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Ahhh......ok, maybe they think a Google Maps job is easier and so they're actually trying to be helpful. I will try and print a route off as you suggest, if it's easy (even for a dumbass like me!).  Thanks for your help! 

If I wasn't so nervous about doing the whole process exactly how they want it, I might be tempted to. ????  However, I'm going to very deferentially jump through all their hoops just like they want me to, like a good boy!

Don't know if anyone can help with info, but apparently part of the process of applying for extension based on marriage requires my wife and I to submit a copy of the route to our home from the immigration office in Korat, using Google Maps. Not completely sure if it HAS to be something using Google Maps, or whether a clear, hand-drawn and labelled map will do. If it DOES have to be a Google Maps thing, is it easy enough to do/print off? Anyone know? Appreciate any help.

(Plus anyone have any 'tips' for dealing with Korat Immigration office?)

Thanks so much for that info, ubonjoe. Very, very useful!

Just another query and I'll try and make it a yes/no to save your time :

I will be cancelling the wp and ext on March 2nd, 2 weeks before the original last day of working according to the date my work ext is supposed to expire on March 13th, so the date of the 'last day I will be working' on my termination letter should be the original last day (March 13th) or the date I go to cancel the work permit and work ext. (March 2nd) ?

I need my employer to write the correct date on that termination letter and i'm worried about screwing that up!

Sorry if I am being really dumb, ubonjoe. Apologies....& thanks.

Cancelling work visa and applying for extension based on marriage..............getting confusing info CW and other places.....can anyone help?

Basically, I have a work related visa & work permit, which I've extended yearly for many years. Now wish to quit work, and convert my visa/extension to one based on marriage (I am married to a Thai wife).

I have the required money in the bank and am clear about what I need regarding docs to fill-out and copies & photos and so on.......

....but am having huge problems getting perfect clarity on 2/3 key points :

    1. I work in Bangkok, but will move to Korat and live there after I have quit work and applied/got the marrriage visa. My visa was originally issued in Bangkok, so do I have to cancel the visa in Bangkok or can I do it in Korat?

    2. Work permit cancellation: Do I have to cancel that the same day I cancel the visa? (cancelling work permit in Bangkok and then driving to korat and cancelling the visa would be a hassle.) And do I have to cancel the visa & work permit in a particular order? Visa first, then wp?

   3. The letter from the school saying I'm terminating the job would be dated the day I cancel the visa/wp? I was told at CW immigratation that I can cancel the work visa and apply for the marriage visa within a period of 21 days BEFORE my job/visa finishes, so if I cancel the visa say, on 24th February, but my last day at work/day my visa expires is 14th March, what date does the school put on the letter as my last day?

I hope I don't sound like a complete idiot (if I do, frankly I don't care), but somehow I've got myself really confused. I have actually been to CW immigration AND Korat, but the info they gave was sparse and confusing....ie, one person at CW said I DON'T have to cancel the work permit on the same day but Korat said i DO have to. Plus they all seemed too busy to explain things clearly. Confusing!  Any help would be really appreciated.