Haven't tried to be honest Todd. Working in Vietnam now. Only come back on tourist entry these days.

I left Thailand by just leaving the country at the airport wiyhout a re entry permit. Had a non b work extension visa cancelled there and then.

Parmentier Jean for teaching at the levels you complain about, yes. For communicating with native speakers it is transatable.

Yep , it caught me out once a few years ago, but was lucky and landed a job in a university, where it is not a requirement. I now have a new passport and it is not a problem for me anymore. Anyway, I am out of it now in Thailand and working for higher salaries at a lower cost of living in another country.

Hope you aren't teaching English

@Parmentier *****

???

Any teacher working officially in a Govt't school MUST have one to get a WPermit, and every time you move school you use one life, as it were, on your temorary teacher waiver licence, so if you move 3 times to 3 different schools you're knackered if you want to move to a 4th school, and wont get the temporary licence a 4th time( thats how it usually works) but, if you stay in the same school you can get more than 3 issued.

why do they even heve to use such random lettters to decribe a visa status ????

yes , thanks, that was my concern, I'm sure I have heard this recently

See comments below

Aha hadnt realised ittwas a supposed to be a 1 month extension. just woke up , think i''ll go back to sleep ;)