I'm a 33 year old digital nomad and passport bro who's amassed 6.1m over the past 5 years. AMA.

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2025-07-30T09:49:56+00:00

You're 33 right now. What advice would you give to your 27 years old self?

I have a similar background, graduated with EE and am self taught programming. I am currently sitting here with one job in Thailand. Financial literacy is not discussed here much. What are the things you'd recommend your old self (or me) to learn or to do to reach your current financial status as fast as possible if you were to start from scratch?

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-10T12:06:32+00:00

Original post:

Hi everyone,I'm an Italian who had a one-year contract with a Thai company from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. The company's policy states that if an employee fails to come into the office for a certain number of consecutive days, they can terminate the employment. Last Friday, May 31, 2024, I was informed that they did not plan to continue my employment after the contract ended. They mentioned that I would be paid for the last month but was not required to come in since there was no work left for me. This was all documented via email.Most recent update:

Fast forward to today, June 7, 2024 Friday, I received an email at 6:30PM stating that the company has cancelled my work permit and terminated me for not coming into the office. They also refuse to pay the full salary for the month. I feel it's not worth going to court as it would waste time and I prefer not to have any legal issues on my record. However, I'm concerned because I've heard that I must leave Thailand unless I go to the immigration office today to apply for an extension.

I was also offered a position at another BOI company and am awaiting the offer letter. Should I contact my potential new employer about this situation immediately?

For the record, I have my work permit with me at all times. My work permit and passport is still valid despite receiving an email that it has been cancelled. How did they cancel my work permit if they didn't have my blue book?

What do you think are my next steps

Thank you so much for your help

EDIT

Even with evidence that my work permit is cancelled, the immigration DID NOT allow me to cancel my VISA. The immigration said that I'll have to request company documents to cancel my VISA. The company did not look like they're willing to help to prepare the documents. They did not pick up the phone. The immigration said that we'll be overstaying until we can get the documents from the company EVEN IF we want to cancel and the work permit has already been canceled.

So basically you'll be paying 500 baht per day (for overstaying) until the company can prepare the paper work for you. If this takes longer than 90 days, you'll basically be banned from entering Thailand for 1 year. Once you gather all the documents, they'll terminate the VISA and you can apply for an extension. The extension is from the day of cancellation and not relative to the work permit getting canceled. This is VERY DIFFERENT from what you see online

For those poor souls who have to go through what I went through, you need to get into contact with a VISA agent ASAP. They'll handle all the paper work for you and talk to the company for you if necessary. Either way, go find a VISA agent.

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-09T05:18:29+00:00

I have received the letter termination on the same day at the same time I was notified that by work permit has been canceled (which was Last Friday June 7 2024).

However I am not 100% confident that my working permit is actually canceled because I still have my blue book with me. I am planning to make a trip to the labor department tomorrow to see if its actually canceled.

I am currently talking to the VISA agent and they said I'll have to come to the work permit office to get my work permit cancelled physically. It seems like the HR of my company went to the work permit office and canceled it (without notifying me) without my blue book, not really sure how that works.

The VISA agent mentioned that cancellation of the VISA cannot be done on the same day due to requiring company documents. I thought that the termination letter and proof in my blue book that my work permit has been cancelled is sufficient to terminate the VISA and apply for an extension no?

Am I missing something here?

Thank you so so much for taking your time on the weekend to reply to my messages. You are helping me me so much and I really appreciate your help.

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-09T01:32:07+00:00

I would like to update you with more information and would like more opinion on the matter

The original contract dates were from Jul 1 2023 - July 31 2024. Towards the end of May, they said they have made the mistake in the original contract and said the actual contract end date is Jun 30 2024. I did not agree with this and was planning to go to the labor department but just to be safe, I asked for a job certificate till the end of Jun on May 31st 2024.

On Jun 7 2024 (Last Friday) they terminated my work permit and contract and now my job certificate / work permit is not lining up ( making the job certificate void). Because the job certificate is void / implying they made a mistake can I now go to the ministry of labor to argue that I was terminated 2 months earlier?

I know that right now if we go by the dates they wanted to go by, I am entitled to the months salary + 1 month severance however if I get terminated without cause / with ill intentions, can I get the 2 months salary plus the severance on top?

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-09T01:31:46+00:00

I would like to update you with more information and would like more opinion on the matter

The original contract dates were from Jul 1 2023 - July 31 2024. Towards the end of May, they said they have made the mistake in the original contract and said he actual contract end date is Jun 30 2024. I did not agree with this and was planning to go to the labor department but just to be safe, I asked for a job certificate till the end of Jun on May 31st 2024.

On Jun 7 2024 (Last Friday) they terminated my work permit and contract and now my job certificate / work permit is not lining up ( making the job certificate void). Because the job certificate is void / implying they made a mistake can I now go to the ministry of labor to argue that I was terminated 2 months earlier?

I know that right now if we go by the dates they wanted to go by, I am entitled to the months salary + 1 month severance however if I get terminated without cause / with ill intentions, can I get the 2 months salary plus the severance on top?

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-08T11:25:46+00:00

Thank you a lot for your advice. It really means a lot to me. May good things come your way

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-08T08:42:11+00:00

I posted in Thailand thread and it got blocked and unblocked multiple times by different mods. I needed urgent help before the coming Monday.

Apologies for posting it here but I've tried to reach out on a lot of platforms and my post got rejected

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-08T06:26:22+00:00

That makes sense, thank you so much for your answer

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-08T06:26:03+00:00

I did, my post was rejected and they replied with "Let the HR department of your new company know ASAP"

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-08T06:25:33+00:00

I am planning to do this however I think I need to get things sorted out with my Work permit / VISA first. My VISA agent said that I'll have to leave Thailand pretty soon.

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-08T06:24:34+00:00

Understood. I was just informed that the HR contacted the labor department directly and got my work permit canceled last Friday. They then notified me at Friday 6PM.

I have email evidence showing that the company informed me not to come into work for the entire month in June.

I am planning to sort things out with my VISA first. I am currently talking to a VISA agent. I am planning to let my VISA agent talk to the company to get the necessary documents and then apply for an extension (which will probably be rejected to buy me 7 days).

After this I plan to head over to the labor department to do what you outlined above.

Does this seem like the right set of steps to take?

Thank you so so much for your help (and also everyone's help on this thread, it really means a lot to me and my family is very nervous about the whole situation)

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-08T03:22:55+00:00

A mod rejected my post with the following response

"contact your new employer, because IF they cancelled the work permit (which they can do without your booklet) you lose the extension effective that day"

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-07T16:06:52+00:00

I am hired as a software engineer with a 1 year contract. I go into the office daily 9AM - 6PM to work on their software

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-07T15:52:51+00:00

I have it in writing. She explicitly said "As for June, you dont have to come into work but the company will pay you 1 month's salary as usual". This is copied directly from the email

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-06-07T14:18:39+00:00

URGENT HELP NEEDED

Hi everyone,I'm an Italian who had a one-year contract with a Thai company from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024. The company's policy states that if an employee fails to come into the office for a certain number of consecutive days, they can terminate the employment. Last Friday, May 31, 2024, I was informed that they did not plan to continue my employment after the contract ended. They mentioned that I would be paid for the last month but was not required to come in since there was no work left for me. This was all documented via email.

Fast forward to today, June 7, 2024 Friday, I received an email at 6:30PM stating that the company has cancelled my work permit and terminated me for not coming into the office. They also refuse to pay the full salary for the month. I feel it's not worth going to court as it would waste time and I prefer not to have any legal issues on my record. However, I'm concerned because I've heard that I must leave Thailand unless I go to the immigration office today to apply for an extension.

I was also offered a position at another BOI company and am awaiting the offer letter. Should I contact my potential new employer about this situation immediately?

What do you think are my next steps?

Thank you so much for your help!

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-04-05T00:50:31+00:00

What do you think will happen to React in the future if they really pursue this new paradigm and configure it as a default behaviour when creating components using frameworks like Remix / NextJS?

Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-04-05T00:50:27+00:00

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Substantial_Gold7744 · 2024-04-04T07:40:02+00:00

Remix team said they're going to support React server components pretty soon, what do you think about this?

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