Indian Visas business/employment - need for Thai work permit?

[MJKT2014]

Anyone applied for an Indian employment visa in Thailand as a foreigner? I am hearing one can only do this if a permanent Thai residence visa holder or with a Thai work permit? Any truth to this or rationale when the work would be in India? Agent is saying applicant can only apply in country of citizenship, but they live in Thailand with wife and kids for many years.

 

Any experience please welcomed.

Edited March 6, 2020 by MJKT2014

[sanmyintmaung]

Employment visa

• Complete visa application form (www.indianvisaonline.gov.in) regular application form
• 2 recent colour photographs - 2 inches X 2 inches with white background
• 2 copies of Passport Bio page
• 1 copy of Thai ID card (for Thai nationals)
• Original passport with minimum validity of 1 year
• Previous passport (if available)
• Profile of company in India

• Copy of Company registration in India

  • Employment Contract signed between the Employer and the Employee indicating salary and benefits.
  • Request letter from the Indian company addressed to the Embassy of India Bangkok with details on the duration of work and with the address details of the company. Letter must indicate that no Indian is available for the said position
  • Proof of educational qualifications and expertise of the applicant.( All documents issued by Thai companies or authorities should be translated and attested by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand and in case of a non-Thai certification same must be translated and attested by the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the respective country)
• Experience certificate ( if available)
• Copy of previous Indian visa (in case of a prior travel to India)

• Non- Thai nationals must also provide additional documents as per below:

  1. Proof of having permanent residence in Thailand for more than 2 years
  2. Copy of work permit , if working in Thailand
  3. Copy of current Thai visa page

Please note: Countries that must have a bank statement attached with the document are listed below:

Nigeria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia, Tajikistan, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

Source

https://www.vfsglobal.com/India/Thailand/English/employment-visa.html

[MJKT2014]

^{Many thanks @sanmyintmaung for the info and link. Very useful indeed.}

[MJKT2014]

Our experience this week with India was it's a no go in Bangkok, need to go back to home country to apply now. No reasons explained, but cannot expect any more from an outfit like VFS I suppose.

Edited March 11, 2020 by MJKT2014

[theoldgit]

VFS do as they're instructed by the Indian Embassy, the VFS website is very clear in saying that foreign nationals applying in Bangkok need to complete the appropriate form 

https://www.vfsglobal.com/India/Thailand/English/pdf/ref_form.pdf

 

VFS said:

Please study with the General instruction of the Embassy’s Website 

Business Visa is granted to a foreign national who wants to visit India to establish an industrial /business venture or to explore possibilities to set up industrial/business venture, or wants to purchase/sell industrial products in India.

*Validity: Duration of visa will depend on contractual terms in each case.*

*For more information please refer to www.mha.gov.in

All foreign nationals applying for visa in Bangkok are required to fill Reference Form along with the online visa Online Application. Please CLICK HERE to download form.

https://embassyofindiabangkok.gov.in/pages.php?id=35

[theoldgit]

India suspends most visas to halt coronavirus spread https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-51847620

[MJKT2014]

On 3/12/2020 at 11:06 AM, theoldgit said:

VFS website is very clear in saying that foreign nationals applying in Bangkok need to complete the appropriate form 

Yes the VFS web site is very clear. I our case my associate completed the online application form inclusive all required inputs and submitted these with the support documents which VFS accepted only to be rejected 6 days later by embassy with a notification to apply in ones country of citizenship without any reason given. 

 

A mute point now of course as all Indian embassies are stopping visas until mid April earliest.