I come from Belgium and I'm married with thai lady. We're living in Belgium now mor than one year. We wish to go live and work together in Thailand. I'm 42...

How can we do?

Can we begoin an activity whithout making a limited company?

What about visa ant work permit?

Thank you for answers

I come from Belgium and I'm married with thai lady. We're living in Belgium now mor than one year. We wish to go live and work together in Thailand. I'm 42...

How can we do?

Can we begoin an activity whithout making a limited company?

What about visa ant work permit?

Thank you for answers

First visa is from Thai consulate non immigrant o based upon marriage can be single or multiple entry dependent upon your plans.

One year extension proof of 40,000 baht income yours, your wife's or combined income of both.

Proof for you can be letter from conulate and/or wifes tax reciepts for 3 months prior to application for extension at immigration here.

For you to work requires a work permit. That can be working for a company or forming your own.

Edited October 13, 200817 yr by ubonjoe

Your wife is ok obviously but you will need a visa. If you work you will need a work permit. Getting a job which pays a decent salary will be nearly impossible unless you have some seriously desirable skills.

If you want to make a business which would allow you to work legally then you can do it fairly easily, though not without some cost. You would have to have something marketable though.

If you just want to buy a business and not work then you can do so without a work permit but you will still need a visa.

As you are married, you can live here legally as long as you can show you have a joint income of Bt40,000 a month.

More detail is available in other posts.

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One year extension proof of 40,000 baht income yours, your wife's or combined income of both.

Proof for you can be letter from conulate and/or wifes tax reciepts for 3 months prior to application for extension at immigration here.

For you to work requires a work permit. That can be working for a company or forming your own.

Ok but for the 40,000 bath how can I prove income when i stop work in Belgium.

We want to begin something like food cathering do we need a company or can we make that under her name?

The 40,000 is a requirement for the visa. You can start the busines and pay taxes that show a gross income of 40,000 per month and use reciept for the taxes. That is also why I mentioned a multiple entry visa. With that you would have to make border runs every 90 days. That would give you the time needed to get the business going. This visa is valid for one year. But if used for the last time just before it expires you can stay for about 15 months just making border runs.

You can start a busines under her name yes. But you won't be able to legally work at it unless it is formed such that you can get a work permit. Being married to a Thai you do have one advantage that others may not have and that is that the company income and number of Thais working working for company is cut in half. That means that it would only require 2 Thais working for company instead of 4 to meet the requirements for you to get a work permit.

Edited October 13, 200817 yr by ubonjoe

The 40,000 is a requirement for the visa. You can start the busines and pay taxes that show a gross income of 40,000 per month and use reciept for the taxes. That is also why I mentioned a multiple entry visa. With that you would have to make border runs every 90 days. That would give you the time needed to get the business going. This visa is valid for one year. But if used for the last time just before it expires you can stay for about 15 months just making border runs.

You can start a busines under her name yes. But you won't be able to legally work at it unless it is formed such that you can get a work permit. Being married to a Thai you do have one advantage that others may not have and that is that the company income and number of Thais working working for company is cut in half. That means that it would only require 2 Thais working for company instead of 4 to meet the requirements for you to get a work permit.

how many months with an 40,000 income do we need to get the visa?

Isn't easier to begin immidiatly with a company and can we begin a company if i only have tourist visa?

3 months prior to date of application.

Why a tourist visa it is very easy to obtain the non immigrant o-visa at a consulate. This is not a tourist visa if that is what you mean. You can even obtain the work permit on this visa. This is the visa that you will be able to extend for one year.

Edited October 13, 200817 yr by ubonjoe

Get a multiple entry non immigrant "O" visa from a Thai Consulate in Belgium

Go to Thailand

Work out (should have done it before going) what business you want to do.

You do not need a company, sole trader is one option. There was a very detailed discussion on this very subject in this forum a few months ago. Try a search.

Unless you need to work and have a work permit, I would let your wife start the business and see if it is viable. But look at all the methods of combining your visa, getting a work permit and actually working (some jobs you cannot do).

Get a multiple entry non immigrant "O" visa from a Thai Consulate in Belgium

Go to Thailand

Work out (should have done it before going) what business you want to do.

You do not need a company, sole trader is one option. There was a very detailed discussion on this very subject in this forum a few months ago. Try a search.

Unless you need to work and have a work permit, I would let your wife start the business and see if it is viable. But look at all the methods of combining your visa, getting a work permit and actually working (some jobs you cannot do).

can a sole trader (f.i. my wife) give a work permit (f.i. to me) ? or is making a company the only solution?

A sole trader business registration can be used to apply for work permit but it will in your case require at least 2 Thai employes and meet income requirement for the business.

This link to employment division has info that you find helpful.

http://www.doe.go.th/aboutus_en.aspx

Edited October 13, 200817 yr by ubonjoe