You're over the limit where they could do an auto-cash out (usually, balances below $5K can be automatically cashed out depending on how the plan is set up). So, there shouldn't be a check just floating around while you're out of the country.
Ultimately, you should be able to leave it there as long as you want to (which is not a bad thing if it's a good plan with low fees and a good investment lineup), you could roll it to an IRA or your next company's 401k (assuming that 401k allows for rollovers coming in, which a majority do), or take a distribution (not advisable since you'd likely incur taxes and/or an early withdrawal penalty).
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Reply to Quitting job soon - anything I should do now with 401k before resigning? by cantnap
You're over the limit where they could do an auto-cash out (usually, balances below $5K can be automatically cashed out depending on how the plan is set up). So, there shouldn't be a check just floating around while you're out of the country.
Ultimately, you should be able to leave it there as long as you want to (which is not a bad thing if it's a good plan with low fees and a good investment lineup), you could roll it to an IRA or your next company's 401k (assuming that 401k allows for rollovers coming in, which a majority do), or take a distribution (not advisable since you'd likely incur taxes and/or an early withdrawal penalty).