A Non-B VISA and an extension of stay based on employment are not the same when you stop working

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There have been several posts recently about Non-B visas/extensions and work permits and what you do when you stop working.

First off IF you stop working you need to go and cancel your work permit. You should not just let it expire, you should not turn it back in to your employer hoping they'll cancel it. Instead go to the Ministry of Labour and cancel it yourself.

Next if you are on a VISA <- meaning a sticker you got from a thai consulate or a stamp you got from the immigration office, you don't need to do anything and you are allowed to stay until the visa stamp you have expires. If it is a multi-entry visa you can even continue to border bounce and stay until the end of the visa.

If you are on an extension of stay from the immigration office (usually issued a year at a time for employment) you need to take the receipt from canceling your work permit AND your termination paperwork from your company and go cancel your extension.

The rule is you go cancel your work permit and then your extension on the same day. You can get a letter from your employer stating you stop work on xyz date, go cancel your work permit and extension early and the immigration office will stamp you in until that date on the paperwork.

It is a long held belief that you have an automatic 7 days to get out of the country when you cancel your extension. You do NOT.

It is totally up to the immigration officer how many days if ANY they stamp you for when you cancel your extension. Most of the time they cancel the extension that day and that means you leave the country that day. If you can't do that you can buy a 7 day 'application for extension denied' stamp to give you a week to get out of the country.

Canceling your work permit and your extension the way I outlined wipes the slate clean and you won't have any problem down the road.

When did your work permit finish?

How long do you plan to stay in Thailand, on your return? If less than 60 days, you could just take the 30 day visa exemption stamp, and then go to your local immigration office and extend that 30 more days ฿1900

Depends on which non-o and if you meet the requirements.

E.g a non-o retirement needs 800k banked for two months in a Thai bank to extend it. Or it's 400k for a non-o marriage.

Which non-o have you got?

@Stephen ******

what dictionary are you looking in?

If you are prepared to put 800k in a Thai bank account, you'll be paying an agent for mostly old rope. The only real challenge is opening a bank account as a tourist, perhaps use an agent for that, do the rest yourself.

@Stephen ******

of very poor quality

@Stephen ******

perhaps offer a source that can be verified for your claim

@Frank *********

yes, sure the IO can refuse entry whenever they see fit. However it certainly not what

@Stephen ******

is claiming 3+2 or even just 3

@Stephen ******

'I thought' doesn't count with immigration... There's no official limit by air. You give duff info