Is visa good after you leave job?

[michael888]

Posting for friend.  Her B visa is stamped until Sept 5th, but she resigned in july, can she stay until the 5th?  Thanks

[JackThompson]

If her current permission-of-stay is a stamp from entering the country on a "Visa" obtained at a consulate abroad, then she can stay until Sept 5th.

If her current permission-of-stay is an extension of stay from Immigration, then it ended the day she left work.

[michael888]

10 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

If her current permission-of-stay is a stamp from entering the country on a "Visa" obtained at a consulate abroad, then she can stay until Sept 5th.

If her current permission-of-stay is an extension of stay from Immigration, then it ended the day she left work.

Thanks for the reply.  It's a B visa stamp obtained in Bangkok.  So it's void the day she left work.  Do you (or anyone) know if they will actually check this at the airport?  Is it a roll of the dice, or definite detection?  She plans to fly home in about a week.  What would the possible penalty be?  Any experience in this matter appreciated.  Thanks.

[JackThompson]

2 minutes ago, michael888 said:

Thanks for the reply.  It's a B visa stamp obtained in Bangkok.  So it's void the day she left work.  Do you (or anyone) know if they will actually check this at the airport?  Is it a roll of the dice, or definite detection?  She plans to fly home in about a week.  What would the possible penalty be?  Any experience in this matter appreciated.  Thanks.

What she would have received in Bangkok was an "extension of stay" - not a "visa" - an important distinction in this context.  I realize it is confusing because the extensions one can receive are often limited by having a particular class of visa, beforehand.

As regards what would/will happen, that depends on whether or not her employer reported her departure to Immigration.  If it were me, I would leave and return on a different permission of stay asap.

[PoorSucker]

The overstay penalty is 500 baht/day.

[elviajero]

5 hours ago, michael888 said:

Thanks for the reply.  It's a B visa stamp obtained in Bangkok.  So it's void the day she left work.  Do you (or anyone) know if they will actually check this at the airport?  Is it a roll of the dice, or definite detection?  She plans to fly home in about a week.  What would the possible penalty be?  Any experience in this matter appreciated.  Thanks.

The labour dept don't, as a rule, inform immigration that a work permit has been cancelled and immigration at airports don't, as a rule, check that if an extension of stay based on work is still valid on exit. So your friend should have no problem exiting the country at an airport.

[eeyang wah]

On 01/08/2017 at 0:25 PM, JackThompson said:

If her current permission-of-stay is a stamp from entering the country on a "Visa" obtained at a consulate abroad, then she can stay until Sept 5th.

If her current permission-of-stay is an extension of stay from Immigration, then it ended the day she left work.

Correct about the differences between an actual visa and a visa extension and yes it is important in this case. 

But sorry not correct about extensions automatically being cancelled when you finish a job. I can tell you from prior experience that this is not the case. It seems to be entirely up to your employer if they choose to report the end of your employment to immigration or not. 

If you left your job on good terms then I would recommend talking with your ex-employer and asking them not to bother reporting it so you can see out the duration of your visa. 

(Edit: sorry "your friend")

[eeyang wah]

2 minutes ago, eeyang wah said:

If you left your job on good terms then I would recommend talking with your ex-employer and asking them not to bother reporting it so you can see out the duration of your visa. 

Or just keep quiet. 99 times out of 100 you won't have a problem unless your ex-employer has it in for you. 

[BritTim]

1 hour ago, eeyang wah said:

Correct about the differences between an actual visa and a visa extension and yes it is important in this case. 

But sorry not correct about extensions automatically being cancelled when you finish a job. I can tell you from prior experience that this is not the case. It seems to be entirely up to your employer if they choose to report the end of your employment to immigration or not. 

If you left your job on good terms then I would recommend talking with your ex-employer and asking them not to bother reporting it so you can see out the duration of your visa. 

(Edit: sorry "your friend")

A possible downside of official continued employment is that, though unlikely, the taxman might wonder why you have stopped paying taxes on your salary.

[eeyang wah]

2 hours ago, BritTim said:

A possible downside of official continued employment is that, though unlikely, the taxman might wonder why you have stopped paying taxes on your salary.

Not if there's no salary.

[BritTim]

51 minutes ago, eeyang wah said:

Not if there's no salary.

Usually, in order to get a work permit in the first place, you must show a minimum salary level. Obviously, this does not apply if working for an NGO, but there is no indication that the OP's friend was doing that.

[ubonjoe]

5 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Usually, in order to get a work permit in the first place, you must show a minimum salary level.

There is no minimum salary requirement to get a work permit. That is only required to get an extension at immigration.

[eeyang wah]

On 8/2/2017 at 5:26 PM, BritTim said:

Usually, in order to get a work permit in the first place, you must show a minimum salary level. Obviously, this does not apply if working for an NGO, but there is no indication that the OP's friend was doing that.

Nonsense. There is no minimum salary requirement to get a work permit.

And double nonsense - we're talking about the end of employment, not the start! 

You're saying it's risky to stop paying tax when you quit a job and I'm saying there's obviously no tax to pay if you're not earning any money! 

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[BritTim]

2 hours ago, eeyang wah said:

On 8/2/2017 at 5:26 PM, BritTim said:

Usually, in order to get a work permit in the first place, you must show a minimum salary level. Obviously, this does not apply if working for an NGO, but there is no indication that the OP's friend was doing that.

Nonsense. There is no minimum salary requirement to get a work permit.

And double nonsense - we're talking about the end of employment, not the start! 

You're saying it's risky to stop paying tax when you quit a job and I'm saying there's obviously no tax to pay if you're not earning any money! 

You missed the point of my post. The point was that if you pretend still to be working (in order to continue using the extension on the basis of working) after your employment ceases, the taxman might wonder why you are no longer paying tax. Obviously, if you acknowledge your employment has ceased, and correctly cancel your extension on the basis of working, there would be no expectation of further tax payments.