welovesundaysatspace Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) I stumbled upon a job offer from a well-know multinational on JobsDB, where they are writing the following: "Applicants must be legally able to work in Thailand without the company having to provide a work permit." What does that mean? Can anyone (besides Thai nationals, of course) work in Thailand legally without a work permit? Can anyone else than the company provide someone a work permit (as far as we are not talking about freelancers/self-employed persons, of course)? At first, this looked like saying "Thai nationals only" in a roundabout way. Edited April 9, 2011 by welovesundaysatspace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Thai Nationals or people with PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregb Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Thai Nationals or people with PR PR still requires a work permit, just that the minimum requirements for hiring foreigners for the company are generally waived in these cases, and of course, there are no challenges with visas. Only people eligible to work without a permit are Thai nationals to the best of my knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Its a PC way of saying Thai nationals only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backfromouterspace Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 No whities . . .unless you are of Chinese descent and born within Bangkok city limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 As I read the advert, it states "without the company having to provide a work permit." I take this to mean that the company advertising will not provide a work permit, but if you have a work permit from your own company - you can apply! eg consultants/freelancer etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 As I read the advert, it states "without the company having to provide a work permit." I take this to mean that the company advertising will not provide a work permit, but if you have a work permit from your own company - you can apply! eg consultants/freelancer etc. I actually work for an MNC and they use this term and it is intended to mean Thai nationals only The company wishes to hire an indivdual, not hire a company, as would be the case in the example you provide...therefore not valid IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWMcMurray Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Many MNCs have policy for equal employment opportunities... this means they can not specify race, gender, religion etc in their job adverts or they would not be in compliance with their own policies. That being said, it appears that unless the Thai Government changes WP regulations, this means that for the time being only a Thai National can apply for this position. If in the future, the WP regulations are changed by Thai government, then other nationalities could apply. As others have said, this is the PC way to say Thai Nationals only without having any one claim that the company has unfair hiring practices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Thai Nationals or people with PR PR still requires a work permit, just that the minimum requirements for hiring foreigners for the company are generally waived in these cases, and of course, there are no challenges with visas. Only people eligible to work without a permit are Thai nationals to the best of my knowledge. I stand corrected Looking back on Camerata's story ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 As I read the advert, it states "without the company having to provide a work permit." I take this to mean that the company advertising will not provide a work permit, but if you have a work permit from your own company - you can apply! eg consultants/freelancer etc. I actually work for an MNC and they use this term and it is intended to mean Thai nationals only The company wishes to hire an indivdual, not hire a company, as would be the case in the example you provide...therefore not valid IMHO. You are probably correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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