3 month work permit

[nellyp]

My school has just applied for a new work permit for me, and been told I can only have 3 months!!!!! The reson seems to be that i have a multiple entry non o visa, and they will only give me the work permit for as long as my stamp allows me to be in the country. My actual visa still has 8 months left on it, and I have always had year visas before (even though there has never been a year left on my visa. has anybody come across this before??

I also had to submit a medical check up and a syphilis check, bit of which I have never done before and will need to do every 3 months too.

Things certainly seem to be getting tougher.

[expatbrit]

Would hazard a guess that the school will dispense with your services in 3 months.

Which one year "visa" did you have in the past and where was it obtained ?

[nellyp]

That's a very pessimistic outlook. My guess is I will be here in 3 months, and probably three years if I want.

The "visa" has always been the same one I have now, and it was "applied for" in Laos. It's the same type of visa I have been using for work for the last 5 years.

It seems strange that you seem to be putting the 3 month issue on the shoulders of the school, when it is immigration that are causing these headaches. Anyway, thank you in advance if you have any actual insight into this

[Scott]

My WP and visa are not in synch, but the WP is for one year. The WP was just renewed (Dec) and the visa will be renewed in May.

I believe that this all happened some time ago, when the WP was granted for a shorter period of time because I had not yet received my full teacher's license. I, and a few other teachers ended up getting the WP done twice in one year. Eventually the Teacher's License was finished and the two have been out of synch since then.

I would have to check with our visa girl who took care of all it. All I remember was that at the time she assured me (and others) there was no problem, it was an administrative delay with the TCT.