ddeellbbooyy Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Hi all Me and the wife (thai) are planning on going back to live in thailand , if i was to work on the family rubber plantation would a work permit be needed to do this . We will be in the north east near nong khai area,and if yes how do we go about doing this ! Thanks all who help . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 You cannot do this work. No permit. If you open a company and employ x amount of people with huge amount of cash in the bank, yes. BUT, your wife will run things and you will be a beer drinker eh. Real knowledge of this stuff will be along soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Moved to the Work Permit Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirchai Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 To answer your question: You won't get a work permit for a job a Thai could also do. But: I'm pretty sure that nobody would make you any problems when "helping out" your wive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite Beer Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Prohibited types of work Manual work; Work in agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry or fishing excluding specialized work in each particular branch or farm supervision; http://www.thaivisa.com/330.0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario2008 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 All work requires a work permt, as mentioned, for agricultural work it will not be issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranO Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 dont worry about a work permit...........seriously who's going to dob you in for helping your wife...........the answer is no one......enjoy the farm............and good luck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) dont worry about a work permit...........seriously who's going to dob you in for helping your wife...........the answer is no one......enjoy the farm............and good luck Well, let's see -- who's going to "dob you in"? Maybe the neighbors. Maybe people in competition with the wife's business. Maybe someone who gets into an unrelated dispute with the OP. Maybe a disgruntled employee or family member. The list is endless. Edited August 26, 2012 by NancyL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuket Mike Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Here's a reply from a department of labour official to a similar enquiry I found on a Phuket newspaper site. "You can help your husband with his business, however, according to the Foreign Workers Employment Act BE 2551, if you assist in a trade or occupation which is carried out for profit, whether or not you receive pay or reward for that employment, you are required to have a work permit." It's a question of whether the sale of latex is classed as making profit. Speaking as someone who worked on my wife's rubber farm for 6 years without a problem or work permit, I would say don't worry about it. Most of the locals were happy to see a farang doing the same work as them. As for someone in competition dobbing you in, there is no competition rubber tree farmers can sell all the latex they produce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Speaking as someone who worked on my wife's rubber farm for 6 years without a problem or work permit, I would say don't worry about it. Most of the locals were happy to see a farang doing the same work as them. You were lucky, any Thai who is pissed off with you at any stage could report you. Then you will be jailed, fined and deported. You have to do without your wife for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Speaking as someone who worked on my wife's rubber farm for 6 years without a problem or work permit, I would say don't worry about it. Most of the locals were happy to see a farang doing the same work as them. You were lucky, any Thai who is pissed off with you at any stage could report you. Then you will be jailed, fined and deported. You have to do without your wife for a while. You are correct but the chances are slim. I know a farang chef, no work permit and gov folk eat at his place. BUT, as you say, if someone is pissed off they can cause a problem, but the business this guy is talking about l would not worry, just do everything via his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattayaPhom Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Speaking as someone who worked on my wife's rubber farm for 6 years without a problem or work permit, I would say don't worry about it. Most of the locals were happy to see a farang doing the same work as them. You were lucky, any Thai who is pissed off with you at any stage could report you. Then you will be jailed, fined and deported. You have to do without your wife for a while. Although its never wise to work without a WP, in the OPs case common sense is the order of the day.....Just when was any one deported or no WP, unless o course ilegal boilers rooms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnustedt Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 All work requires a work permt, as mentioned, for agricultural work it will not be issued. excluding specialized work in each particular branch or farm suprervision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I hope the OP likes working night shift, as that's when most of the work is done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddeellbbooyy Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 (edited) Lucky it's only the parents and our son in the family as she's the only child Edited August 26, 2012 by ddeellbbooyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddeellbbooyy Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 I hope the OP likes working night shift, as that's when most of the work is done. Night shifts don't worry me as i normally work in nightclubs ( bouncer ) at night . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I hope the OP likes working night shift, as that's when most of the work is done. Night shifts don't worry me as i normally work in nightclubs ( bouncer ) at night . , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddeellbbooyy Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Speaking as someone who worked on my wife's rubber farm for 6 years without a problem or work permit, I would say don't worry about it. Most of the locals were happy to see a farang doing the same work as them. You were lucky, any Thai who is pissed off with you at any stage could report you. Then you will be jailed, fined and deported. You have to do without your wife for a while. The last sentence does'nt seem to bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Speaking as someone who worked on my wife's rubber farm for 6 years without a problem or work permit, I would say don't worry about it. Most of the locals were happy to see a farang doing the same work as them. You were lucky, any Thai who is pissed off with you at any stage could report you. Then you will be jailed, fined and deported. You have to do without your wife for a while. The last sentence does'nt seem to bad You are at that juncture eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I hope the OP likes working night shift, as that's when most of the work is done. Night shifts don't worry me as i normally work in nightclubs ( bouncer ) at night . Look in the farming forum, people doing rubber, rice cassava, pigs, etc. No one gives a rats ass to a farang sweating his beer out on a farm.I have 12 workers [wife] I guess, a limited partnership company and no WP, don't like to work, lazy, but no one cares. Rural Thailand is not Pattaya, Samui or Phuket, no immigration police lurking around waiting for you to do some tapping. Doubt you will in fact take up rubber tapping, it's a skill that takes time to learn and not an easy job. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 ^^ Hi there Jim .. we know each other from the Farming forum. As I pointed out to pigeonjake ... and as you said ... no-one gives a rats ... until. Until you have a dispute with a Thai, or become serious competition for a Thai. As the Moderators have pointed out, almost all of the Farming work carried out by Farangs is illegal. But, as with most things in Thailand, the rules are mostly guidelines ... until you cross that invisible line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Why would a Westerner want to work on a rubber tree plantation in the first place? There's plenty of workers available that would do a good day's work for 200 Baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Why would a Westerner want to work on a rubber tree plantation in the first place? There's plenty of workers available that would do a good day's work for 200 Baht. Actually it's 40% of the cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamescollister Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 ^^ Hi there Jim .. we know each other from the Farming forum. As I pointed out to pigeonjake ... and as you said ... no-one gives a rats ... until. Until you have a dispute with a Thai, or become serious competition for a Thai. As the Moderators have pointed out, almost all of the Farming work carried out by Farangs is illegal. But, as with most things in Thailand, the rules are mostly guidelines ... until you cross that invisible line. There is risk with anything, but think I am fairly safe out here, we don't have a uniformed police presence, only border soldiers. Doubt the Royal Thai Immigration Police would be bothered to mount an operation requiring an army escort, just to catch me sleeping in a hammock in one of the plantations, but you never know. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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