great perseverance on the part of the admin person from my new employer (a school).

 

Good luck to you!

 

Word to the wise: avoid "dodgy" employers.  Generally, they will win and you will lose.  IMHO.

 

 

Thanks. This is great advice I was looking for. Seems like a lot of work, but also necessary. I didn't know any better and signed up with a really bad agency. I'm paying for it now. Hope my new school is able to provide some assistance. Thank you again.

I would love to give notice to my supervisor, but the company I work for is really dodgy. I know if I give notice they will just let me go and/or keep some of my pay. They have done it to others who have left ( who gave notice).  I'm thinking I should go to cancel my work permit myself before I start my new job?

Hello. I currently work for a teaching company and I have decided to leave the company due to man y reasons. In doing so I will be breaking my contract by leaving early. I have a work permit through this company. My question is will this affect me in the future at my new teaching job? Will I be allowed to get another work permit and will I have no troubles due to me breaking contract on his work permit. Thank you for any advice!