Urgent Information Required On How Many Days One Is Allowed To Stay After Ending Work Contract!

[pbharali]

Hi there,

I would appreciate it if someone could give me some information. I have been employed with a Thai company and have resigned from the same and therefore my work permit and visa will be cancelled on my last working day i.e. October 16th 2012; Now I would like to know, how long am I allowed to stay in the country before I have to leave? As far as my understanding goes, you are usually allowed a week to leave. But I now I have heard that they just give you 24 hours. Is that true? Can somebody please help me and give me the right information.

Thanks,

Parthiv B

[ThaidDown]

It depends if you are on an extension from immigration or an actual visa entry, if the latter then the visa is not cancelled and you can remain until your 'permitted to stay' date.

If, however, you are currently on an extension of stay then this finishes after your last day of work and you have to leave within 24 hours. You can however visit immigration and apply for an extension, this will give you a further 7 days in the country, cost 1900 baht (After 7 days the extension will actually be refused.) Then you will have to leave.

[lopburi3]

It also depends on where extension was issued - if you used the one stop (BOI supported companies) they seem to still allow 7 days without a request and TM.7/1,900 baht payment. But if from a normal immigration office you are required to cancel extension of stay on the same days your employment ends.

[Colabamumbai]

It also depends on where extension was issued - if you used the one stop (BOI supported companies) they seem to still allow 7 days without a request and TM.7/1,900 baht payment. But if from a normal immigration office you are required to cancel extension of stay on the same days your employment ends.

Lopburi when you say cancel, do you actually have to visit immigration, or just leave the country.?

[BrianCR]

Either will cancel it

[Mario2008]

Either will cancel it

Not always, if you have a re-entry permit it would not be cancelled, and immirgation prefers you cancel it properly, so that they can check you were not on overstay.

[lopburi3]

And the can send you back to do so - have seen at least two reports of this happening at Nong Khai (and at least one did not have a re-entry permit and immigration was trying to help him not lose extension until he advised he had quite his job and was refused exit until he obtained extension canceled stamp).

[Colabamumbai]

I've often wondered how would they know, work was finished with the visa still being valid past the date of employment.

Im presently on Single Entry Non B from Vientiane, entered August 28, go for extension after 90 days, before November 25th, contract ends March 31 2013.

Will Immigration give me the extension for one year from end of November, or only until end of contract May 31.?

[Mario2008]

Sometimes they ask why you don't have a re-entry permit, when you tell them you lost your job they can ask you to cancel properly so to chck that you are not on overstay.

They might stamp you till the end of contract.