Leaving Thailand

[sutnyod]

Hi,

when I will leave Thailand for another place, I will only be half through my present visa. Do I have to notify immigration I am leaving or do I just go?

Thanks

[asiaworld]

WHY WOULD YOU ?!? Also if one day before your visa expires, you decide to come back, you'll still be welcome here.

If not your visa simply expire & nobody will ever remember..They'll only go throu trouble looking for your file if you decide to extend it, also remember what it says , non-immigrant just a notch better than tourist, they wouldn't bother, if you stay or go ..

[sutnyod]

Thanks. I had thought that somebody might miss me .... when the 90 day address notification time is neigh....

Obviously not .

On the other hand, maybe I could put my remaining visa out on ebay? 6 months carefree living in LOS? Who bets most?

[asiaworld]

btw, i've been resident here for a few years, and NEVER did my 90 days reporting, because if you ever travel abroad within this period , you don't have to ! And no probs, whatsoever with extentions, they won't even count how many days you've spent here ( well i'm in & out weekly )

[lopburi3]

If you are here on an extension of stay (which you must be) and have a work permit (seems likely) you must make sure that the work permit is returned and leave the country within 7 days as your extension ends with end of work. Believe the normal procedure is to visit immigration at that time to obtain a 7 day stamp but have never experienced it so not sure on details.

[sutnyod]

No, I don't have a work permit, because I just base myself here, but work elsewhere. Soon I will make elsewhere my home. It is too tiring to get to immigration for every little thing. The transfer of all my 'works' from the old to the new passport took 3 hours and fills three pages on my precious new passport! I will miss Thailand, but I will not miss 'dtoh mo'!

[TerryLH]

"Also if one day before your visa expires, you decide to come back, you'll still be welcome here.

If not your visa simply expire..."

A little misleading, don't you think?

I thought that without a multple entry visa or a re-entry permit the visa is cancelled when you leave the country.

If that is the case, I think that info would be essential for the specific question asked.