wowwo Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I was working in Samui but moved to Phuket 2 months ago to work for another company. I am in the possesion of a 12 month Non-B multiple entry visa expiring in October. When I moved to Samui my previous employer cancelled my workpermit. In the mean time my new employer orginized a new workpermit for me. My new employer says that .....when my employer in Samui cancelled my workpermit that my 12-month Non-B visa was automatically invalid as well. In other words..........if a company cancels your work permit does this mean that your 12 month Non -B Visa is invalid as well at the same time? Is this correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angie Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 YES, this happened to my husband in March this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfromoz Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Are you sure you were on a non-imm visa and not a permission to stay stamp for your work permit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowwo Posted May 12, 2004 Author Share Posted May 12, 2004 Yes 100%, I am in the possesion of 12 month Non-B. I got this is Holland last year in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indo-Siam Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 The problem here is the use of the word "visa". Your problem is not with your visa. Your problem is with your entry permit. These are not the same. Having a valid non-immigrant entry permit is what makes you eligible for a 90-day work permit. That work permit is then what may make you eligible for an EXTENDED entry permit. The EXTENDED entry permit is then what makes you eligible for a one-year work permit. If an employer terminated your work permit, and you were on an extended entry permit at that time, then your entry permit becomes invalid, and you typically have seven days to leave the country. If your underlying non-immigrant VISA is still valid, then all you have to do is make a border crossing, and reenter the country on another 90 day non-immigrant entry permit - which then enables you to apply for a new work permit. If you now have a new work permit, that means that you must have a valid entry permit. But - take a close look in your passport - forget the visa (a full-page paste-in sticker) - look instead for a blue-ink stamp that tells you that "extension of stay is permitted up to ____" or a border croossing/airport entry stamp that says "Admitted until ___". The date in the blank is the date when you go into illegal overstay status. Good luck! Steve Indo-Siam www.thaistartup.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowwo Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 Dear Steve, Thank you very much for this explanation, finally I think (hope) I understand. My non-immigrant-B VISA is indeed still valid (until September) and I am indeed (since 1 week) on an EXTENDED entry permit. I will go however with my wife to Malaysia for 2 days in next few weeks………what are the implications here? If I travel to Malaysia I will supposedly get a new 90 day non-immigrant entry permit, right? Does this mean this automatically voids my EXTENDED entry permit which is valid until October 2004? My God …this is complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opalhort Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Dear Steve,Thank you very much for this explanation, finally I think (hope) I understand. My non-immigrant-B VISA is indeed still valid (until September) and I am indeed (since 1 week) on an EXTENDED entry permit. I will go however with my wife to Malaysia for 2 days in next few weeks………what are the implications here? If I travel to Malaysia I will supposedly get a new 90 day non-immigrant entry permit, right? Does this mean this automatically voids my EXTENDED entry permit which is valid until October 2004? My God …this is complicated get a re-entry permit valid for the same period of your current entry stamp extension. once you have this re-entry permit you can leave and re-enter Thailand without affecting your current extension or work permit. opalhort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Hs is right. Once the work permit is cancelled the permission to stay will also be adjusted accordingly. However they will usually give you a month or so to pack up. That may be enough time for the new company to get the new work permit and get the permission to stay extended. If not you will need to do a trip to Penang or the like to get a new visa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manfromoz Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 A friend of mine just had the misfortune of leaving Thailand without getting a re-entry permit and has found himself in the same position as you. His work permit cancelled, he also still has a valid non-imm B visa. When the labour department cancelled his work permit they told him his visa was also cancelled which is rubbish. I think the labour department has the same misunderstanding on extended stay permits versus visa's. Anyway to cut a long story short, he went to immigration, they told him his 90 day entry stamp was valid and to sort out his new work permit in that time. If you do a visa run and get a new 90 day stamp you can get reorganised in your new position before your visa expires. One more thing, you have 7 days after the cancellation of your work permit to do something about your visa, not a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On-the-BTS Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 According to my recent experience, it's 14+7=21 days for the "pack up and get outta here" period. First they give you a stamp that's good for 14 days as a "take 14 days while we think about this" even though there's nothing to think about, and that costs the usual 1900B by the way, then you have to go to the Immigration Office again after fourteen days and they'll stamp the dreaded "application rejected, leave the country within d+7.mm.yy" stamp in your passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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