Number Of Thai Staff Needed To Get Work Permit For 1 Farang

[tonyoc]

Hello,

I may get involved with a startup Thai software company that has 5 Thai employees.

The guy who should organise my work permit says the company needs to employ 6 Thais before they can request a work permit. Is this the case? If so does anyone know how to get around it?

Best wishes,

Tony

[monty]

Not true.

In general Thai Labor Department will follow the guidelines immigration uses for issuing 1 year extensions based on employment, meaning the company would need 4 employees.

And in start up companies they sometimes are more lenient as well, so 5 employees should do perfectly fine for 1 work permit application.

The company will also need 2 million Baht registered capital.

For the staff to be accepted by labor department they will want to see the payment proof of the social security tax of those employees.

[tonyoc]

Thank you Monty for your quick reply.

Best wishes & happy new year,

Tony

[PoorSucker]

Also if the applicant is married to a Thai national the number of employees are two.