I am legally married now for two years with my thai wife. I am an Eu national (non-irish) and we live in Ireland. My wife has the EU-Ttreaty rights visa for 5 years

We are looking into relocating to Thailand and taking over a resort and running there the business.

Can I do this with a marriage-visa. What procedures need I to follow to prevent legal trouble in the future. Am I with a marriage visa free to do what I want.

Any (legal) tips on this.

How to operate in a legal correct way is also unclear to me. I hope someone can help me to clear the fog in my brain.

Thank you so much

 

No you can not/are not. All work requires a work permit as well as a non immigrant visa allowing a work permit to be issued. The visa is likely to be the least of your worries. To obtain a work permit would require a Thai registered business supporting it. Believe you should be posting this in the business section as there are people there that been there/done that. In most cases it will involve lawyers to get the paperwork in order.

With proper planning it can work out - although you should be aware it is not easy to make a profit for anyone so please be careful - at fair numberr of people come here and lose everything.

There is no such beast as a Marriage Visa.

You will need to apply for a Non Immigrant O visa, based on your marriage.

Once you arrive in Thailand the initial 3 month stay can be extended provided you can show

400,000 baht in a Thai bank

or an income of 40,000 baht per month, this can be from Thailand or overseas.

As Lopburi says you need a Work Permit before you can work,

and that is a whole other game.

There is no such beast as a Marriage Visa.

You will need to apply for a Non Immigrant O visa, based on your marriage.

Once you arrive in Thailand the initial 3 month stay can be extended provided you can show

400,000 baht in a Thai bank

or an income of 40,000 baht per month, this can be from Thailand or overseas.

As Lopburi says you need a Work Permit before you can work,

and that is a whole other game.

does anybody know what the process is when you are married to a thai woman and when I want to be self-employed. 

There is no such beast as a Marriage Visa.

You will need to apply for a Non Immigrant O visa, based on your marriage.

Once you arrive in Thailand the initial 3 month stay can be extended provided you can show

400,000 baht in a Thai bank

or an income of 40,000 baht per month, this can be from Thailand or overseas.

As Lopburi says you need a Work Permit before you can work,

and that is a whole other game.

does anybody know what the process is when you are married to a thai woman and when I want to be self-employed. 

The situation does not change. You need a work permit to do any form of work, and that will require sponsorship from a Thai company/one you set up.

Edited September 26, 200916 yr by thaiphoon

You can start your own company as a Consultant.

I really suggest that you start a new thread in the Business In Thailand section

to find out what is needed.

There is no such beast as a Marriage Visa.

You will need to apply for a Non Immigrant O visa, based on your marriage.

Once you arrive in Thailand the initial 3 month stay can be extended provided you can show

400,000 baht in a Thai bank

or an income of 40,000 baht per month, this can be from Thailand or overseas.

As Lopburi says you need a Work Permit before you can work,

and that is a whole other game.

My 1 year Non Immigrant O visa will need renewing in March 2010. I have been married to my Thai wife for four years, one year resident, and we have two young children. I presume I can apply for a "married visa", I note your comment, with 400,000 baht in bank.

My questions: Does my wife have to show any income in addition to my 400,000 baht deposit.

How long does the money have to be in my account. There was one application I made where my money was deemed to be the wrong account, ie. it was in a fund account and should have been in a deposit account.

Believe you are talking about one year extensions of stay rather than visas. Only you require proof of money and using 400k in bank would have to be in account 2 months for first application and 3 months thereafter.

The money has to be in a Thai bank account in your name only. Your Wife's money is not accepted. Savings acc is the norm. It has to be there for 2 months for the first application and 3 months thereafter at most Imm. Offices.

No you can not/are not. All work requires a work permit as well as a non immigrant visa allowing a work permit to be issued. The visa is likely to be the least of your worries. To obtain a work permit would require a Thai registered business supporting it. Believe you should be posting this in the business section as there are people there that been there/done that. In most cases it will involve lawyers to get the paperwork in order.

With proper planning it can work out - although you should be aware it is not easy to make a profit for anyone so please be careful - at fair numberr of people come here and lose everything.

I agree. It is not easy to earn a profit in Thailand at all. If you do earn, someone will step up and try to take it quickly. I find I am better off just selling outside of Thailand.

Believe you are talking about one year extensions of stay rather than visas. Only you require proof of money and using 400k in bank would have to be in account 2 months for first application and 3 months thereafter.

Just checked.

I have a retirement visa. Does the same apply?

A visa can not be renewed in Thailand. You extend your stay one year at a time regardless of entry on a 90 day non immigrant visa or a one year OA visa. The same rules apply.

"I have a retirement visa. Does the same apply?"

Extending for retirement is easier (less paperwork), but the money is different.

65k monthly income proven be a letter from your embassy, OR 800k in the bank for 3 months.

You can still do a combo method, I believe. That would be some money in the bank and some income. total is 800k.

Based on retirement you can indeed use the combination option of money in the bank and income when the total is 800,000 or more.