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2 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

Yes, as often happens in stories about the experiences of friends, mixing extensions of stays and visa types creates stories that make little sense and, rather than passing on useful advice, just muddy the waters.

 

 

So was he here on a visa or extension of stay? Visas can't be extended.

Yes, he was on a 1-year visa extension. I know you don't even have to cancel

a visa.

He said that the IO wouldn't convert his TV into a 3-month Non-B with the

same passport because he didn't cancel a 1-year extension of his last Non-B

before he left Thailand.

Hello,

This is what did happen to one of my colleagues at

work.

He used to work for a company on a Non-B and

WP. When he quit his job, he got his WP cancelled

but didn't cancel his Non-B, on which he stayed

in Thailand for several months before going back

home.

He got a TV before coming back to Thailand, and went

to the same Immigration Office where he had made a

1-year extension of his last Non-B to try to convert his

TV into a Non-B but in vain. What the IO told him was

they couldn't do that with his passport.

He ended up having to go back home to get a new passport

and came back to Thailand 3 weeks later. No wonder he took

a pay cut for the 3 weeks and had to pay for his return ticket

to fly back home on his own.

I just got my 5th waiver, but TCT told me that

it's going to be my last one.

I got a waiver three times with my old passport

and twice with my new passport.

Hello,

Today I talked to one of the Western teachers for

my school that told me that you could get up to 

6th waiver for up to 6 years and asked him if he 

knew anybody on the 6th one, and he answered

NO, adding that someone told him about it. 555

Have you ever met any foreign teacher on the 6th

waiver before? I'm so curious to know about that.

To tell you the truth, I've heard of those who've got

the 5th waiver but never the 6th one, so I'd think

that the number of times to get a waiver would be

limited to 5.

Thank you for your comment.

Do you mean that you could get the 4th or even 5th waiver

if you haven't used up 6 years yet?

The foreign teacher who is on his 4th waiver for my school

now actually told me that you could get a waiver up to as

many as 6 times till you've used up 6 years, which means

that you could get the 6th waiver in 6 years, changing

schools every year, roughly speaking. I don't know, though.

Hello,

Thanks for all your comments.

I still don't know why TCT gave me the 4th waiver, though.

One of the Western teachers for my school is enrolled in

a course now after he's used up all his 3 waivers, another

teacher left school after he used up his 3 waivers because

he didn't want to pay for the course, which he said would

not be worth the money, and the other teacher is on his 4th

waiver now. To be honest I don't know how TCT will decide

whether or not they will give you the 4th waiver. That's

very strange.

Hello,

Thank you for your comments.

I tried entering my name in the database only to find

all 4 teaching waivers up in it, as you suspected. 555

http://www.ksp.or.th/service/license_search.php

I don't know why TCT gave me the 4th waiver, which

is not common. Would you think it possible for me

to get the 5th waiver?

Thank you.

Hello.

I’m on my 4th waiver now that I was lucky to get after I got my new passport.

The website of Khurusapha (TCT) says, however, that I’m just on my 1st waiver

with my new passport number, even though that’s the 4th one overall, as I said.

Would you think that getting a new passport will eliminate the history of teaching

waivers? If so, would you think it possible for me to get the 2nd waiver with my

new passport number, which is going to be my 5th one in total?

Thank you in advance.