fforest1 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 This is a serious question...... I was under the impression that if a foreigner had a business like a restaurant in Thailand the foreigner had to employ 3-4 Thais to get the business licence and a work permit.... Virtually all farang run restaurants I have seen do employ Thais so no problem there....... On the other hand I see virtually no Thais working in any Indian restaurants...And I am not talking about 1 or 2 I am talking loads of Indian restaurants I have passed by over many years.... So can any one explain why Indian restaurants can operate without Thai employees ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Maybe the Indians working there are Thai citizens. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, giddyup said: Maybe the Indians working there are Thai citizens. Exactly, a lot of Indians are 2nd and 3rd generation Thais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasia Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, giddyup said: Maybe the Indians working there are Thai citizens. Yes, indeed so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, giddyup said: Maybe the Indians working there are Thai citizens. Yes. This also applies to many of the Indian or Pakistani looking touts which you find in front of see food restaurants or who try to sell you a suit, the majority of them are actually Thais. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 27 minutes ago, giddyup said: Maybe the Indians working there are Thai citizens. Ok fair enough and I am sure this is a logical explanation for SOME of the Indian restaurants....BUT lets take Pattaya...Their must be 100s of Indian restaurants now...Most have opened in the last 5-6 years....I just dont think its possible they are ALL owned by Thai citizens.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Perhaps you underestimate the number of Thai citizens with Indian heritage. You can read a bit more here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indians_in_Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kralledr Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Yes you need 4 employes per workpermit if you not married or 2 if you married, but a lot use "ghost"employes to run the business.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gk10002000 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 38 minutes ago, fforest1 said: Ok fair enough and I am sure this is a logical explanation for SOME of the Indian restaurants....BUT lets take Pattaya...Their must be 100s of Indian restaurants now...Most have opened in the last 5-6 years....I just dont think its possible they are ALL owned by Thai citizens.... I doubt the legitimacy of it also. I have seen in one or two of those little restaurants a Thai lady stop by that clearly was the owner. I suspect that many of those "Indian" restaurants are actually Thai "owned", albeit probably bending the law, and the store money probably was fronted by Indians. Assuming that for a moment, are there any rules for Thai owned businesses about how many people they must employ? I kind of doubt there is, so I think my theory holds water? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baansgr Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 43 minutes ago, fforest1 said: Ok fair enough and I am sure this is a logical explanation for SOME of the Indian restaurants....BUT lets take Pattaya...Their must be 100s of Indian restaurants now...Most have opened in the last 5-6 years....I just dont think its possible they are ALL owned by Thai citizens.... 1178....is the number to grass people up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rott Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 1 hour ago, giddyup said: Maybe the Indians working there are Thai citizens. But the number of Indian restaurants in Pattaya now would mean that Thai Indians must have abandoned the rest of the country for here. The question is how long can they afford to sit in their empty caffs which look to be doing even less business than the average farang bar.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest1 Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, gk10002000 said: I doubt the legitimacy of it also. I have seen in one or two of those little restaurants a Thai lady stop by that clearly was the owner. I suspect that many of those "Indian" restaurants are actually Thai "owned", albeit probably bending the law, and the store money probably was fronted by Indians. Assuming that for a moment, are there any rules for Thai owned businesses about how many people they must employ? I kind of doubt there is, so I think my theory holds water? This might very well be correct..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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