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What should you do if your work permit has expired while in Thailand, and can it be renewed or extended without leaving the country?

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Sep 22, 2020

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What happens if your work permit expired and you’re still in the country? Is there anyways you can extend or renew it without leaving the country? If so, what’s an option? Thank you in advance.

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If your work permit in Thailand has expired, it is essentially considered invalid, and you will need to apply for a new work permit (WP3) if you have secured a new job. There are generally no options for extending or renewing the expired work permit without leaving the country first. It's important to keep your permits up to date to avoid complications with immigration.

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If its expired...its ended. Will need to start over to get a new WP3 if you have a new job.

And I also assume this question us not about you...but is about your boss ???

In December 2019 ...

"Hello again, I applied Non-B visa for my boss. And I just got the letter back. How can I know that it is a single entry or multiple entry? And also The length of stay? Because When I was filling up the form, I didn’t see that part at all and the officer never tell me about it. She only said that the permit is only 6 months first and I can extend it later. Thank you in advance. 🙏🏻"

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I assume the boss is now on amnesty to September 26 ...

Is that correct?

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Ploy *******************

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so Does that mean he could apply for WP.1 right?

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what visa or extension of stay is he now on?

I think from the timeline he may be on amnesty to September 26...

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Ploy *******************

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his extension is extended until 7 April 2021.

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lets await til the morning for

to review his situation

Thank you.

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Ploy *******************

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thank you so so much, sir🙏🏻

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For non-B

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that’s right. But in order to start over, does he need to get out of the country v

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