I realize this topic was covered here previously, but in today's PPP these words jumped out at me, " In July, the ministries of labour and interior announced their intention to begin enforcing laws requiring foreign workers and expatriates to hold work permits." The word that caught my attention was of course, "expatriate." So, here is my position, I am retired and no longer work here and when I did no one told the teachers about a work permit. Now, all of that is old hat to those who have been following the situation. But for me I have never seen expatriates lumped together with the employed.

Is this newspaper story on the money? Does anyone have a more official take that either confirms or negates this? And more importantly what actions besides capitulating or leaving do you have as a contingency plan?

The full article can be found here. http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/l ... -cent-rule Since it refers to business obligations it might be of interest to those who hire foreigners.

The latest reports are that the unemployed and volunteers will not need work permits. This is subject to change, but it seems likely that for now, those not earning in Cambodia are safe. I did a blog post about it here: http://www.movetocambodia.com/expat-lif ... -cambodia/

Thank you for your quick reply. Unfortunately, "wait and see" does not soothe the nerves.

taabarang wrote:Thank you for your quick reply. Unfortunately, "wait and see" does not soothe the nerves.

I understand, it's frustrating! The other issue is that depending on your age, if you have been here for many years it may be hard to convince the police that you haven't worked here in previous years. However, it appears that they are checking current passports only to determine length of stay in the country.

Wouldn't previous visas be kept on record, in computer files by immigration for example?

Would anyone happen to know how far back the visa records go?

True enough General. If you hadn't posted this response I was going to restate the issue on General Chatter because of a larger readership. In any case you don't know who might have drunk a few with an immigration official who wanted to "praktih his Englih" with a foreigner or who might have already trod the path.