I Got Fired Today. How Can I Get More Time To Find A New Job?

[phil2]

Your permission to stay is based on extension of stay linked to employment and you should have visited immigration today, being your last day of employment, taking with you a letter from your employer advising contract termination to enable your extension of stay to be cancelled. You should have left Thailand today or obtained a 7 day extension from immigration (fee 1,900 baht). You will need to obtain a new visa from consulate abroad. Vientianne currently issuing double entry tourist visa free of charge which, with extensions and a border run in the middle, will give you nearly 6 months stay. You are now on overstay and should visit immigration tomorrow with employer letter.

Under new rules an employer just has to advise the local labour office in writing that contract of employment has been cancelled and labour office records will be updated/work permit cancelled. However, some offices still seem to be working behind the times. If your employer insists on having the work permit returned then let them have it, otherwise it may cause you more headache later when applying for a new work permit. Once you find new employment you will need to apply for new Non-Immigrant visa.

If you are married to Thai or have Thai child there may be other options for you.

He said 26th of February, not 4th of February. How is that an overstay? I'm confused.

[lopburi3]

The OP says he got fired on the 4th so any time after than is overstay. It appears he may have used the wrong term and he got notice that his employment will end on the 26th but that is not clear in OP.

[spatz]

Thank you for your answers, especially Thaiphoon, who tirelessly answers questions day in and day out. My stress and sense of impending doom has melted away thanks to you.

My boss is telling me I need to turn in my work permit AND passport for processing on Feb 26. If that's the case, when should I go to Vientianne? Before Feb 26 or after? You can see how clueless I am on these matters.

@Thaiphoon: I've only been let go verbally, not legally, so I don't think I'm on overstay. Basically, he said he's going to officially fire me on Feb 26, and I don't need to come to work till then.

@nakachalet: Not too much to learn here. I'm a web programmer. My special project was canceled. For generic programming, my boss prefers to use Thai employees, who require a much lower salary.

Your boss is cancelling your WP on the 26 of Feb then you will have 7 days to leave from when the WP is cancelled. BTW your Non B visa, is in multi entry? If yes, all you need to do is leave the country within 7 days and return, this can be done at a land crossing and you'll get 90 days. I'm in the same boat as you, my contract ended and I still have time left (just) on my non B visa, now when I return before the expirery date I'll get 90 days.

Regards

[lopburi3]

He must visit Immigration to cancel extension of stay and leave the day his employment ends or apply for a 7 day extension of stay. There is no longer a gratis 7 days allowed.

[DickFarang]

All passports are owned by the country issueing them, you are only the holder. Do not give the passport to anyone.

That is what I thought too.

[pacovl46]

hi there,

u will have to cancel your work permit at the ministry of labor within 7 days after u have been fired. u can save yrself all the trouble of going to the immigration to cancel yr visa by simply doing a visa run. this will also save u the 2000 baht for the 7-day extension they r going to offer u at the immigration. u can then spend those 2000 on a tourist-visa. i did it that way. if i were u i'd leave the country on the 26th.

[LuckyLew]

You should go to Vientian to get a tourist visa

before the 26th. Gives you upto 180 days to

stay in Thailand, using the two extensions

Then go with you soon to be ex-boss to cancel the WP.

With the tourist visa in hand you will have nothing to worry about

as far as over stay is concerned.

Do not under any circumstances hand you passport over

to anyone, never

[Arcolye]

Your boss is cancelling your WP on the 26 of Feb then you will have 7 days to leave from when the WP is cancelled. BTW your Non B visa, is in multi entry? If yes, all you need to do is leave the country within 7 days and return, this can be done at a land crossing and you'll get 90 days. I'm in the same boat as you, my contract ended and I still have time left (just) on my non B visa, now when I return before the expirery date I'll get 90 days.

My Non-imm B visa is multi reentry, as stated in my OP. So you're saying because I have multi reentry permit, I don't have to apply for a tourist visa, I just need to leave Thailand and come back? And I get 90 days? Even though that Non-imm B visa will be canceled on Feb 26? Can anyone verify this?

That would be nice, but I need to make sure it's true. It does seem like my multi reentry visa should give me some advantage.

If I do this, I get 90 days, and then could I do the Vientianne visa run after that to get 178 more days?

[Mario2008]

From your OP it appears you do not have a multiple non-B. You state that you also have a multiple re-entry permit, which is something entirely different!

[Lite Beer]

He seems to have a 12 month extension of stay. Not a Visa.

[Arcolye]

Oh ok, that's good to know. So I canNOT do what spatz was talking about because I'm on extension of stay, not the actual visa, and because having a non-imm multi re-entry permit is not the same as having a non-imm multi re-entry visa. Correct?

So I'll just do the Vientianne thing before my extension of stay is canceled on Feb 26.

[camerata]

Tell him he can have a copy, if he wants, and endorse it with the inscription written across it that it is to be used solely for the purpose of terminating your employment only and dated, to make sure he cannot use your identity for any other purpose.

And do this any time you give anyone a copy of your ID for any reason. Otherwise you may find soon after that you've mysteriously purchased a mobile phone and racked up 20,000 baht in overseas calls.

[Arcolye]

You should go to Vientian to get a tourist visa

before the 26th. Then go with you soon to be ex-boss to cancel the WP.

With the tourist visa in hand you will have nothing to worry about

as far as over stay is concerned.

I talked to someone at http://www.thaivisarun.com. He said that I can't do a visa run to Vientianne BEFORE the 26th (when my visa and reentry permit will be cancelled) because I still have a multi-reentry permit, so even if I get a the double tourist visa from Vientianne, I will have 2 valid visas upon re-entering Thailand, which will cause some problem at immigration. Any truth to this?