Mattd

Depends on cooperation from the employer.

Yes it is as far as I know, you can ask your employer to do this and immigration will accept it.

If he is indeed entered on a non-b VISA and not an extension of stay, then he needs to cancel the old work permit, as that was issued to teach at a different school and apply for a new work permit for the new school.

This process needs to be completed prior to the expiry of his admitted to date in his passport, which should be 90 days from his arrival in to Thailand if it is indeed a visa.

Once (if) the work permit has been granted, then he can go to immigration and request a one year extension of stay based on teaching, preferably a few days before his permission to stay expires.

The critical part is that it is a non-b visa, if it isn't and it is already an extension of stay, then the above doesn't apply and the procedure differs.

There is a very similar thread currently being discussed here as well.

23 minutes ago, Manikanta said:

yesterday, i did my 90 days reporting anyhow thanks for your  information.

I will just clarify, I am not saying that you are on overstay, in fact, as stated in previous posts, so long as your previous work permit has not been cancelled, then you are not, the fact you did a 90 day report does confirm that you are on an extension of stay and not a visa.

However, as a word of warning to all, a 90 day report may not necessarily pick up an overstay, so do not rely on that as evidence of not being on overstay.

I know a guy (well) that was on a 12 month retirement extension, who, stupidly,  went out of the country without a re-entry permit, when he re-entered he was correctly stamped in for 30 days, except he did not bother to check this, he then went on to do THREE further 90 day reports in person with no mention whatsoever of any overstay, of course when he came to renew his extension again it was discovered, a 20,000 Baht fine and start again was the penalty then, now he would have been banned to enter for a considerable time, which would have caused a lot of problems for him.

Where does the OP state that he is Canadian?? (He may well be, I just cannot see where he says he is!!)

On 2017-6-12 at 5:21 PM, jankan88 said:

I believe I read it somewhere in this thread but now I can't find it so I'll ask again.

Since TE basically is a tourist visa, do we qualify for VAT refund at the airport? If so, for how long after the purchase can you wait to fly out (collect the VAT) and still be eligible for the refund?

This maybe correct, although technically, regardless of the visa type, if you are resident in Thailand for longer than 183 days in a calendar year, then you are deemed tax resident, so therefore would be treated as a Thai in the case of VAT refunds, however this may not be strictly applied by the VAT refund folks at the airports, not sure it is worth it though, unless you purchase something of a high value.

7 minutes ago, meatboy said:

incompetance comes to mind,why did you leave it till the last moment?uk passports can be renewed 9months before it expires.

To be fair to the OP, he did say that he has just had serious eye issues, which required surgery, he may not have been able to go to immigration to do the extension at that point and depending on where the office is, then possibly immigration would not do the extension until 30 days before, so a close run thing.

And he has not mentioned where he comes from, so renewal options for the passport are unknown!

1 hour ago, YetAnother said:

i wonder what the reason was for getting the new passport; if it was about to expire or was full, then would immigration here even use it for the extension ?

9 hours ago, yimlitnoy said:

passport will expire on 3 August 2017

It would not cancel the work permit, your employer could still do this, no need for you to actually go for that part.

Careful not to burn any bridges though.

5 minutes ago, howard ashoul said:

"Proof of residence if not living where your wife's house book is for."

 

Is that a certificate of residence? But that doesn't make a sense. Since this certificate is issued by immigration. They would be issuing certificate for themselfs.

Simple, if you are not living where your wife is registered in the Tabien Bahn, then you would need to provide a rental contract for where you are living at.

Photos of you and your wife in the house, map of the house location.

But cars do stop...................... usually right on the crossing blocking your path, so then you must go around them only to nearly be killed by the motorbikes going on the inside and outside!!

The reason that they do not stop is because the thought does not even enter their head.

Same as when they walk through a door in a public place and never look around to see if anybody is following, or walk around whilst doing the oh so important line chat on their mobile, look, why do that, everybody can move for me............ spacial awareness is virtually zero............ sorry, rant over!!!

Just now, alocacoc said:

The Bus from Mukdahan brings you to the Busstation Savannakhet. There are waiting Tuk Tuks. In case the Bus is not waiting for you while you applying for your visa on arrival at the Laos Border, you could take also a Tuk Tuk from there, or wait for the next bus.

 

 

The point was that the OP mentioned getting a Tuk Tuk AFTER the border and the comment later was that the Tuk Tuk's cannot cross the border............

29 minutes ago, bangkokairportlink said:

So, after I take a 50 baht bus from Mukdahan there should be (I assume) tuktuks to drive me directly to consulate after I cross the border? 

30 minutes ago, bangkokairportlink said:

No, tuktuk won't cross the order, you must find a travel agency or pay the casino van to cross the border.

Now called The Loft Resort to be exact.

https://www.facebook.com/TheLoftResortPattaya/

3 minutes ago, MikeyIdea said:

My experience is with children involved, it took a month to get the divorce certificate, this happened a couple of times 6-7 years ago

 

A rule is not a rule is not a rule perhaps :) I don't know, perhaps they only send over cases where there is doubt regarding legality or if the agreement is good for the child 

It is probably based on the circumstances of the divorce etc. and possibly on the age of the children at that time perhaps, mine were 13 & 16 at that time.

12 hours ago, 1SteveC said:

I stand by my comment that the OP should be ready for a possible overstay fine.

He very well maybe working illegally, however that is assuming that he is actually attending the new school and teaching of course.

Overstay is not applicable for one of two possible reasons, first one is as Joe has pointed out, the previous school has not yet cancelled his work permit, the second one is that although the OP is more than likely on an extension of stay based on work, he doesn't state that, there is a (albeit very slight) possibility that he does indeed have a valid non-b visa and not an extension of stay.

Regardless, he needs to get this sorted.

On 2017-5-23 at 5:30 PM, MikeyIdea said:

There is a delay between when a mutual divorce at the amphur is "registered" (= all documentation is completed) and when it formally takes effect (not divorced as of date but effective as of date). This is simply because the amphur divorce is ratified by Family court by a process behind the scene

 

I am not so sure about this part, when I divorced it was amicable and at the Amphur office with an agreement signed by both parties, the custody of the children and financial settlement etc. in this agreement, the Amphur office issued the divorce certificate to both of us and signed / stamped 3 copies of the agreement, one for each of us and one for filing at the Amphur office, the divorce was full and final on the same day.

Maybe of some assistance:

Just now, KevT said:

Thanks. Do you have a webpage for this? Maybe there are the other category as well.

It is all in the attachment in the other thread.

also: https://www.immigration.go.th/content/permanent_resident_in_the_kingdom

Humanity Reasons category: he/she must have relationship with a Thai citizen or an alien who already possessed residence permit as the followings:

1) A legal husband or wife.

2) A legal father or mother.

3) A child who is under 20 years of age up to the application submission date and must be single.

27 minutes ago, KevT said:

From Siam-Legal, it says there is a 50 000฿ / month category, but the requirements seem very difficult to attain / highly improbable. 

Yes, this is in the guidelines, if you cannot qualify then the 80,000 per month is the only next step available if based on working.

The guidelines are 14 years old, but pretty sure they still apply.

Do note that if you are working at a school as a teacher, then your school is going to have to assist you and provide a lot of documentation to support the application.

PR Guideline BKK Immigration.pdf

@IMA_FARANGMy understanding is that he is no longer in Thailand, he exited using a new Thai passport with no questions asked by Thai immigration, so long as he only ever uses his Thai passport to enter and exit Thailand from now on, then the NZ passport entry is no longer applicable.

He should have no problems entering Thailand using his Thai passport, as he has an exit stamp in it already, can't see that immigration would make, or even try to make, the link between him entering before on a NZ passport and exiting on a Thai one, especially now he has successfully exited using the Thai one.

Extract from the Immigration guidelines for applying.

3.2.3 In case where the applicant lacks of any qualification as mentioned in 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 then the following requirement is applied.

1) Be a holder of work permit for at least 3 consecutive years up to the date of application submission and

2) Have been working in the current company for at least 1 year, up to the date of application submission and

3) Earn annual income at least Baht 80,000 per month for a period of at least 2 years, up to the date of application submission, or have been filing tax return for the amount of annual income of Baht 100,000 for at least 2 consecutive years, up to the date of application submission.

Lots of experts in this field within TV, from memory, if a break in work permits is allowed then it is very short and best avoided.

3 consecutive years income tax payments are important as well.

1 minute ago, Trident280 said:

FYI, there is another option (at least for NZers), and that's to get your Thai passport endorsed by the NZ embassy, meaning you can enter NZ any time without requiring a visa. This costs B4,500, and would have obviated the need to show the NZ passport at Check-in. Not sure what paperwork is required as we chose not to do it. But other than that, there is no advantage whatsoever.

Thanks for the update and glad all went as planned.

I would think that it is not worth spending 4,500 THB for this if all it does is save showing the NZ passport at check in, as that is not exactly difficult or time consuming, there is a possibility by doing this the Thai IO could question about it and dual nationality when departing Thailand, which could defeat the advice of not showing the NZ passport to Thai Immigration?

7 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said:

But you can get a 7 day extension of stay.

Only if you go to immigration and apply for an extension of stay, which would be refused and 7 days given to leave the country, it certainly isn't automatic.