I Think My Employer Is Screwing Me.

[Yimmy]

I had a non-imm B for 2 years and recently moved to BKK.

I went through an agency and all's been ok... except that not only did I lose my non-B, am now on Tourist visa for the past month, and have to go do another visa run - 2000 baht and a saturday wasted again next week. I get the picture that the agency doesn't want the teachers to be legal for tax and other legalities - the other teachers don't care, half of them are on overstays for the past year++.

I want to be legal. I have all my docs and the receipt for my TL application which my last school applied for, but the agency keeps saying the school hasn't got the docs ready yet every time I ask them.

What docs do the school have to get?

Does it really take this long (since mid-april)?

I was pissed off enough at losing my non b in the first place, but now having to waste my time and money doing visa runs every month

Does anyonr know the answer to the 2 above Qs?

Thanks

[Tomkagai]

I had a non-imm B for 2 years and recently moved to BKK.

I went through an agency and all's been ok... except that not only did I lose my non-B, am now on Tourist visa for the past month, and have to go do another visa run - 2000 baht and a saturday wasted again next week. I get the picture that the agency doesn't want the teachers to be legal for tax and other legalities - the other teachers don't care, half of them are on overstays for the past year++.

I want to be legal. I have all my docs and the receipt for my TL application which my last school applied for, but the agency keeps saying the school hasn't got the docs ready yet every time I ask them.

What docs do the school have to get?

Does it really take this long (since mid-april)?

I was pissed off enough at losing my non b in the first place, but now having to waste my time and money doing visa runs every month

Does anyonr know the answer to the 2 above Qs?

Thanks

I am not a teacher but in the engineering game....but when I have changed companies and changed over the Non-imm B and W/P the documents have always been ready to present to the Thai embassy in Singapore in about 3-4 days..

Dont have a definitive answer for you, but have you considered that the agency/school has too many WP's out based on the number of employees etc or doesnt meet the financial requirements to get work permits, assuming you are working through an agency as you mention it, hence the reluctance to get your paperwork sorted out....mid june to date...seems very long and suggests something is not right...

[Andiamo]

I had a non-imm B for 2 years and recently moved to BKK.

I went through an agency and all's been ok... except that not only did I lose my non-B, am now on Tourist visa for the past month, and have to go do another visa run - 2000 baht and a saturday wasted again next week. I get the picture that the agency doesn't want the teachers to be legal for tax and other legalities - the other teachers don't care, half of them are on overstays for the past year++.

I want to be legal. I have all my docs and the receipt for my TL application which my last school applied for, but the agency keeps saying the school hasn't got the docs ready yet every time I ask them.

What docs do the school have to get?

Does it really take this long (since mid-april)?

I was pissed off enough at losing my non b in the first place, but now having to waste my time and money doing visa runs every month

Does anyonr know the answer to the 2 above Qs?

Thanks

Is the Agency a reputable one? Doesn;t seem to be on the ball so far....