Changing Jobs With A Work Permit

[spurs]

Hey all,

i've dona search but can't gt the specific info i need. Can anyone help?

1. i have a work permit and non imm b

2. i want to change companies

can i still retain the work permit and non imm b?

does it cancell out and the new company have to re issue?

do i have to leave the country?

what the best advice you can give for this?

really apriciate any help

spurs.

[spurs]

sorry all i'm brittish and am 28 years old

[stevemiddie]

Hey all,

i've dona search but can't gt the specific info i need. Can anyone help?

1. i have a work permit and non imm b

2. i want to change companies

can i still retain the work permit and non imm b?

does it cancell out and the new company have to re issue?

do i have to leave the country?

what the best advice you can give for this?

Do you have an extension of stay for approx 1 year? Or have you been doing 90 day border runs?

really apriciate any help

spurs.

Where did you search?? LOTS of threads on this

Do you have a 1 year extension of stay? Have you been doing 90 day reporting ? Border runs?

Edited July 18, 2007 by stevemiddie

[spurs]

thanks that really helps.

i've just done another search. all i find is changing visas from work to o to b etc. I just need a quick suggestion that's all. if not post the link for me to read.

any help is great

spurs

[stevemiddie]

Do you have a 1 year extension of stay? Have you been doing 90 day reporting ? Border runs ?

Edited July 18, 2007 by stevemiddie

[raro]

I just went through thevery same process.

I had to return the old work permit and at the same time the new company applied for a new work permit.

Upon returning the old WP, you have to go to Immigration immediately after and cancel the non-immi-b. This grants you another 7 days in Thailand.

Simultaneously, you submit to immigration the new WP application receipt and they give you another 30 days on consideration.

Once the new WP is approved, you get a new 1 year non-immi-b and this allows your WP to be extended until the visa expires.

[Maestro]

Raro, just to satisfy my curiosity: did you get a new work permit book (I believe it is green) with the new work permit? Or was the new work permit stamped in your old book?

(I am making a distinction between the work permit (Labour Department's entry in the book) and the book itself)

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Maestro