Do I Really Have To Change From Non Imm O With Marriage Extension To Type B

[sirchai]

I have a WP with a type o (marriage) visa. It's definitely possible.

Please let me tell you my experience regarding working on a Non- O based on your marriage. It's true that the Immigration's telling you what kind of documents they want to see. I'd just made my visa extension two weeks ago, asking the Immigration if my type of visa would be okay to apply for a work permit.

( I've got to add, that I'd applied for mine abroad in Europe, which doesn't make a difference to the type of visa)

The answer was yes. The reason why some schools want to put you on a Non-B visa is that they can bring the whole foreign stuff to an Immigration and do all the paper work on the same day.

But the regulations have changed, the work permit does not necessarily run together with the visa any more.

Unfortunately I've worked together with many foreigners being on a Non-O, holding a work permit.

Please be polite, let them know that you're allowed to work on this type of visa and you'll be good to go. Chock dee na khrap. :jap:

[a99az]

Not true. You can get a WP on a non-O as easily as you can get on a non-B. If you don't meet the requirements for an extension of stay based on marriage, (income of 40,000 or 400,000 in the bank) you still don't have to go abroad. You can simply ask immigration for an extension of your permission to stay based on employment.

They are probably wanting you to change as with an extension based on employment you will have to leave the country the day your employment ends. It makes you more dependent of them.

But you can always get a 60 day extension based on your marriage if your employment ends. So it is up to you.

I would explain to them that you inquired and were told they were wrong. If they persist it tells you something about the school.

I will second this I am teaching on a marriage visa non o in Phayao.

Remember you will be asked to get a teaching license by the government school and that my friend, will set you back best part of your first years wage. Think it's time to move to new pastures.