Can I re-enter Thailand with a tourist visa after leaving my job and cancelling my work visa?

Work Visa Tourist Visa Visa Cancellation Re-Entry Rules Immigration Process

Jan 19, 2024

a year ago

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Hello guys. I have a work visa with a diveshop here in Thailand. I am not enjoying my time at the shop and I want to leave it. If I leave and my work visa is cancelled, can I reenter Thailand right away with a tourist visa again?

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The user is inquiring whether they can return to Thailand on a tourist visa after leaving their job at a dive shop, resulting in the cancellation of their work visa. Comments discuss the original visa status and suggest further clarification is needed regarding the immigration process.

Tod *********

BUT seeing as I answered as best I can, I will close the commenting on this post for now and tell the O/P (

@Zack *****

) to message me and then I'll re-open it to continue the dialog 🙂

a year ago

Tod *********

I think you're a bit hazy on how the process works 😕

First question IS

are you still on the original 90 day stamp from your "work visa"

OR

did you already go to the immigration office and get an "Extension of Stay" ?

a year ago

Tod *********

If you're on the very first 90 days of a Non-B visa you can stay the 90 days then leave.

Where as if you're on an extension of stay you CAN'T just leave because stamping out doesn't officially cancel your extension. SO look in your passport and read your stamp. If it says "extension of stay permitted until" and has a date you have to get documentation from your employer and go to the immigration office to cancel it BEFORE you leave the country

Now whether you can or can't get a tourist visa from a thai consulate nearby is totally up to your previous entry/stay history here, whether you can meet the requirements for a tourist visa at that consulate or not.

Also I think you're not talking about re-entering thailand on a tourist visa at all, I think what you're really asking is can you exit/re-enter the country and get in on a FREE 30 day entry stamp (visa exempt entry <- which is not a tourist visa and not a visa at all just a free entry)

a year ago

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