Maybe just write "don't open until (whatever date is 15 days before your 90)"

Like a fun Christmas or birthday surprise, lol

@Emily ***********

No, once you leave you don't need to report.

When you come back, they'll stamp a new "entry" date and also give you a new TM30 slip.

You will then need to report 90 days after the new date

HOWEVER... Your landlord or whoever you have as a Thai person that is responsible for you *should* report within the first 48 hrs of you getting home (not just arriving but actually back to your home address) as this needs to be done... But I'm pretty sure it's for your landlord or school to do.

@Sun ******

be careful. "Reapply" for the Ed visa will not be the same as receiving an 'extension' of a current Ed visa

**correct me if I'm wrong

So, as mentioned ... Maybe talk to your school or even have someone on the phone from your school to speak with an immig. officer on Monday.

I feel like switching to the 'covid' extension and reapplying for an Ed visa might be a more expensive and time consuming process compared to just waiting for the extension and paying the overstay fees

@James *******

appreciate that but after 3 years as a certified teacher if this school doesn't offer me a raise I'll be leaving.

I'd happily secure the job before quitting but there is inevitably a 3-4 month gap between the final semester of a government school and the new school year of an international school.

Despite those months between can I get an extension of my visa assuming my 'new school' vouches for me?

No idea how that type of thing works

I fully realize those months would be unemployed/unpaid

But with the contract signed with Aug/Sept start date