Tanis

She did not want the job.

She does not want the job.

She will do anything to avoid doing the part of the job she hates most.

Yingluck is not interested in being PM and she will disappear out of the job the first time she gets a chance. She is a prisoner of her family.

This is not a defence of her performance. It's a statement of fact, and everyone knows it.

Sounds like the current resident of the oval orifice

I will take my passport to the local immigration office to get their recommendation. I've never heard of this happening to anyone else before. Wish I was able to catch the mistake while I was at the border.

I did a 90 day border run for my non imm b visa today and the immigration lady screwed up the stamp upon my re-entry. The visa stamp is valid until nov. 20 whist the departure card was stamped nov 10. Would it be safe to stay until nov 20 or should I play it safe and report to the border nov 10? I would hate to fork over 5000 baht. lol

I was able to get my work permit last october without the kurusapa for the third year in a row. My personal experience with Hatyai immigration was the kurusapa was not needed until you went to extend the non imm b visa. Many Filipinos that I know used that to their advantage and went to Penang for the second time and completely bypassed that requirement. Be as it may be it's different now. I am surprised that South Africans are not considered native speakers. The two that my school hired are white.

es, you need to have a work permit. Whether your work is full time, part time, paid, or unpaid, you need a work permit to do it.

Even if you want to exhibit your paintings in a gallery without selling them, you need a work permit.

So let me guess I need to hire a beautiful thai to hold my wang while taking a piss? What exactly is "work"? sheezh!

My school hired two South Africans this school year. They were informed at the labor office that they needed their kurusapa before they could get their wp last week. I was under the impression that the kurusapa was not required until you extended the visa at immigration. Has that changed? My wife told me that the Filipinos are now required to take the TOEIC before they can get their temp 2 year kurusapa. Does that requirement extend to South Africans and other native speakers as well?

in my area they do not ask for the teaching license or waiver at labor but at immigration when you extend your visa. That brings me back to my orginal question in my opening post: what are the requirements for a multiple entry non imm b in penang?

I unfortunately work at one of the most disorganized government school in southern thailand and I will be looking for greener pastures as soon as possible. It took me nearly 2 months just to get the required documents together just for my 90 day non imm b visa. I was under the impression that a Khrusapha is not a prerequisite in getting a work permit. It’s when the teachers try to extend their visa at immigration when they run into problems. That's why I would like to bypass the local immigration by going to Penang and thus bypassing the entire Khurusapa ordeal.

One of the requirements for the single entry non imm is the khrusapha or courses proven that you have attempted to pass it. I have not had the opportunity to take these courses due to my location and I am unable to rely upon the school to assist me in obtaining a temporary teaching license.

My wife just called and informed me that someone poured crude oil all over our cat today while we were teaching at school. Does anyone have any suggestions about removing the oil from our cat? Apologies in advance if I posted this in the wrong section of the forums.

Lynn

How would I go about getting that at my school?

First and farmost I want to thank everyone who helped me a couple of months ago while I was in Penang. Everything turned out fine other than that small hiccup. Well I am about to embark on another trip to Penang next week from the 20th until the 22nd in hopes of getting my Multiple entry Non Imm. This is my first time ever getting a multiple entry in Penang and I am a little nervous. Are the requirements identical for getting the one year visa as they were for the 90 visa with the only difference being that I must show proof of my work permit? Do I need to fill out any special paperwork before I leave Thailand? Lastly, do I need to worry about that dreaded khrusapha (sorry for my piss poor transliteration attempt) in Penang? Oh, will the place be open on the 22nd? The 25th is a religous holiday if I am not mistaken.

Again, thanks a million,

Lynn

Both of my previous visa runs were were through Penang. I started working at an agency this past May but I did the visa run myself. The agency did all the required paperwork and placed me in a school. Would I have better luck at a different consulate?

I arrived to Penang late last night and gave my documents to the folks at the Banana and they told me that my visa application (90 day non imm b single entry) could be denied due to me having two other non immb visas this past year. The first nonb visa was obtained last November at a small private school. The school decided that they wanted to hire two Filipino teachers instead of me for the upcoming school year and we parted ways. The second visa I got was in May through an agency. During the second month I got extremely sick and I had to spend two weeks in the hospital and I was to weak to work upon release. The hospital thought that I had a severe form of salmonella. I've been doing 15 day border runs since my termination. What are my options if my visa is denied?

Lynn

Can someone give me the directions to the Penang Consulate from the Banana by bus?

Does this announcement also apply to Penang? I was planning on going there to get a Non B mulitple entry next month.

I got the non immb visa in Penang. Are there any additional steps that must be pursed to finalized any such transfers?

I recently started working for a small school this past school year but I feel that I am not a suitable match and I would like terminate my contract. I am still under the 30 day probabation and the school has not processed my workpermit/ / temporary teaching license. Is it possible to transfer the 90 non-imm visa to another school/agency without leaving the country and starting the entire process all over again?

Do you have a work permit? If so, your contract has the force of law. However, if you have not worked there very long (under one year), they can let you go with no notice and very little compensation (perhaps 1 month of pay) and they still have all their i's dotted and t's crossed. I believe you have to work at a place longer than one year to be considered a permanent employee for the purposes of contract renewal under labour law (so that even if your contract was only for 3 years, not renewing it for no reason would count as termination legally).

Either way, if you're going to be *terminated* for some cause, you must be given a written warning first (or else receive severance for being terminated without cause)- if they're simply not going to renew your contract at the end of the year, then I don't think you have much recourse.

Sometimes a letter from a lawyer showing that you know (and he knows) your rights clears up things considerably. I would also consider warning your troublesome coworkers that Thai law against slander is quite strong (assuming you know that what they claim is not true) and whether they would like a legal case pending during their next work permit review?

Let's be careful not to identify the school here.

"S"

My work permit and visa coincides with my contract which expires next April. I just want to finish out my contract and move on. Next month I am getting married to a wonderful Filipino and I do not want the extra burden of finding a new job. The two Filipinos attend the same church as I and they are spreading the rumors outside of the workplace.

I will not post the name of the school here on the public forums.

The employee agrees to act in a decent manner as a good model teacher to the students : S

This is ambiguous and subjective. It's not specific enough.

This is a catch-all in many teacher's contracts in different forms. I agree it's not specific and undefined; that's what it's for, really. Basically it means if you turn out to be a nutter or an evil person or somehow publicly 'immoral' by community standards they will have a contractual case for dismissing you. It can't be turned around to interpret that you have to work consistently outside the assigned hours, though. If the DOS at his school is justifying the flag meeting this way, it won't stand up logically or legally- but he may not get much sympathy for the reasons mentioned above by Scott.

Well now I am hearing that a few students are complaining about how tough my tests are. I promptly told the department head that I am more than willing to improve my teaching abilities if she would offer something concrete to improve upon. My Thai assistant has been stricter than I when it comes to grading. Yet through all of this I have not received one written warning whatsoever.

I hereby plead guilty to being a pedant, but we are interpreting a legal contract signed in English by the DIRECTOR. Can [b]h[/b]e pass a physical exam? Read this: "8:2 recession of the agreement by the employer in the case where an officially accepted physician has examined the [b]employer[/b] and concludes that the [b]employer[/b] should not be employed further on account of his health:..."

Anyway, the employment at that school seems impossible. Who's going to evaluate you as a peer - the Filipino or her boyfriend?

Get a job at another school, ASAP

The contract is also written in Thai and states exactly the same thing. I had it independently verified by a Thai who attends my church. the "employer" is a typo on my part. I was sitting at a school computer when I wrote that and I had to piss very badly. There was no way in hel_l that I would leave the computer unattended and quite frankly I am quite surprised that there were not more grammatical problems or misspellings.

I really do not know how the assessment will be carried out and I have questioned the fairness of it with the Thai head. She is caught between a rock and hard place so to speak. She hates the DOS and she is retiring at the end of the semester because she cannot stand him. But as I mentioned before I am getting married next month and I do not want to have to look for a new job.

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I reminded the department head what we agreed to verbally

A verbal contract is not worth the paper ir's written on.

My contract specifically states that I start at 8:30 and that is why I did not press the issue concering the assembly. I usually arrive 8:10 or 8:15 everyday. The big problem concerning the assembly is that I have to walk 2 km's every morning to catch a songtell. Furthermore they have requested that I stay until 5-5:30 everyday to help students for various compititions. I usually am able to attend 1 or 2 assemblies a week and I try my best to stay after school. This is the first year that the school has tried to force teachers to attend it.

What type of compensation are we talking about?

At the beginning of the school year I signed a contract with a 1 year contract with a government school. The working hours explicitly state that my time I clock in at 8:30 and leave at 4:30. I asked the head of the English department if I had to attend the 7:40 morning assembly and she told me no before I signed the contract.

Within a month the director of the school mandated all teachers must attend the assembly every day. As each one of you can well imagine I was quite upset and I refused to do so. I reminded the department head what we agreed to verbally (like that will carry much weight in a court of law) and what was written in the contract that she and the director signed. No dice.

That was the beginning of the problems that I started to have at this school. There are two Filipinos who work there who get paid extremely well. The female Filipina has been there for 4 years and she gets paid as much as I do (34,000). The other Filipino is her boyfriend and he gets paid around 28k. Anyway they have been terribly offended that I would not attend the assembly and the female has repeatedly shouted at me in the office and has spread many rumors about me.

Yesterday I found out that all the teachers (do not know if in the English department or school wide) will be given an assessment by their peers and by the students. Dismissal can result if a teacher fails the assessment. I feel that I will get the axe because they are currently asking for the passport information of two farang teachers yet there is only position open (the German lady is leaving).

Anyway i will quote a few things from my contract that deals with termination and behavior:

The employee agrees to act in a decent manner as a good model teacher to the students : SMOKE ONLY AT THE PROVIDED SMOKING ROOM, PERFORM DUTY WITHOUT THE SMELL OF ALCOHOL.

The caps are included in the contract. For the record I do not smoke or drink.

The agreement is terminated on :

8:1 recession of the agreement by either parting serving a notice to the other party at least three months in advance

8:2  recession of the agreement by the employer in the case where an officially accepted physician has examined the employer and concludes that the employer should not be employed further on account of his health:

8:3 recession of the agreement by the employer on account of the employee's serious misbehavior or dereliction of duty without justification

I was hired directly by the school and not through an agency. I have not received any written warnings whatsoever from the school and many of my Thai colleagues has offered praise for my work ethics. Furthermore, I have passed both the 90-120 day probation period.

What are my legal options?