problemfarang

if you dont have any CLEARLY recorded proof... forget about the case. Plus you may ended up in jail. 

i would call the police right away.

police would know he altered it or not. Most likely he opened night shift in your case or he has a trigger which can play with the fare. 

if i will have a drink i dont take my car and use Grab. I hate Bolt because drivers can cancel at anytime when you are still waiting for him.

also when i start to talk in thai with the driver he knows he cannot cheat. 

What happened to me is one driver asked me if i need a woman.. then asked for a tip at the end of the drive. He got rejected both 🙂

well you have 2 options seems to me + i believe you are married and if you are not married forget about getting a proper visa type. 

1) get a non-o multi from your country. If you want to get non-o visa from thailand border countries they most likely ask you to show money in the bank. After getting your multi non-o you have 3 options to do:

- extend it with the money in your bank

- use an agency and pay around 35K per year and extend it

- go out of the country and come back in the same day every 90 days. Get another multi non-o and repeat it (tho this is abusing the system and at some point some IO might remind you this as it happened to me)

2) get a single entry non-o from any country you want. Again you have 3 options:

- extend it with the money in your bank

- use an agency and pay around 35K per year and extend it

- try to get another single entry every 1 month. This is not a sure way to do tho. Obvious reasons

suggestions:

1) get a non-o and extend it if you have the money. Getting it is so easy but when you want to extend it you have to wait 1 month if im not mistaken and meanwhile you will still have visa to keep you in the country. so nothing to loose.

2) get a non-o use agency if you dont have the money (you need to bare in mind that you will be attach to the agency badly. They will decide your immigration area (mostly pattaya / nakhon sawan / loei / roiet).. you will never ever know your current address registered to TM30 with the immigration.. You will never ever able to go to immigration.. you cannot do your 90 days by yourself and have to pay extra 300-500 baht to agency to do for you -obvious reasons-.. It will seriously effect your future visa changes (if you have to cancel it for some reason soon or later you need to provide some paper work from your old non-o and it will be a problem because you dont have them -happened to me-.. and few other things you need to be aware

3) forget about other visa types such as education, cooking, blah blah. They are useless at some point and will cost you more

all done / good luck

On 6/20/2024 at 6:09 PM, DrJack54 said:

Good summary.

The multi is 3800 and single 1000..

 

 

with all respect isnt it illegal to take photos in the airport at some locations?

i asked because last sunday i was at the airport (suvana) and i wanted to take my brother's photo at passport control and the security seriously warned me that i cannot take photo. i dont mean the photo of the airport or some areas but the areas like you took in your 1st photo which shows the immigration. 

i know its public area and so on but.. just wanted to mention what happened to me. 

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Hats off to you, sorry to hear about the fallen ones. 

Thank you and thanks for the support...

2 hours ago, NativeBob said:

Exactly and very kind of you to make it nice and polite.

Yes, for THEM it doesn't matter you sell "Suppaporn Snake Oil for acne" and "Somnuak powder against psoriasis" or containers of rice. It is export and must be licensed through Thai legal entity. 

However OP states that he does something somewhere in cyberspace. Isn't it different?

Like Indian pharma, crypto trading, freelancing?

Nope not different

Simply.. can you get a work permit?.. no

End of questions bro

5 hours ago, MartinM111 said:

Hi all,

 

I have a question regarding work permits for self-employed foreigners in Thailand.

 

I’m married to a Thai national and currently hold a non-immigrant O visa (spouse visa). I don’t need the work permit for proof of income or similar requirements. My main concern is tax compliance, as I plan to stay in Thailand for more than six months.

 

To give some context, earning will come from income online and not on the ground work in Thailand.

 

I want to ensure that my online income is properly declared and taxed in Thailand. So, my question is this:

 

• Is there a way for a foreigner on a non-O visa to obtain a work permit, without setting up a limited company?

 

Specifically, is there a freelance or self-employed route that allows for submitting income and expenses at the end of the year, without the complexities of hiring staff, etc.?

 

Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated!

i would go for the non-o multi in your situation tbh. But bare in mind you may ask to show the money (i think 400K in bank) when applied for the visa in some countries. 

if you can get it which i think you can... all you need to do is leave the country every 90 days and come back in the same day. 

2 hours ago, NativeBob said:

I had online stores on the Internet and had exactly same question: how to legalize my activity if I don't actually work in Thailand and my income was coming from USA, AU and EU. So from greedy lawyer who suggested to buy dormant company and fake thai employees for 50K++ to the friend who told me to stay under radar don't worry. 

I choose "under radar" option. Since 2004 never had an issue

simple. you cannot. you are not working in thailand as you think. thats the problem with many people like you. with all respect you guys think as same as working in thailand. but no you dont. im sorry i dont mean to be impolite or else but thats the truth. i know its sad but it is what it is. 

opening a company is the only solution at the moment. or finding a person who can provide you work permit. such as a friend who has a company which has a permission to hire farangs. 

2 hours ago, qwab32 said:

The lease is signed by the previous tenant.  We have no issues with this and will see the lease out to its conclusion. 

now you know there is an issue. 

2 hours ago, qwab32 said:

Can I use a copy of the lease agreement for the letter of residence?

thats not your name on it... so.. i dont think you can use it. They will give you back and ask for a proper one.

conclusion: you need to do a new contract with the owner and ask to write the date of moving in to house the day you will go and do your new TM30.. problem solved. 

work permits are given by  company or likewise registered in thailand. they take permission from the government to hire a foreigner. This permission is given due to the fact that the registered company needs an employee who has special skill or likewise which thai citizen cannot do or not enough to do. So your question's answer is most likely... no

im not sure but there might be a way if you change your visa type to long term visa or elite. But i sont know those visas that much. 

if you are staying at the same house i dont think you need to do new TM30 

its only if you change address.. 

i was not in thailand little bit more than a year (was fighting in ukraine as a foreign fighter and will get back later) didnt do any TM30 since im back.. did my 90 days online no problem... 

after she registered you online you need to take its copy with you to immigration office when your 90 days time comes.

not sure but a problem might occur because you dont have previous TM30 and he wont see that on computer.

12 hours ago, john donson said:

 

visa agents, greasing wheels, skipping in front of everybody and makes you wait waaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer than... one person queque... worst nightmare 5-6 hours in SAMUT PRAKARN

ok.. but whats the point. they dont ask any money from me when giving me their queue..

they are waiting any emergency visa help from their agency? lol

2 hours ago, Upnotover said:

 

I had similar happen.  They were printing the numbers, putting them in heap and randomly handing them to people in no particular order.  Mine was way up the list and people were arriving well after me and getting a much lower number.  Was beginning to create chaos as a lot of the ones with low numbers had wandered off.  So a senior person was doing the rounds checking numbers and handing out new ones.  Luckily she did as probably saved me an hour.  Now if they just handed them out in numeric order in the first place.......

So why do they do it? Agency thing some sort of? They also never asked money or else. But they were more helpful when they understood i can speak thai.

I also noticed that there are people coming with like 10 - 15 passports.. any info about that?

Thnx

You will need to do all things again.

Get a new non b and work permit.

There are some people in the immigration. They take numbers for some reason. Then they keep changing numbers with the people waiting queue. 

Happened to me many times. Actually one of them gave me the next number and took my number which had 100 people and it was already 14.30

Not sure whats going on and why they are doing it.

Well.. i think you already know the answer but... nope you wont be accepted.

i would go to the immigration where your dad registered. 

maybe the main immigration building too. 

but im not sure hey keep files that old tbh. 

you have nothing to lose if you re-do it. why not... is it too difficult? worth the risk?

btw get well soon

i dont know about 30 days but yes there is a bus he can take and go there. some buses even go in to laos and come back to bangkok. 

Yes you dont need to leave the kingdom IF your new school prepares all the documents right on time. because you need to do all in the same day

Agree that you cannot get a new visa with your work permit. You should have extendex it by now. 

Most likely you need a new non-b with the papers from the work.

I do remember few years ago soemthing like this happened to my friend. They refused him to give a new tourist visa with the reason you lived in thailand long enough. So if i were you i would make sure you have the papers from the work and get non-b

20 hours ago, anotherfarangishere said:

Interesting, thank you. I don't know the area at all. Do you've some recent experience to share?

How do you go to Mukdahan from Bangkok? Regular bus? I don't want to use minivan.

I have a lot experience with this border. They are super friendly and nice. Mukdahan is a great Esan city. Savanakhet is also nice laos city. You can reach with bus or minibuses almost everywhere. 

You will do a visa run so you dont need to go deep into savanakhet. 

Mukdahan there are lot of places for.food and listen to music and so on. 

You can go by bus. It takes 6 hours by car. And there are buses take you directly yo border and even in savanakhet. Its very cheap. Buses from bangkok to savanakhet.