Teaching Offer

[wyaryan]

I have been offered a job teaching English to monks one day a week by the english department at Wat Si, a branch of Mahachulalongkorn Buddhist University. It begins in a month. I have been told I will be "installed" as a teacher soon and given a letter from the dean to get a non-immig visa. I will also need a work permit. I'm not sure this can be done before the job begins. The school seems rather clueless about requirements and deadlines.

I am an American, 68 (and no I can't afford a retirement visa), and last month got a double entry tourist visa in Vientiane.

Recent postings make it seem as if a non-immig visa to teach part-time is difficult if not impossible. Where do I go for help and advice? In addition to the letter what do I need, and must I return to Laos to apply at the consulate there? Can I get information and forms now at the Labor Department for a permit?

Thanks for your help and sympathy.

[Sarathi]

Don't listen to moaners who say its impossible or too difficult. 100 000s of foreigners work in Thailand

Maybe try here first :

One Stop Service Center for Visa and Work Permit

Department of Employment

3rd Floor, Krisada Plaza Building

207 Ratchadapisek Road, Kwaeng

Dindaeng, Khet Huaykwang

Bangkok 10400

Non-Immigrant Visa Category “B” (Business Visa) is issued to applicants who wish to enter the Kingdom to work or to conduct business.

(1) Foreigners who wish to work in Thailand must provide the following documents:

- Passport or travel document with validity of not less than 6 months.

- Completed visa application form.

- Recent passport-sized photograph (4 x 6 cm) of the applicant taken within the past 6 months.

- Evidence of adequate finance (20,000 Baht per person and 40,000 Baht per family).

- Letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour. To obtain this letter, the applicant’s prospective employer in Thailand is required to submit Form WP3 at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour Tel. 02-2452745, or at the Provincial Employment Office in his or her respective province. More information is available at www.doe.go.th/workpermit/index.html

- Copy of Work Permit issued by the Ministry of Labour and alien income tax or Por Ngor Dor 91 (only in the case where applicant has previously worked in Thailand).

Below will not apply to a govt. institution (MCU is a govt institution)

- Corporate documents of hiring company in Thailand such as:

1) business registration and business license

2) list of shareholders

3) company profile

4) details of business operation

5) list of foreign workers stating names, nationalities and positions

6) map indicating location of the company

7) balance sheet, statement of Income Tax and Business Tax (Por Ngor Dor 50 and Por Ngor Dor 30 of the latest year)

8) value-added tax registration (Por Por 20)

- Document indicating the number of foreign tourists (for tourism business only), or document indicating export transactions issued by banks (for export business only).

Work permit forms are here : http://122.154.5.7/workpermit/form-eng.html . You should need WP3

See at the one stop shop address above to determine if you apply for the WP in advance, or ge tthe visa first.