Thailand Work Permit

If your international IT company wants to relocate software developers to Thailand, for sure you need to get them work permits. We have answers for you. You may want to set up your own company, or you may want to work under another company (EOR or employer of record service) who can provide work permits. Some clients ask about how to relocate software developers to Thailand by the tens or hundreds. Even that, ThaiLandWorkPermit has solutions for you. We can talk about EOR (employer of record) service, which is most likely the easiest way to relocate software developers to Thailand. This may be a cheaper option if you need to get work permits for just a few people. Or we...

How to get a Thai tax ID card for foreigners living, working or having properties in Thailand? When you live in the Kingdom at least 180 days in a year and bring in the overseas income you earned during the same year, you will have to report that amount in your Thai individual income tax return. That means you need to have a Thai tax ID card. For foreigners who work legally in Thailand (with a work permit), you must also file your income tax and thus need a Thai tax ID number. Some expats have properties or bank accounts in Thailand. They too want to get a Thai tax ID card. This thing is not an evidence of your...

How to get Thailand work permits for Russians? Before Covid time, a great number of Russians were working and living in Pattaya, Phuket, and many places in Thailand. During the pandemic, a lot of foreigners left. They are coming back to Thailand little by little. With the war going on between Russia and Ukraine, we see that a lot of Russians want to leave Russia. One of the greatest destinations for them is Thailand. Work permits for Russians are a best way to allow working and living here legally. With work permits, the people can extend their nonimmigrant-B visa to a year without having to leave the Kingdom every 3 months. You have a few choices. You may set up...

In accordance to the Foreigners’ Working Management Emergency Decree, a foreigner who will work under a regular or non-BOI companies needs to get a medical certificate for work permit from a qualified hospital or medical clinic in Thailand before they can get or have it renewed. This medical certificate must certify that the applicant does not have mental illness and six prohibited conditions and diseases as follows: LeprosyTuberculosisDrug AddictionAlcoholismElephantiasis3rd stage of Syphilis What if the applicant was diagnosed as an HIV positive? There are no restrictions or regulations that prohibits HIV patients from living and working in Thailand. If he is qualified for the job, he can apply for a work permit provided that his medical certificate does not show...

A female foreign employee with a work permit is entitled to a maternity leave of 98 days including holidays, the same as her Thai counterparts However, the paid period is only 45 days. Most likely, the employee is registered in the Social Security system, from which she can get 1.5 months of THB 15,000 from the Social Security Office (the maximum salary that the SSO uses to calculate all compensation is THB 15,000). Maternity leave can be counted with the days she takes to go for doctor appointments related to her pregnancy. The length of maternity leave can start at any day before estimated delivery (but the pregnancy should be at least 28 weeks). Moreover, the female employee will also...

Once promoted by the Thai Board of Investment, eligible companies shall be granted with tax and non-tax incentives depending on the category of the business activities. One of the non-tax incentives is to be able to hire foreign skilled employees to work in the promoted activities with less restrictions compared to the non-BOI companies. Thus, work permit holders of a Thailand BOI company have more advantages than those work permit holders of a non-BOI company. Such benefits include the eligibility to buy a condo in Thailand without the need to transfer money from overseas. Yes, you read that right. Normally, foreigners buying a condominium in Thailand need to transfer the funds from overseas for the purchase price. This requirement does...

There are certain categories of non-immigrant visas that foreigners can obtain before entering into Thailand. In this article, we talk about the purposes and eligibility of obtaining a non-immigrant “O” visa and non-immigrant “O-A” visa. Foreigners can apply for a non-immigrant “O” visa at a Thai embassy in their home country and extend his stay in Thailand at the Immigration Office based on the following purposes: In order to stay with the family in ThailandTo stay as a diplomat’s servantTo perform duties for the state enterprise or social welfare organizationsTo stay after retirement for the elderlyTo stay in the Kingdom of Thailand as a former Thai citizenTo receive medical treatmentTo be a contestant or witness for the judicial processTo stay...

Royal Thai Embassies and Royal Thai Consulates-General have the authority to issue visas to foreigners before their travel to Thailand. However, the immigration officers are the ones who have the authority to permit entry and stay in Thailand. In some cases, the immigration officer may not permit a foreigner holding a valid visa to enter Thailand should the immigration officer find reasons to believe that he or she falls into the category of aliens prohibited from entering Thailand under the Immigration Act B.E. 2522 (1979). In accordance with this Act, foreigners who fall into any of the following categories are prohibited to enter Thailand: Having no genuine valid passport or document used instead of passport; or having a genuine valid...

This article: foreigners having Thai Work Permit – things to know has interesting points including carrying the work permit with yourself or keeping it at the place of work while working ready at all times in case the officials come to visit and check. However, what happens if the work permit got damaged or lost? If the work permit holder had lost his work permit or got it damaged, he must apply for a substitute of work permit (Form W.P.4) within 15 days from the date that it was damaged or lost or before the work permit expires. Here are the required documents to be submitted to the Work Permit Committee of the Department of Employment: In case the work...

As per notification of the Ministry of Labour, clerical or secretarial job is prohibited for foreigners in Thailand. In this article, we define the scope of clerical and secretarial job for better understanding. Clerical job means any work involving shorthand writing, typing, teletyping, punching cards, tape punching, receiving and paying money, collecting money, computation of production costs, computation of wages and working hours, factotum (personal assistant), dispatch carrier, answering phone calls, taking in or sending out things, overseeing stock of goods, warehouse inventory, weighing, letter correspondence, accounting, general administration, receiving and sending documents and personnel, insurance, public relations, reception, booking travel tickets, library, filing documents, statistics, survey, enumeration, editing and coding, proofreading, printing, photocopying, copying documents, addressing documents and other...

In our previous article, we talked about the Thailand Urgent Work Permit. This UWP can be granted in certain situations when a foreign expert or consultant is required to come and provide a service to a company in Thailand for specific matter for not more than 15 business days. As prescribed by the Department of Employment, Thailand UWP can also be granted to necessary or ad-hoc works as follows: Organizing or setting up conferences, trainings, seminars, exhibitions or trade fairsConducting special academic lecturesAviation superintendentOccasional internal auditFollow-up and resolve technical issueQuality control of products, goods or products, goods quality inspectionInspection or improvement of production processMachinery and electric generator equipment system inspection or maintenanceMachinery maintenance and installationElectric train technicianAircraft or aircraft equipment...

Normally, a Thailand Work Permit is issued to foreign employees for a one-year period or less depending on the official’s consideration. In the case of foreign employees of BOI companies, work permits may be valid up to 2 years depending on a few factors. But what if the company would just want to hire a foreign national for a few days? In this article, we discuss about the urgent work permit. Urgent work permit or UWP can be granted in certain situations when a foreign expert or consultant is required to come and provide a service to a company in Thailand for specific matter for not more than 15 business days. The job nature must require an immediate attention that...

For whatever reason and a foreigner was not able to extend his/her permit of stay in Thailand in time, he has already overstayed his visa and he will have to pay a penalty and in worst case, he may be put in a Thai Immigration cell before the officers deport him from Thailand. This is in accordance with the Immigration Act, B.E 2522 whereas the Immigration Bureau regulates the penalties for violators. The penalty for overstaying a visa in Thailand is THB 500 per day or maximum penalty of THB 20,000 even if the foreigner overstayed more than 40 days. Hence, when he is leaving Thailand after he has overstayed his visa, he will have to pay for the fine...

Our clients ask this question about what a re-entry permit is all the time. A foreigner who is permitted to stay in Thailand, needs to get a re-entry permit before traveling outside the country so that upon his/her return, he can enter Thailand again on the same visa or permit of stay and can stay until the originally permitted period expires. If you do not get a re-entry permit before your departure from Thailand, it means your permit of stay or the extended permit of stay is finished once you leave the country. How to get a re-entry permit before departure from Thailand The foreigner can walk-in to apply at the Immigration office (and has to stay in line for...

In this post, we talk about getting a work permit for Foreigners working in a branch office in Thailand. Foreigners can use their existing company overseas to operate as a branch office, instead of registering a new Thai limited company, provided that it has obtained a Foreign Business License from the Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, to operate the permitted businesses here. The rule is different to get a work permit for foreigners working in a branch office in Thailand from normal Thai limited companies. Thailand Foreign Business Law requires the head office to send to its branch office at least THB 3 million minimum capital per business type. For instance, if the branch would be doing retail...

One of the great advantage of setting up a Representative Office in Thailand is that it has less restrictions in obtaining a work permit for a foreigner. Unlike in a Thai limited company whereas the standard ratio is 1 foreigner to 4 Thai employees, the ratio for a Representative Office is 1 foreigner to 1 Thai employee. A Representative Office can be granted up to 3 work permits depending on it characteristics and scope of activities in Thailand as below: To give advice in various fields related to goods or services distributed or rendered by the Head Office to the distributors or consumers, propagate information about the new products and services of the Head Office or providing reports to the...

In normal circumstances, when an expat holding an extended non-B visa with validity longer than his work permit travelled out of Thailand but was not able to come back to extend his work permit before the deadline, his visa should already have expired at the same time his work permit expired. When he comes back to Thailand with his re-entry permit, the Immigration Officer will let him enter. The officer would not know that the visa has already expired. In this case, the expat needs to take his passport to the Immigration Office where he had his visa extended before in order to cancel its validity because the work permit has already expired. Then he will need to leave Thailand...

We are proud to represent Indian clients to process their digital Work Permit as specialists working for BOI companies. We are grateful for their business. Here is one client who recently picked up his digital work permit with our Thai Lawyers team. Let's hear what he had to say about us. (He gave us permission to post his testimonial and picture. Thank you Sir!) "I got my Thailand Work Permit through Thai Lawyers Ltd. This company was extremely professional with me and no matter what issues came up, they were able to handle it. They kept communicating with me on a daily basis and always assured me that everything was fine. Also, they stuck to timings and their employees that met with me in person...

Under the Treaty of Amity between Thailand and the USA, American businesses enjoy the benefit of operating their branch office in the kingdom or owning the majority shares in a Thai company to do most businesses that Thais can do. What about work permits for American businesses in Thailand? We have the answer for you. If the majority shares of your US company is owned by American citizens with more American officers/directors than other nationalities, you can apply for a Foreign Business Certificate to operate a branch office here. Even though you are covered under the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and the USA to be able to do the businesses like most Thais...

When you apply for a work permit with a BOI company as a Content Marketing Manager, you will need to give a brief description of the duty and responsibilities of a Content Marketing Manager to the BOI single window system. The responsibilities are something like: Develop a content strategy for the projects and ensure the implementation of the strategy.Manage the daily activities of the project's content team composed of writers, graphic designers, videographers, and other professionals.Help drive all marketing initiatives for the project and make sure the project’s priorities and most important news are always being covered and promoted. The BOI officer will most likely need to see the evidence showing you have at least 5 years’ experience in the...