What is the process for switching jobs in Thailand as an English teacher with an upcoming visa expiration?

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This might just be the year to bunker down and extend if your current employer offers another year.

Changing employers is not always straight forward, often easier to exit and return. But that may not be so easy this year.

Just a thought

> My Visa expires in late November and I plan to switch jobs.

I doubt you have a visa, I believe you have a one year extension of stay based on employment as a teacher.

IF both your current and future employer agree to work together, and IF the immigration office allows it, you can cancel your existing extension of stay based on employment at your current school, and then get a new extension of stay based on employment for your new school. Some immigration offices allow it, some don't.

Regarding what Richard Barrow is getting for his teachers, each immigration office operates differently. ALSO, IF you're planning on switching jobs in November, the amnesty will be over, so if everything returns to the way it was before, you'll have to leave Thailand by 11:59PM the same day if you do not get that extension of stay transferred over.

If you have your work permit and are on an extension with 90 day check ins, you can talk with your school about exiting and transferring the visa to a new school if you have one lined up already.

With all the unknowns at this time due to COVID...it may be wise for you not to change employers.

Get an extension instead and put off until 2021 changing employers.

Without any background information, such as what kind of visa did you use to enter Thailand and when did you enter Thailand, there is no way to tell what to do or how to get the correct visa if needed