OnTheRun

The ranting on this thread is just more confirmation of entitled bitter British economic refugee expats thinking that they are above the law of any country but their own. Just because their dole payment goes farther in Thailand doesn't mean they have to be here. More reason to avoid all the Pattaya and Phuket dumps populated by the tightwad Chang drinking flip flop crowd.

I love being in Thailand, I encounter none of these problems with the law or crooked taxi's or angry thai boyfriends weilding machetes. Probably because I stick to high class places that charge more than 100 Baht for a beer, so no Brit would be caught dead in them.

Sorry if this is random and off topic. I just figured all the rampant Thai/America bashing that goes on here on TV needed a counterpoint.

I'm delighted for you Anyone boasting about 'sticking to high class places' & paying over the odds for a beer is best avoided anyway IMO.

If you have work Permit you do not need a return ticket

That was your question

This is the answer

A Newbie writes!

That was not the question.

Immigration is not interested in whether or not you have a Work Permit – totally different Government Departments.

The question was, if the OP has a Visa does he need a Return Ticket – the simple answer is "no" of course.

The discussion then drifted (mea culpa) into the question of whether the Work Permit is still valid if the original Visa on which it was based has been allowed to expire.

I am open to correction on my opinion that the Work Permit expired when the Visa did.

Patrick

I'll correct you mate, one of my work colleagues came to Bangkok on Friday to cancel his non B visa as it expires on the 20th April, for his next assignment we require him to be here until start June. He is in Singapore today making a new 3 month non B visa to allow this. His work permit remains valid throughout this process without any renewal.

Not necessarily so, for example my work permit and non B run out at the same time, however we have guys coming in to Thailand for specific jobs, their non B lasts 3 months while their work permits are valid for 1 year meaning they often have to renew their non B prior to coming here. It's gets awkward when their non B is due to run out half way through an assignment. They have to come to Thailand, cancel their non B leave again to say Singapore and apply for a new non B, time consuming and costly. It all depends on the type of work permit initially applied for.

That seems strange. I can only comment on how it works for teaching jobs.

1. Apply for non-B outside Thailand - valid for 3 months.

2. The school then apply for a work permit which is normally valid for a year.

3. Go to local immigration office and show them the work permit, they then EXTEND the original non-B visa so that it expires on the same date as the work permit.

This means that;

(a) If you stay with the same school and get a further one year work permit, immigration will then EXTEND again the SAME non-B visa. This goes on forever as long as you stay with the same school (I was on one original non-b for 5 years - they just kept extending it.

( The work permit is tied in to the visa. If you leave your job for any reason, then you lose your work permit and technically, your visa is also cancelled.

Other types of employment may be different.

I think it all depends on the job category when applying for the visa, I am a supervisor / manager the guys who only get 3 months are field engineers. I did ask our legal reps on this and was informed 3 month non B was the best we can get for the field engineers due to their job title. Further to that the guys are in question are not permanently resident in Thailand only coming for specific jobs, that may also have a bearing on it. Very frustrating as some of the jobs are short notice meaning we have to keep on top of the visa issue at all times.

i already have a work permit. My non b has expired so I need a new non -b, which I will be applying for at the miami office

Surely if the Visa has expired, so has the Work Permit?

Patrick

Not necessarily so, for example my work permit and non B run out at the same time, however we have guys coming in to Thailand for specific jobs, their non B lasts 3 months while their work permits are valid for 1 year meaning they often have to renew their non B prior to coming here. It's gets awkward when their non B is due to run out half way through an assignment. They have to come to Thailand, cancel their non B leave again to say Singapore and apply for a new non B, time consuming and costly. It all depends on the type of work permit initially applied for.

We got the belt (tongs) in schools in Scotland when I was young. We had one nutter (teacher) who made us roll a dice to determine the amount of strokes received... Never did us any harm but changed days now.

I presume Catholic schools have to be extra careful in the coverage they receive given the revelations over the last decade or so.

If they're really serious about earning more cash from tourism why not ban all Italians thereby freeing up more hotel space for people who actually spend money?

I think I'll pass on this one