Work permit renewal

[phuket2013]

My work permit and non-b visa are due for renewal the same date I am due to give birth; do I need to be there in person for the renewal? And if so can they be done earlier than required if necessary?

[ubonjoe]

Your employer can get your work permit done. But you will need to a apply for your extension of stay (not a visa) in person at immigration.

[phuket2013]

thank you; do you know if I can get the extension of stay done earlier/ later than the stated expiry date?

[sirchai]

thank you; do you know if I can get the extension of stay done earlier/ later than the stated expiry date?

Can't you get in touch with your immigration office? It's certainly possible to do it earlier, but not after it expired. Then you'd have to start over again and leave the country.

Wish you best of luck.-

[phuket2013]

haha, well earlier is certainly the better option there! The HR at work are helpful, i will wait till they are open again in the new year and get it arranged for earlier in that case. Reassuring to know that it can be done earlier. Thanks for the replies!

[ubonjoe]

You can do the extension 30 days early.

The work permit depends upon the local labour ministry office.

[Soutpeel]

Your employer can get your work permit done. But you will need to a apply for your extension of stay (not a visa) in person at immigration.

Not strictly true in 13 years of extensions I have only had to turn maybe 5 times all other times some one in the company has done it for me.....hand over WP/WP couple of days later pp/WP back to me stamped in for another year

[Arkady]

Both should be no possible but I the WP will start from the date of expiry. I think the extension will start from the date renewed.

[ubonjoe]

Extensions start from the existing permit to stay date.

[digitalchromakey]

You must apply to renew your WP before the expiry date.

On your WP5 application, Phuket Labour will then give you an A5 sized receipt (WP5) for which you pay an initial 100 THB fee, you can then use this along with all the other papers to apply for your extension of Permission to Stay at Phuket Immigration.

form_tt5.pdf

Once your extension is sorted you then give Labour a copy of the new entries in your passport and they will process your WP renewal.

Here is the list for a 2.1 extension at Phuket:

Visa extension on the basis of employment 777 2551 Case 2.1t.pdf

Try going in to Labour (dept!) 30 days early to start the ball rolling, the staff in Phuket can be very helpful - explain/show your situation and I am sure they will not have any problem with the application being 30 days early.

Hopefully you can get everything sorted well in time to get this stressor out of the way well in time before your impending birth.

Good Luck.

Edited December 23, 2013 by digitalchromakey

[Cylon]

Yes ,dont wait for the day it expires,because my application has been in now for 3 weeks,seems to be taking a long time this year.

[digitalchromakey]

Yes ,dont wait for the day it expires,because my application has been in now for 3 weeks,seems to be taking a long time this year.

Key thing is to register the WP5 renewal up to 30 days before expiry and then proceed straight to immigration to apply for a fresh 2.1 extension. .

Yes Phuket are running quite a backlog on renewals - recently was up to 4/5 weeks.

However the actual WP can be returned well after the expiry date, as the WP5 receipt is good to work under in the intermediate, whilst the renewal is being processed.

[Alwyn]

thank you; do you know if I can get the extension of stay done earlier/ later than the stated expiry date?

Yes it can

[digitalchromakey]

thank you; do you know if I can get the extension of stay done earlier/ later than the stated expiry date?

Yes it can

Assuming you mean earlier than, since later than is not an option.

[phuket2013]

Thank you for all of the helpful replies everybody!! Really appreciate the advice, Merry Christmas!