Work Permit Cancelled - should I leave?

[keelbolt]

My work permit is being cancelled in the next few days.  I had 'Admitted until 12/12/18 stamped in my passport' when I last entered because I had a one year Non-Immigrant O visa issued last December. Will the cancellation of my work permit change the visa, or am I still good until 12th December 2018?  Anyone give a definitive answer?

 

KB

[ubonjoe]

You apparently have an extension of stay issued by immigration not a visa. Is your extension based upon marriage since you wrot non-o?

If based upon marriage it will remain valid until it expires. If for work it ends on the date you stop working.

[keelbolt]

Thank you for your reply.  I've not been very clear.  

 

My wife is English and has a work permit as a teacher.  This is being unexpectedly cancelled in the next few days.  She has Visa valid until 12th December 2018 issued on showing her work permit.  You are correct in saying that my visa, again valid until 12th December 2018, was issued because we are married (English marriage certificate shown).  

 

Does the cancellation of her work permit affect 'Valid Until' date of 12th December?  If it does, what do we do in order to get some time to pack up and leave, or alternatively get a retirement visa?

 

Once again my apologies for being unclear and thanks for your help.

 

KB

[jenny2017]

15 minutes ago, keelbolt said:

Thank you for your reply.  I've not been very clear.  

 

My wife is English and has a work permit as a teacher.  This is being unexpectedly cancelled in the next few days.  She has Visa valid until 12th December 2018 issued on showing her work permit.  You are correct in saying that my visa, again valid until 12th December 2018, was issued because we are married (English marriage certificate shown).  

 

Does the cancellation of her work permit affect 'Valid Until' date of 12th December?  If it does, what do we do in order to get some time to pack up and leave, or alternatively get a retirement visa?

 

Once again my apologies for being unclear and thanks for your help.

 

KB

It will affect your period of stay. It seems that you’ve got a dependent visa, based on your wife’s status as a teacher. ( I guess she’s on a NON-B?) Once the job’s over, so is your visa/extension of stay. Please contact Immigration immediately to avoid overstay.

 

  P.S. The last day at her workplace is basically the last day you both are allowed to stay here. Seven days at your Immigration shouldn't be a problem for 1,900 baht. 

 

   

[elviajero]

7 hours ago, keelbolt said:

Does the cancellation of her work permit affect 'Valid Until' date of 12th December?  If it does, what do we do in order to get some time to pack up and leave, or alternatively get a retirement visa?

Your wife’s employer should give her a termination letter, and the day her employment finishes is the day her permit to stay becomes void. Yours becomes void too as it’s linked to your wife’s.

 

You and your wife need to go to immigration with the termination letter before her last day of work. You can apply for 7 days to leave the country, if nescessary.

 

If one, or both, of you meet the qualification for an extension based on retirement you should be able to change the reason for your permit to stay (extension) without leaving the country. At least one of you will need 800K in a Thai bank for 3 months (maybe 2) prior to applying, or a certified (foreign) income of 65K pm, or a combination of the two.

 

You can each apply for extensions in your own right if you can separately meet the financial requirements. Otherwise, one of you can apply for an extension based on retirement and the other an extension as their spouse. Effectively one piggybacking the other as with your current extensions.

 

That all said your wife’s non ‘B’ might stop her from changing to an extension based on retirement as some offices will insist she gets a new non ‘O’. This is technically unnecessary as the requirement is only for a Non-Immigrant Visa, but as a non ‘B’ is specifically for work, and a retirement extension doesn’t permit work, they sometimes insist on a change to a non ‘O’.

 

As you have a non ‘O’ you’d have no problem changing to an extension based on retirement. Your wife could piggyback that, but again they might insist she gets a new non ‘O’ first.

 

I suggest you go to your local immigration asap and they will confirm your options and requirements.

[Dexlowe]

The visa becomes void from the day that the company lodges the paperwork with immigration, NOT necessarily the day that you stop working. When my contract ended, my company's (totally excellent) personnel people agreed not to lodge my papers with immigration for a month to allow me to get around leaving the country and then returning (to finish cleaning up). I hit a snag, and once again these wonderful personnel folk delayed lodging the papers for a couple of more weeks. When the papers were finally lodged, I had 7 days to exit the country -- had no issues at the airport. Cheers.

[keelbolt]

Thank you elviajiro and Dexlowe.

 

If we left the country in the 7 day period, could we then return and get the usual two month tourist visa?  I don't want to bring lots of money into the country and then transfer it back again, losing money on both transfers, because we only need two or three months to pack up and go home....  

[elviajero]

25 minutes ago, keelbolt said:

If we left the country in the 7 day period, could we then return and get the usual two month tourist visa?

Yes. You can get a Tourist Visa from a Thai embassy/consulate in a neighbouring country that would give you 60 days extendable by 30 days. Or re-enter under visa exemption and get 30 days extendable by 30 Days.

[Autonuaq]

If the visa is granted on marriage the non-o for marriage your work permit has no influence on the stay.

 

The visa is based on the marriage.

 

And that you use the work permit to extend is not a problem

 

Next time you need other proof of funding or income.

[ubonjoe]

4 minutes ago, Autonuaq said:

If the visa is granted on marriage the non-o for marriage your work permit has no influence on the stay.

The visa is based on the marriage.

And that you use the work permit to extend is not a problem

Next time you need other proof of funding or income.

Go to post #3 and read the OP's post that clarified what he has.

He has an extension based upon his wife's extension not married to a Thai.

[Suradit69]

7 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

The visa becomes void from the day that the company lodges the paperwork

You mean the extension of stay based on employment ends. If you were here on an extension of stay based on marriage or on a multi entry visa entry,  they would not be invalidated.