Revoked Visa?

[BoonHeng]

Can a one year non immigrant B be revoked? Working for a company but never got a workpermit, thus basicly working illegally. What if I want to quit and for example do a TEFL course, look for a new job and finally start a new job somewhere else in Thailand? Can the old company inform immigration that I am not working for them anymore and have my visa canceled, even though they never applied for a workpermit for me and still had me working? I'm not on a monthly payroll even. Would I have to leave Thailand and come back on a different kind of visa?

Please comment!

[EmptyMind]

Can a one year non immigrant B be revoked?

Please comment!

I thought that any visa could be if they have a good enough reason.

[Maestro]

Yes. See for example this article:

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Thailand to revoke visa of reporter for Dow Jones

Feb 25, 2002 (The Asian Wall Street Journal ABIX via COMTEX)

The visa of Rodney Tasker, a journalist, for Thailand was cancelled by the Thai Government. The decision raises concern about the continued freedom of the press in Thailand.

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Continued here: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb46...02/ai_n17766113

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Strictly speaking, I believe it is not the visa but the permission to stay that gets revoked. However, if the person’s entry into Thailand was with a visa valid for more than one entry and the visa is still valid, immigration will probably use a stamp or a handwritten note in the passport to nullify the validity of the visa if the person is declared persona non grata and put on the blacklist.

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Maestro

P.S. My above reply was in answer to the original text of the OP, which was "Can a visa be revoked?"

[EmptyMind]

Can a one year non immigrant B be revoked? Working for a company but never got a workpermit, thus basicly working illegally. What if I want to quit and for example do a TEFL course, look for a new job and finally start a new job somewhere else in Thailand? Can the old company inform immigration that I am not working for them anymore and have my visa canceled, even though they never applied for a workpermit for me and still had me working? I'm not on a monthly payroll even. Would I have to leave Thailand and come back on a different kind of visa?

Please comment!

Well you just edited your opening post and added the fact that you were/are working illegally. Surely that would be enough for someone to think about revoking your visa if you were unlucky enough to get caught ?

Also isn't it your responsibility to make sure you have a work permit ?

I dunno, Just sounds like you should leave the people on good terms so that they won't do anything nasty and report you and move on.

[BoonHeng]

"Also isn't it your responsibility to make sure you have a work permit ?"

I guess it is, I asked about it but was answered "there is a way around having one".. Yeah right!

I don't get the cooperation to officially obtain one.

[colino]

Didnt we just have this when the Torch was here the government then said that they would and could revoke any visa and black list the passport holder

[Maestro]

From a somewhat related post by Sunbelt Asia in another thread:

1, Have any one heard a REAL CASE were a farang actually have been deported or even imprisoned for violating Work Permit rules?

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Immigration Police: Busted!

Paitaya Puenpatom/Hua Hin/Mar. 2008

Since the beginning of 2007, charges have been brought in five cases concerning immigration offenses in Hua Hin. Most of those arrested were working without a work permit.

- The German owner of a local restaurant, who has a work permit, hired two Philippine singers who did not have a work permit. Both the owner and the two singers were arrested.

- A Swedish person who was helping his wife to cook in the kitchen of their business was arrested.

- A guesthouse did not make a report within 24 hours and the owner was charged accordingly.

- A German man whose mother is Thai was arrested for serving drinks to his German friends in his mothers business.

- A Thai builder was arrested for hiring two Burmese workers who did not have work permits

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Maestro

[jstumbo]

I doubt very much that the company is going to go to immigration and report that you were working for them illegally, and now that you are done working for them illegally, they would like to have your visa revoked.

You must not be on a extension of stay based on employment, because you would need a work permit for that.

So you have a multiple entry B visa that is good for 90 day stays and has a validity of one year. No problem. Your visa is still good and unless the company wants to get into trouble, I doubt they are going to do anything.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I doubt very much that the company is going to go to immigration and report that you were working for them illegally, and now that you are done working for them illegally, they would like to have your visa revoked.

You must not be on a extension of stay based on employment, because you would need a work permit for that.

So you have a multiple entry B visa that is good for 90 day stays and has a validity of one year. No problem. Your visa is still good and unless the company wants to get into trouble, I doubt they are going to do anything.

Exactly. Well put.