HamburgToBKK Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Currently I'm on a visa extension based on work. My permission to stay and my work permit will expire on May 15. If I leave Thailand next week (since all my work is done) will immigration ask for any document like a work permit cancellation letter? Or am I good to go? I will leave via land border, most likely Nong Khai and plan to come back with a tourist visa. Gesendet von meinem Redmi Note 3 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 You need a termination letter from your employer or immigration at the Nong Khai crossing may not allow you to leave the country without it, The date on the letter would have to be on or after the date you leave the country. Immigration is not interested in the work permit being cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamburgToBKK Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) Thank you. Actually I'm afraid my current school won't give me the termination letter. I have already asked a couple of times for the letter, but they keep putting me off from week to week. What if I leave on the day my extension expires, will immigration still ask for the termination letter? Edited April 25, 2018 by HamburgToBKK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 10 minutes ago, HamburgToBKK said: What if I leave on the day my extension expires, will they still ask for the termination letter? The may ask for it since you could of stopped working long before that day. They are trying to catch people that have done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 8 hours ago, ubonjoe said: You need a termination letter from your employer or immigration at the Nong Khai crossing may not allow you to leave the country without it, The date on the letter would have to be on or after the date you leave the country. Immigration is not interested in the work permit being cancelled. Just to clarify, thus if you fly out of Thailand before your work permit is cancelled, say a one week, Immigration folk will not give you a hassle? Thanks Joe.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rhys said: Just to clarify, thus if you fly out of Thailand before your work permit is cancelled, say a one week, Immigration folk will not give you a hassle? Thanks Joe.. No problem to fly out of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamburgToBKK Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 So if immigration at the land crossing wouldn't let me depart (because of the lack of a termination letter) , then I could still fly out to Vientiane (without the need for termination letter) . Did I get that right? Gesendet von meinem Redmi Note 3 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 1 minute ago, HamburgToBKK said: So if immigration at the land crossing wouldn't let me depart (because of the lack of a termination letter) , then I could still fly out to Vientiane (without the need for termination letter) . Did I get that right? You could fly out or use a crossing that does not ask for one. Only Nong Khai and Mukdahan has asked for the letter as far as I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamburgToBKK Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 Thank you Gesendet von meinem Redmi Note 3 mit Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkoken Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Take a plane and stop asking questions. The agency who employed you will cancel your work permit. You come back on a tourist visa.Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamburgToBKK Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 Take a plane and stop asking questions. The agency who employed you will cancel your work permit. You come back on a tourist visa.Done!I'm not employed by an agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELLHNAS Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) On 4/25/2018 at 7:41 AM, ubonjoe said: You need a termination letter from your employer or immigration at the Nong Khai crossing may not allow you to leave the country without it, The date on the letter would have to be on or after the date you leave the country. Immigration is not interested in the work permit being cancelled. If you use the employer termination letter to cancel your extension in immigration in chaeng wattana (which i believe is the correct way of doing the cancelation rather than leaving without canceling the extension at immigration first) do you still need to have an employer termination letter in the border crossings of nong khai or mukdahan? Edited April 27, 2018 by ELLHNAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 7 minutes ago, ELLHNAS said: If you use the employer termination letter to cancel your extension in immigration in chaeng wattana (which i believe is the correct way of doing the cancelation rather than leaving without canceling the extension at immigration first) do you still need to have an employer termination letter in the border crossings of nong khai or mukdahan? If the extension has already been canceled a termination letter is not required when leaving the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELLHNAS Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 44 minutes ago, ubonjoe said: If the extension has already been canceled a termination letter is not required when leaving the country. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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