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1 hour ago, nicelee808 said:

Is there or law on how much notice I have to give, my contract says 3 months, do I have any right to cancel before that?

yes, its better if you give them 3 month notice if you want to play safe.

normally its 1 or 2 months. If an emergency case you can do 2 weeks notice.

if you are ok with the school and you think it wont be a problem, just tell them you must leave at the end of the month. Do it with a written letter on the 1st day and ending day will be 30th. keep a copy of the letter for yourself. OR just tell them a lie; maybe your mom is in hospital back in the country, some relatives pass away, etc. if they say we will wait for you just tell them you dont want to be selfish and not sure when to come back, they will get the message.

or if you are not in some kind of urgent situation, just wait till the semester ends. i believe another 2-3 months left.

PS: i have seen some people quit from work in 1 month. notify them 1st of the month and ending date is 30th of the month. seems fair for both sides.

PS2: be very careful with the termination letter. Sometimes they write the date you notify them! that means you will be overstay most likely. make it clear about this.

PS3: they like to give the letter on your last day at work. If possible try to get it at least few days before just in case if there are some problems with the letter. safety first.

good luck

12 hours ago, nicelee808 said:

I need to leave without telling the school or cancelling my visa and work permit, just in case things don't work out, so need to cancel visa and work permit once out of the country. Could I write a letter and a power of attorney, and have my wife return the work permit and notify immigration?

normally you should notify the school and labor office. many years ago one of my friend wanted to leave Thailand. Border immigration didnt let him leave the country without seeing termination letter. But again my other friend did leave without showing the letter. They were both leaving from land border. They stopped him because they want to be sure you are not running away for some reason and also if you paid your tax or not. Also he didnt cancelled his non-b at immigration too. 

As mentioned if you can leave without any problems, there might be some problems if you come back and want to work again. First of if no one cancelled your work permit it will be in the system. most likely they will ask for termination letter. Here you can try a risky solution, just find an official thai government paper. Can be printed from many websites. Ask your wife to write the letter on computer and let her sign. it worked for one of my friends. They will just check the date on it if you are overstay or not.

you can write a power of attorney, termination letter and have your wife return the work permit. For the immigration she cannot do anything. you need to be there in person. 

when you leave the country your visa will be cancelled if you dont get a re-entry which you will not get one. Im not sure about the work permit though. I  believe it still stays. 

a friendly reminder: if you not notify the school your working, and just leave like that you will break the contract and doing something illegal. Most likely nothing gonna happen BUT if you have some enemies there they may sue you and trust me you will lose. It can even end up banning you from working in thailand. Again most likely nothing gonna happen but just bare in mind. 

good luck

the thing is you are not a gold. thats the first thing you need to understand.

what i mean is if you leave the job for some reason there are 1million other farangs waiting for your job. 

so, you like or not what they pay you, they dont care. quality is not important for thai education. your face, you are handsome or not, students like you.. these things are important. Education in thailand is a big money business. 

now think like this... if i can replace you with other 1 million hungry for job farangs, why i pay you big money? especially you are not even trained to be a teacher. just come to thailand and want to teach english because your mother language is english but it doesnt makes you qualified teacher. so... thia mentality says: why i pay more money then i have to, to this guy. if he accepts ok if not.. i have another 1 million in queue.. one of them will accept for sure. this is your answer.

i think all farang teachers in thailand already know that you are a d o g but nothing more. youa re at the bottom. you are nothing and have no importance. and actually they hate you. many thai teachers think you get more salary then them and its not fair for them. even a thai english teacher who cannot say good morning thinks its not fair. 

what can change this. only one thing. all.. and yes i mean all farang teachers must stop working at the same time. ALL OF THEM IN THAILAND. and say we dont accept this anymore. make our salaries as thais or this is it. im so serious. ALL must do this. this can be done? NO because no have balls. farangs cannot do that. 

PS: i just remembered something i want to add. I have a british friend who is a teacher. he is teaching at this school for 5 years and he still gets the same salary. 35K. a new graduated teacher started as the same time with him (thai) and now shes getting almost same salary as him. i think 2000 less then him. 

On 12/3/2022 at 3:58 PM, edwardandtubs said:

A lot of people are in such a rush they can't even spend one night outside of Thailand. I think they must be working on a tourist visa and can't get a day off work. 

 

I just did a quick in-out to Laos but as the cost of the visa was $40, it would have been cheaper to fly to Hat Yai then take public transport to Malaysia and spend the night there before returning. Next time I'll spend a few days in Penang. Why are some people so desperate to rush back to Thailand?

i understand what you are saying and kinda agree with you

BUT i remember my non-o multi marriage visa 90 days. to drive from where i am to the nearest and friendly border is around 8 hours which is mukdahan. even that costs me almost 5000 baht.

 i also remember my getting a new visa days. from savanakhet. i always arrive mukdahan 1 day before the day i want to cross the border. its just because i dont want to do things hurry. so i stay 450 baht in a nearby hotel. so maybe this doesnt count if you come the day you want to cross the border. Crossing the border, visa, bus and everything if i remember correct is around 1500 baht. well non-o multi visas are 5000, single 2000. TR is also 2000 or 1900baht. hotels are starting from 450-500. a good one is 600 and really nice ones are 1800. tuktuks or vans are usually around 100 per one way drive. normal food and all the stuff is another 500-2000 baht. 

with my gas for my car (2000 baht) and all getting a new visa is around 10K 

lets say you are not doing a visa but only stay a night. again it would be around 5000-7000. 

thats why people in a rush. its not about the time but money

On 12/2/2022 at 5:43 PM, RedArmy said:

You heard correctly but you don't have to pay, you could always take a taxi, pay for a hotel on the Malaysian side, taxi back in the morning - For those looking for a quick 1 hour out/in, its a no brainer.

is it cheaper than 2000 baht? hotel, taxi and food... 

i assume you have non-b

and i assume you quit or fired from your work. 

first thing you need to do is get a termination letter form your employer. The date on the letter is your last day for your visa which means your non-b will end with the date on your termination letter. check the day on it carefully and make your plans.

second thing you need to do is go to the immigration and give the termination letter. they will tell you, you have 24 hours to leave the country. if you already have another job ready you can get your or continue your non-b on the same day no need to leave the country. To do this you need all the documents with you from the new work on that day. if you dont have a new job then you have 24 hrs to leave. 

you also need to give back your workpermit to the labor office. If you trust your work, you can ask them to do it for you. they can or not. i advice you to it by yourself. you will need a copy of your termination letter and maybe tax papers. im not sure you should do this before or after the immigration. i would try to do before if possible.

I dont believe you need any form to do all these things. 

few things you must keep in mind. Up to your work and staying in thailand (i mean how many years) where ever you go thai embassy might reject your tourist visa to come back to thailand. I have many friends rejected. the reason was 'you stayed long. go back to your country and get a visa from there'. it is true. it happened at least 4-5 of my friends. another thing is again up to your history they may reject your re-entry at the immigration without any visa. 

if you are planning to switch to another visa type, i do believe you need to leave the country. you cannot get any other type of visa after you cancelled your non-b. if im wrong im sure other users will correct me.

another thing is your vaccination situation. including thailand and other countries are checking your vaccine situation. i believe you need at least 2 shots.

If you are not coming back to thailand, all you need to do is surrender your work permit to labor office with termination letter, go to immigration with the termination letter. I strongly suggest to keep your tax papers. safety first.

hope this will help, good luck

she can register the same way she registered her hotel via using the app.

but its better if she uses another email for registering. sometimes system confuses when noticed the same email already in the system

you mentioned using an agency.

most likely your agency can do it again. i dont think time is important for agencies.

better to ask your agency again.

I also recomment OP that print the photos in color not black and white.

7 minutes ago, Jack1988 said:

on the e-visa requirements you have to show 550 euros every month . I think 6500 euros are for non o immigrant for retirement

ok thanks. because thai embassy website in italy says nothing about money

well you asked many questions but actually there is one question you need to answer first: 

10 hours ago, spambot said:

previous mix of O, O-A, Tourist and a few Visa exemptions over 12 years

whole of 12 years how come you didnt or couldnt extend your visa, by yourself or using an agency?!

10 hours ago, spambot said:

I really am trying to understand where rejection (or warning of rejection) actually occurs in the process, between the four stages 1). Thailand Imm OUT 2). Border Country IN 3). Border Country OUT 4). Thailand Imm IN.

i dont know nowadays but when i went to cambodia border with my multi non-o IO told me he will let me out just for this time because im abusing my non-multi by not making it 1 year. he let me go and come back but write 'this is my last doing this and i cannot do it again' right on my passport page in thai using red color pen. dont tell me he cannot do or else. he did and i can show its photo! and actually i found out that yes he can do that. so rejection starts at the thai IO side. they will not let you go because they know you cannot come back. so they tell you go back and prepare your documents for a new visa because if you go you cannot come back. 

10 hours ago, spambot said:

I am assuming that there is no situation where you can exit one country's border and be prevented from entering the next border since you would be stuck in no man's land. 

there is no such situation for land borders and almost impossible air borders. for land borders they will stop you and dont let you leave the country. simply will tell you to go back and be ready for get a new visa. 

if i were you i would extend my visa.. thats all you need to do

good luck

not being nonsense as you mentioned but how you come up with 6500 euro when the embassy in italy says nothing about the money.. 

i would ignore the posts

first of all you must respect the country and its rules. rule says you have to have 20K thai baht. thats it. they check or not, they care or not... it says. respect that.

and you did, thank you for that. you need that money in thai baht or same amount where you are coming from or the money you are using. just be careful about your currency there are some currencies thai banks dont exchange

if i were you i would ask myself why i want to enter thailand so this much... i have been deported, i did everything, i tried everything.. ohh but i didnt try to get a proper reason with a visa... you know you are one of the reasons why we normal people are having lot of problems here... thanks

well think like this

it obvious you want to stay here as long as you can. so they gave you the opportunity. use it lol

its not destroying something.. you should see the old nonthaburi immigration its 1km from my home and wow you should see what they did to the building

On 11/20/2022 at 5:34 PM, DrHoneydew said:

I like living on condo resorts, and airbnb is a LOT cheaper for longer stays, plus you get much more. For example, you can find a 2 bedroom condo/penthouse with a jacuzzi overlooking the ocean for a month, about what you'd pay for 1 week in a hotel and have more freedoms and (most importantly) space. I once had a 200sq meter penthouse on the 32nd floor overlooking the ocean in Jomtien for 40K/m. You can find smaller new condos on resorts with massive pools and slides etc for about 10-15K/m. I just find that you simply can't find that quality of living in any hotel. I go through airbnb instead of something like a facebook marketplace for anything less than a year because the large property management companies usually only offer long term stays.

thanks for the long explanation and i mean it because i didnt know

but it seems... you have all but no TM30... well... and i heard many other serious things... so again i wouldnt 

its already easy and cheap to find a place in thailand to stay

this is the 3rd or 4th post about airbnb being not ok with rooms.. i think should avoid them.

i never used it and dont know the differences between airbnb rooms and just go and check in an hotel. is it like cheaper? all these headaches are for 200-300 baht?

i thought 90% of the countries in the world need a visa for Laos... so how can you save a page?

whats the difference between cambodia and laos visa?

not related to your question but i was wondering if they have the ability and skill of english level that can notice multiple errors and so on sounds like stupid to me they are asking translation. They should know what a certificate looks like... I think this is again money chain thing. they just want the translation because they want translation offices get money. 

if its not personal or private may i ask what kind of errors they noticed? grammar or sentences errors? Incorrect authority addressing error? number errors? etc. 

thanks and good luck if you need another translater i have a number and they are really good and their work confirmed via MFA too just send me a message, not sure about the price though.

few things;

do you have re-entry visa? if so when you entered to thailand 90 days starts again you dont need to worry about 90 days. 

- normally if you didnt change your visa you dont need to report TM30. But obviously you are changing your address so you need to report TM30. totally up to the IO officer, they might want to see your old TM30 so take it with you. 

- if you changed your visa, what happened to me (i used agency and i did want to do everything legal as you, so i left the country and get a visa and came back) IO asked me to see the old paper work of my old visa when i was extending. I told them i dont have non-o anymore but have non-b why they want to see my old paper work. Changwattana IO answered me because they have to connect my old visa to this one. I was so so lucky i had some copy of old paper work with me, they accepted it. So be ready.

if i were you i would just go there with my old TM30 and 90 days (just in case) copy of my passport, visa and paper work of the house (rental contract or girlfriend owner), house owner ID and house book. tell them i would like to do TM30. thats all. Not sure about 90 days report because dont know you need to extend it or not. I would found out that there too. 

good luck

they will not stamp and make problem only if you have 1 page left. you have 2

although @BritTim mentioned very important detail. IO may ask some questions like why you didnt get a new passport because you are about to out of pages or whats your plan in thailand because you dont have enough pages to go out and come back or extend your visa. I think the visa you will enter is important. simply 2 pages are not enough for anything but only for tourist visa. 

this video is like 3-4 years old.

nothing strange with it. obviously captain couldnt brake the wave.