Hoping someone could help me out here...so I have been teaching in Thailand for about 4 months now and I will soon be returning back to the US. My WP is valid until April 30,2016 but I will be flying out on March 9, 2016 from BKK. I only signed a semester contract so I'm not breaking any contract but I don't know if I need to go to the immigration office prior to let them know I'm leaving early. I would really like to avoid getting stopped at the airport and I'm worried I could miss my flight.

Not sure if this is important but I have a non-immigrant B visa, single entry.

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

How have you stayed for 4 months on a visa which only permits a 90 day stay ?

I got my visa extended to April 30 once I officially started working at my school.

Edited February 24, 201610 yr by annamarie034

As long as you leave by air it will be no problem. It is usually at land-crossings, such as to Laos / Myanmar or Cambodia when they insist that the WP must be cancelled before they will let you leave Thailand.

As long as you leave by air it will be no problem. It is usually at land-crossings, such as to Laos / Myanmar or Cambodia when they insist that the WP must be cancelled before they will let you leave Thailand.

Thanks for the quick response. I really appreciate it. Could you explain to me why they're stricter at land-crossings than at airports? Just out of curiosity.

Edited February 24, 201610 yr by annamarie034

When i quilted my job i just left Thailand (plane) no questions asked at the border about my visa or WP, didn't had to show any resignation letter.

Can't say if it's normal, but at least for me it worked.

The organization that took care of my teaching placement and my school didn't tell me about this. It was a co-worker of mine that mentioned this issue I could potentially face so that's why I decided to post and ask.

I mean I know of quite a few people who have had to leave because of medical/family emergencies and I've never heard of them having to report to immigration prior to flying back home so this is all new to me.

As long as you leave by air it will be no problem. It is usually at land-crossings, such as to Laos / Myanmar or Cambodia when they insist that the WP must be cancelled before they will let you leave Thailand.

Thanks for the quick response. I really appreciate it. Could you explain to me why they're stricter at land-crossings than at airports? Just out of curiosity.

It is only a couple of crossing that ask for the termination letter.

At the airport it is different because a person has already checked in for a flight which makes it much harder to turn them away than at a border.

Hmmm.... a friend did this a while back, decide that was enough at the school and Tland just left.. was not a problem. However, he has no plans to ever return.

It doesn't compromise your "chances of return" anyway ;

Just grab a tourist visa and it's all good.

I have no plans on returning any time soon. If I do it'll be with a tourist visa.

How have you stayed for 4 months on a visa which only permits a 90 day stay ?

you get an extension after 90 days to make it 12 months with 90 day reporting. That is what all teachers in Thailand are doing

How have you stayed for 4 months on a visa which only permits a 90 day stay ?

you get an extension after 90 days to make it 12 months with 90 day reporting. That is what all teachers in Thailand are doing

That would be an "extension of stay based on working" which is not a visa.

Visas cannot be extended.

In the case of the OP if she had an extension of stay she was mistaken in believing she had a visa !

Her single entry visa was used when she entered the country and was of no further use or value.

Keep it as a souvenir, I've had many and never once handed one in. Even when I moved jobs in the same town I just kept it and no one ever asked for it back.

I think I'm going to have my school write a letter on my behalf just in case. Can anyone tell me what this termination letter should say?

Thanks again.

I think I'm going to have my school write a letter on my behalf just in case. Can anyone tell me what this termination letter should say?

Thanks again.

Maybe something along the lines of "Ms/Mr xxx's employment with yyy was terminated on zz/zzz/2016" ?

What were you "teaching" ?

I was teaching English.