Having dtv that allows multiple entries was supposed to be enough? Why still required to show any docs? The visa had been approved.

Bernd Schriever 1400 total? 😄 each of those things would cost 1400 alone

@Jamie ******

okay, seems different province, different rules I guess.

I believe you need to visit your local immigration with that letter from school and your passport on the 30th, get your visa canceled, then leave the country on the same day. It's the job of the employer to cancel your WP. they have 2 weeks to do that or they get fined AFAIK. Quite often though, they don't cancel the WP in months since the teacher left. You'll need your WP canceled before you apply for a new one with the new school.

@Tore ********

okay perhaps paying tax is possible in the situation described by the OP. However, this work will be illegal in Thailand when a foreigner doesn't have a proper visa and the work permit. Will the immigration and labor office find out that the foreigner works illegally? Do they care?

@Pete ******

can you please explain what is false and why. Interested to know

Foreigners can't just be freelancers, getting paid to their thai bank, and pay tax here. The DTV visa allows being a freelancer with a condition that he/she is paid to their foreign bank and pay taxes in the country their bank acc is in

To pay taxes in Thailand, you need to be legally employed, or have a registered company. Both require obtaining a work permit afaik

But weren't Thai customers affected too?

@Steve **************

I agree it's crazy. And the expats who get treated this way are the ones trying to abide by the laws of this country