I read in another area of this forum that there is a discussion in this section (visas and work permits) that states Sunbelt has confirmed that new rules allow the issuance of a work permit to a retirement visa holder.

Is it true that holders of retirement visas can now obtain a work permit and work while on a retirement visa?

I did search for this subject before posting but with no luck.

Thank you!

I read in another area of this forum that there is a discussion in this section (visas and work permits) that states Sunbelt has confirmed that new rules allow the issuance of a work permit to a retirement visa holder.

Is it true that holders of retirement visas can now obtain a work permit and work while on a retirement visa?

I did search for this subject before posting but with no luck.

Thank you!

As far as i am aware you cannot have a work permit on a retirement visa.

In some areas you can, in other you cannot.

Sunbelt have reported success in Bangkok. Suggest you contact them.

I am on a retirement visa. I do not really care if I am on a B or O visa. I went to Immigration in Chiang Mai and was told they could get me on a legal visa if Labour would issue me a work permit. I forgot to ask which visa I would get.

If this is a hypothetical question, where you have not received a definite promise to be hired, it is just hypothetical. Since I never got a job offer, I never needed to know.

It will vary. From one office to the next. From one year to the next. From one employee or employer to the next. There are definitely no "definitelys" here.

Of course, you might not want a two year work permit that costs about 30K to obtain. Or, a work permit that upon expiration forces you to leave the Kingdom immediately, without kissing your partner goodbye or selling the house. Or, an Amity Treaty setup that requires you to hire 4 Thai employees, or to leave the country every 90 days. You simply might not want to work at all here. This is a nice, warm, cheap place to be retired, but generally not a good place to work.

it would be great to hear from someone who actually succeeded in getting the WP with an oa (ret.) visa

lets say you can

and you quit the job

can you still stay in Thailand with the original oa visa?

or do they become tied together?

You can continue to stay until the end of the permission to stay you received when you entered with the non-O-A visa and if it was a multiple-entry visa you can continue to travel to Thailand with that visa as long as it remains valid and on each arrival get permission to stay for one year.

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Maestro