What are the best options for leaving and re-entering Thailand after my work permit is cancelled?

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Dec 5, 2024

13 days ago

Mark ******

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My work permit will be cancelled on the 31st December following redundancy. 

My passport has a multiple entry stamp until July but I understand this will be cancelled too and I’ll have 7 days to leave the country after the WP is cancelled. 

What is the simplest/most cost effective way to leave and re-enter while I continue to job hunt?

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user is facing cancellation of their work permit and is seeking the most simple and cost-effective means to leave and re-enter Thailand while job hunting. Various suggestions have been provided, including changing to a retirement visa to allow for job searching, taking short trips to countries like Cambodia or Laos to extend their stay, and the need to prepare for potential complications regarding re-entry after having held a work permit.

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Leigh ************

Go across the boarder to Cambodia. Laos . Vietnam. . Any neighbouring country

11 days ago

Jens *********

Thank you for your help.

11 days ago

Bob *********

Visit the Philippines, check out it's 3 main cities, then will let you extend tourist exception for 3 years, so you can stay there and spend money

12 days ago

Diana *********

Be aware and inform yourself properly that you’ll get in back with the tourist visa or if they wanna see a Non B. I am in exactly this situation right now. Stuck in Malaysia, waiting for a NonB visa although the papers for my new work permit were already prepared. Didn’t get an interview or anything, just denied. I even informed myself when I was in Europe 6 weeks ago what’s best and got the information from the embassy, that it shall be easy with the tourist visa, just to enter to finalise the paperwork. Now I’ve learned that, after you had a work permit already, they assume you wanna come back for business related reasons and don’t give you the tourist visa.

Or be prepared with a ticket out after 7 weeks and hope you’ll get an easy person at the immigration who believe you come back as a tourist.

Happened to two other friends too.

Please inform yourself in advance properly and be aware that you need to leave the country to apply for a non B visa. And that this can take up to 4 weeks, depending of your lawyer and how fast he gets your required documents done. I hope everything will run smooth for you.

12 days ago

Lawrence ********

AFIK you cannot job hunt while in the country on any kind of tourist visa.

12 days ago

Diana *********

@Lawrence *******

exactly

12 days ago

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Will ******

Phnom Penh. Just need to do the Cambodian e visa online