Hi,
I worked in Thailand 7 years ago
I went to the work permit office once I decided to leave my school and return to UK, to try and hand them my work permit
They said I needed a letter from my employer to void the WP
I called my school and they said I owed THEM money. as I was on guaranteed salary scheme as my lessons were less than the minimum pay out (20 per week), for the majority of my time there
They added it up and said I owed X amount of money
So I just flew home and forgot about it..
They never gave me a contract so it was hard to follow resignation procedures
Anyway
New potential stressful problem now
I am back in Thailand, and am wondering whether my new school will have a problem 7 years later issuing me a work permit.
Surely this has lapsed and the work permit office will grant me another - I have heard a fellow teacher having a similar problem but was a 3 year gap not seven.
I have a new passport / passport number
Your thoughts please! this is really bothering me, sadly.
the work permit I threw away. I am thinking a Thai lawyer could sort this if the WP application is rejected by the work permit office due to the old one still being live (despite them only having a one year life span, which confuses me enormously.)
I wouldnt of worried at all unless I met the Thai person at the school who deals with this and she was saying about he other teacher having the WP problem from he same Ex school , of course