What are the options for a South African teacher in Chiang Mai needing a visa waiver while waiting for a new work permit?

First you need to make sure you cancel your work extension at the immigration office that issued it with a letter from your school. Then you can contact a border bounce agency in Chiang Mai (I've heard of "Chiang Mai Visa Run" that can do same-day bounces) that will drive you up to Chiang Khong to enter Laos and return with a new stamp.

You need to make sure you cancel your work extension first or they might not let you leave through a land border.

And you want to use an agency because they're requiring you to spend 2 nights in Laos at that border but with the agency you can skip that and the other requirements they've added recently.

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wait it our either in Malaysia or Cambodia. Koh Rong in Cambodia or Kampot is said to be a nice place, or Penang in Malaysia

@Larry *****

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