Doing Business in Thailand

Here below is the list of the post I wrote on the matter of visas and work permits in Thailand to date. Hope this list will be helpful.

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Originally posted 2009-11-08 07:36:05.

What is the Education Visa?

The education visa is the visa granted to foreign citizens who want to pursue studies in Thailand.

This type of visa covers the cases of enrollment in a government educational institution or in a private educational institution (High School or University) and is also available to foreign citizen that whishes to conduct training or research into a university or research institute.

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Originally posted 2009-08-04 10:38:43.

Now a lot of foreign investors or employees in Thailand believe that once they have obtained a work permit they are safe and can do whatsoever they please. For example they believe that they can work anywhere they want or that they can also exercise activities which are not mentionned in their work permit. When a work permit is granted to a foreigner it will contain a mention of the work permit holder working place that is to say the location where the foreign employee is allowed to work as well as the work to be performed by the foreign employee

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Originally posted 2012-01-28 16:46:06.

A client just read an article on the “O Dependant Visa” which allows parents of children schooled in Thailand to apply for a one year visa. As he and his wife are both working as consultants from their home he thought that they could take this opportunity to move the whole family to Thailand instead of continuing to live in Germany as they are doing now.

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Another big problem in Thailand for the professional who like us provide visa services is that foreign visas applicants are often confusing the names of the visas they are having and the benefits attached to say visas. This is why we will dedicate this post and the next post to give definitions of visas terms.

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Originally posted 2009-10-24 09:13:01.

Once again the talk of the day on Thai Visas is visa overstay. If you are a faithful reader of my blog you will know that I always warned foreign tourists not to overstay their visas and I will continue to do so

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On the 11 September 2009, Thai news reported a new crackdown on back-to-back Tourist visa applications under the form of an extended screening of visa applicants. Unfortunately I must say that this latest measure does not surprise me and is only one side of a new policy started by the immigration department around two years ago as part of a “spring house cleaning”.

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Originally posted 2009-09-12 06:32:32.

In this post I just want to remind you of the obligation made to foreigner to report every 90 days to the immigration office. Indeed, this is a requirement of Thai immigration law that we often forget.

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Originally posted 2012-02-01 17:48:29.

This post is a continuation of our series Thailand Visas: Setting the Record Straight. I wrote this series with a “back-to-basics” kind of approach because I don’t believe that it is possible to understand Thai immigration regulations without having first an understanding of basic terms such as visa, visa class, visa exemption, passport stamp, entry visa, departure visa, multi or single entry and so on…

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Originally posted 2009-10-26 09:27:19.

Contrary to a common belief there are no minimum wages applicable to foreign workers. But because there is always a but in Thailand the Immigration Department has developed a minimum wage schedule applicable to foreign workers who benefit of a work permit and wants to apply and obtain a one year B visa extension.

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Originally posted 2010-01-16 07:20:22.