Changing jobs from BOI to Non-BOI company

[j500sut]

Hi everyone, 

 

At the end of this month I will be changing jobs from BOI registered company to a non-BOI company. So I'm aware that on the last day of my current job I need to go to immigration to cancel my non-B and either a) leave the country within 24 hours or b)apply for a 7 day extension for 1900thb. I'm assuming I have to do this in person or can a visa lawyer take care of this? Am I able to do this at the One Stop Service center (since my current non-B was issued there)?

 

Also the visa lawyers for my new company are telling me that I might have to either go to a embassy/consulate in a country where I can apply for a non-B without a WP3 (they are saying Hong Kong) or leave and stay in a neighboring country until my WP3 is ready.

 

I'm so confused, if anyone can clear this up and give me some more information that would be awesome.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

[ubonjoe]

You can cancel your current extension of stay  (it is not a visa) at the one stop center. The one stop center gives 7 days to leave the country without a fee.

The lawyers are wrong. They could  submit a WP1 work permit application without you being outside the country.

It they applied for your work permit and got a work permit approval letter you would not have to leave the country to get a non-b visa. You could cancel your extension at the one stop center and then apply for a new extension by showing the application approval letter and supporting documents form your new employer at a normal immigration office.

[j500sut]

Sorry, yes, I always refer to it as a visa, thanks for clearing that up.

 

The lawyers seem to be pretty incompetent and I've accepted the fact I'll have to leave to apply for the non-b (which my new company is paying for so its not too much of a problem). Currently they have only just applied for the work permit so I don't yet have the approval letter.