I'm in my home country, have a reentry visa but school cancelled WP

[maiagarri]

I came home to my country to finish my Masters thinking I will be back first week of June but I found out that I have to write my thesis or else I will overstay my status (I'm taking longer than usual due to working in TH). I inform my school in TH about this and told them I will be back on the 2nd semester and asked them to let me take an "educational leave" and for the meantime find another teacher.

My co-teachers help find a substitute but now the school told me that they're cancelling my WP. The thing is, my kids and husband are in TH. Can I still use my reentry permit when I go back? What do I need to do with my visa? Can the school cancel it even if my WP is with me? I wonder whether the school be fined if they wont cancel it. Also, I need to be TH to collect data for my paper since the respondents are there. Thanks in advance. 

[fletchsmile]

Find out exactly what your school are actually doing and have done now and what they plan to do. This will drive what you need to do next.

 

Yes it's possible for them to cancel your WP in your absence. The WP can be cancelled by either employer. employee or left to just expire.

 

Yes a school or any other employer is obliged to notify officials if your employment is terminated, and if they don't do so are liable to a fine.

[overherebc]

If you have an extension of stay based on working then officially that should be cancelled as well. Sounds like you have as you say you have a re-entry permit.

If your extension hasn't been cancelled and you use it and re-entry permit to return it could cause you problems re overstay if your school later informs Imm'.

If your husband is working you could get an extension based on his extension, I think.

[arithai12]

Your visa/extension based on work expires legally on the day that the school cancels your WP. However the WP cancellation is done at the city administration (department of labor) and it is not automatic that Immigration is informed. At least not in the past, I don't know if recent improvements in the connection of the databases have changed this.

 

This means that when you arrive in Thailand the immigration officer may well still see a valid visa/extension and re-entry permit in your passport, and you should be ok to enter. However you will be at high risk, anyone can "inform" the authorities and you will be in a sticky place.

You could also enter as a tourist, and in the 30 days (typically) period of your stay try to sort things out.

 

For example, as the previous poster wrote, if you are legally married with a person legally working in Thailand you can obtain a visa/extension (different from your current visa/extension) as dependant spouse. This can be converted from your tourist status here in Thailand, or applied for in your home country, depending on the approach you choose. Of course, the duration of your permission to stay will be linked to that of your husband.

 

I suggest that your husband contacts an agent here to see the options.

Good work with your thesis.

 

ps: sorry I wrote visa/extension everywhere, some people are really meticulous about the distinction.

[Briggsy]

3 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

ps: sorry I wrote visa/extension everywhere, some people are really meticulous about the distinction.

Actually you are right without realising it.

 

If the husband has a work permit but no extension due to not reaching the salary threshold or other reason, then the husband will have a non-imm B and will be doing border runs every 90 days. The OP, the wife, can obtain a non-imm O visa and join him on these border runs.

 

If the husband has a work permit and an extension based on this work permit, the OP, the wife, can ultimately obtain an extension as a dependent.