My girlfriend wants me to go and live with her in Thailand and i want the same. She owns her own bar and a motorcycle rental business. We plan to marry when i arrive there and then i will help her out with her business'.

What visa do you suggest i should apply for as i want to do this all totally legally?

You can try for a non immigrant O visa if you have a Consulate that will issue for visiting friends. Failing that a tourist visa would be the other option.

Once married you can obtain a non immigrant O visa and if you have 40k per month family income (proven by tax receipts) that visa can be extended on a yearly basis. As for working you would need a work permit (married or not) and expect that may be a little dicey and require serious legal advise.

You can try for a non immigrant O visa if you have a Consulate that will issue for visiting friends. Failing that a tourist visa would be the other option.

Once married you can obtain a non immigrant O visa and if you have 40k per month family income (proven by tax receipts) that visa can be extended on a yearly basis. As for working you would need a work permit (married or not) and expect that may be a little dicey and require serious legal advise.

Thanks for the advise lopburi3, i live in Hull and i believe the consulate there gives out visa's for visiting friends.

A bit worried about the work permit, she does want to open a business for me to run, don't know if that would help.

She owns her own bar and a motorcycle rental business. We plan to marry when i arrive there and then i will help her out with her business'.

If thats a bar as in Beer bar in Pattaya or Patong then you wont get a work permit and you would would be well advised not to be seen anywhere but on the customer side of the bar.

She owns her own bar and a motorcycle rental business. We plan to marry when i arrive there and then i will help her out with her business'.

If thats a bar as in Beer bar in Pattaya or Patong then you wont get a work permit and you would would be well advised not to be seen anywhere but on the customer side of the bar.

Yes it is a beer bar, would it make any difference if my name was on the rental agreement?

Yes it is a beer bar, would it make any difference if my name was on the rental agreement?

No, you can rent it but you cant get a work permit to work in a bar, that's work that Thai people can do. You must employ Thai people to work those jobs. If a bar owner doesn't come to this forum ask any one of them when you get to Thailand.

Yes it is a beer bar, would it make any difference if my name was on the rental agreement?

No, you can rent it but you cant get a work permit to work in a bar, that's work that Thai people can do. You must employ Thai people to work those jobs. If a bar owner doesn't come to this forum ask any one of them when you get to Thailand.

Thanks for your help, looks like i'll have to drink all the profits then

Thanks for your help, looks like i'll have to drink all the profits then

... and thats when the problems start try posting the question about work permits and bars in the business forum.

Thanks for your help, looks like i'll have to drink all the profits then

... and thats when the problems start try posting the question about work permits and bars in the business forum.

Just wanted to know where i stand, I'd hate to get deported by doing something stupid like helping myself to a beer chang or helping out in some way, thanks again for your advice

Would I get a work permit if we were to open and run an internet cafe?