Singerman Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I don't even see what kind of fuss could be done. This obviously is a fixed term contract. If your employer doesn't want to renew it, so what? It might not be honest to you especially if he had promised to renew it, but the law says he's entitled to do so. And your non-immigrant 'B' will be canceled on the day your contract finishes. As I can recall, when I resigned from my last job in Thailand, the HR folks told me that I had to leave the country within 30 days. No way to apply for another visa from within Thailand. Valid visas are never cancelled and can be used until they expire. Extensions of stay become invalid on the day a job ceases. There is no 30 days to leave the country but a 7 day "extension" can be had from immigration for 1900 Bht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannig Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Well, that was quite a few years ago, maybe rules have changed or I had been misinformed. I was on a 1-year 'B' visa, don't know if that's the kind of visa we're talking about here. I certainly recall that I did not have to pay anything and I had left the country a couple of weeks later. Sorry if I posted nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singerman Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Well, that was quite a few years ago, maybe rules have changed or I had been misinformed. I was on a 1-year 'B' visa, don't know if that's the kind of visa we're talking about here. I certainly recall that I did not have to pay anything and I had left the country a couple of weeks later. Sorry if I posted nonsense. Were you having to leave the country every 90 days ? If not you did not have a one year "B" visa. The "rules" have not changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannig Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Were you having to leave the country every 90 days ? If not you did not have a one year "B" visa. The "rules" have not changed. No, I certainly did not. My only "visa run" took place right after I signed my contract. They had me go to Vientiane to apply for my new visa, I met a representative from the university there who did the paperwork for me. After this, they were taking care of the renewal every year. I just had to be physically present, sitting on a chair at immigration and stand up showing my face to the officer when called. That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singerman Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Were you having to leave the country every 90 days ? If not you did not have a one year "B" visa. The "rules" have not changed. No, I certainly did not. My only "visa run" took place right after I signed my contract. They had me go to Vientiane to apply for my new visa, I met a representative from the university there who did the paperwork for me. After this, they were taking care of the renewal every year. I just had to be physically present, sitting on a chair at immigration and stand up showing my face to the officer when called. That's it. Exactly ! So you had an "extension of stay " based on working not a "visa" The "visa " acquired in Vientiane was cancelled (Used) on entry and was of no further use. Your employer assisted you to extend your "admitted until" date ! Visas are never "extended" or "renewed". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) Yesterday I asked my employer again how things had been going, telling him that my contract would expire in about 3 weeks so I didn't have much time left on me. And he asked me to wait for another week until he got all the documents ready for the new contract. What he added that sounded a bit complicated to me was that under the new contract would I get paid by his associated company which is not located in the province where his company is located, even though I will continue to work for his company next year. I wonder if I will have to go to the Immigration Office and the Labour Office in this province to extend my visa extension and renew my work permit or not. To be honest this might sound a bit dodgy to me, though. I'll see what happens. Edited December 17, 2015 by Saigon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The work permit would need to be issued in the province where you are working. Same for the extension. I would assume the new contract will show you are still working at the same location where you are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualbiker Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Yesterday I asked my employer again how things had been going, telling him that my contract would expire in about 3 weeks so I didn't have much time left on me. And he asked me to wait for another week until he got all the documents ready for the new contract. What he added that sounded a bit complicated to me was that under the new contract would I get paid by his associated company which is not located in the province where his company is located, even though I will continue to work for his company next year. I wonder if I will have to go to the Immigration Office and the Labour Office in this province to extend my visa extension and renew my work permit or not. To be honest this might sound a bit dodgy to me, though. I'll see what happens. maybe he is struggling for the number of Thai employees against foreign. Hence the change! There has to be 4 Thai employees for every foreigner with a WP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Thanks for your advice. I'll see where my new contract says I'll work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 I finally went to the Immigration Office with a new contract to successfully extend my visa extension by one year earlier this week FYI, the date for my 90-day report has been reset for early this April, though the next one was supposed to come along next month. Thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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