Non Teaching Eu Wife - Can She Get Non B And Work?

[curiousteacher]

HI,

This is my first post. I am an international school teacher in Bangkok who has recently married, my wife being European. I have non B and am in first year of two year contract, wage easily covers both of us. Marriage was in Thailand and now she has the 'O' visa. The school tell me that after 3 months she can get the Non B and go on 'my visa'. In my mind this means she could work should she be privided with a work permit from a future employer. She has no degree as such but only wants to do some waitressing in high end restaurants and has in fact been offered a trial.

My question is can she get a Non B as my wife, as the school seem to think (they have provided paperwork for the 'O' , went down with her and it was very smooth.)? My reason for asking is that I have read so many slightly different versions for this topic. Also, the school have said she does not need to leave the country to get the 'B' as it can be sorted out via our HR support and links, and she can just go down to immigration in Bangkok with school repsas before.

One last thing - so glad I moved here! Was really depressing in London for years and it even snows at Easter now....

Thanks so much for any answers in advance,

Grateful newbie

[ubonjoe]

If you have an extension of stay from immigration your wife can get an extension as your dependent.

She does not need a B visa to do that. She can do it within the last 30 days of her O visa 90 day entry.

She will need the original and copy of the marriage certificate plus copies of both your passport photo pages visas, entry stamp and your extension. And her TM6 departure card.

[HarryMilton]

Isn't waitressing a restricted occupation?

[asiaexpat]

• Your school was most likely telling you your wife could get an extension of stay based on being your wife. If she wants to work she will need to find an employer willing to support a Work Permit and then she can apply for a Non-B visa. However, there are many jobs that are reserved for Thais only, such as food service. There are many posts on TV referring to both WP and restricted jobs that you can search for using the search tool.

[curiousteacher]

• Your school was most likely telling you your wife could get an extension of stay based on being your wife. If she wants to work she will need to find an employer willing to support a Work Permit and then she can apply for a Non-B visa. However, there are many jobs that are reserved for Thais only, such as food service. There are many posts on TV referring to both WP and restricted jobs that you can search for using the search tool.

• Your school was most likely telling you your wife could get an extension of stay based on being your wife. If she wants to work she will need to find an employer willing to support a Work Permit and then she can apply for a Non-B visa. However, there are many jobs that are reserved for Thais only, such as food service. There are many posts on TV referring to both WP and restricted jobs that you can search for using the search tool.

Thank you very much for the response. I thought the 'restricted job' might be the case too. However, the restaurant (on an island) in question has successfully hired European waiters in the past and provided them with WP and know they have one 'spare' - the spare mmeaning they have already been through the taxation re-evaluation of their business which has increased due to the additional WP, and this WP whilst the employee left, still has affected the taxation valuation of their business for the rest of the year that this WP covers, whether they use it or not.

. I will check with the school what they mean and what the extension means (based on my visa / WP), but I thought as much - for her too get a non B by being 'added' to mine seemed too good to be true. I will let you know what happens out of interest anyway.

Thanks again.

[konfuzed]

You'll need to check her nationality against the required minimum wage to get a work permit.

This may be a killer for the job holder. And there are plenty of non-Thais working in pubs and bars and hotels as "managers" or maitre'd type positions.

See below.

Europe and Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States of America (except Russia) 50,000 per month

South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong 45,000 per month

Asian Countries (except Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam)South America,Eastern Europe,Central America, Mexico, Russia, South Africa 35,000 per month

All African Countries (except South Africa), Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam 25,000 per month

[samran]

You'll need to check her nationality against the required minimum wage to get a work permit.

This may be a killer for the job holder. And there are plenty of non-Thais working in pubs and bars and hotels as "managers" or maitre'd type positions.

See below.

Europe and Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States of America (except Russia) 50,000 per month

South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong 45,000 per month

Asian Countries (except Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam)South America,Eastern Europe,Central America, Mexico, Russia, South Africa 35,000 per month

All African Countries (except South Africa), Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam 25,000 per month

Those amounts are just so a person can get an extension of stay, not a work permit.

Given the OP's wife already has an extension of stay based on the husbands stay, then the income issue will be less of an issue.

One thing I am confused about is why are people suggesting that the wife change to a non-immigrant B visa. As far as I'm aware, work permits can be gotten on a non-immigrant O visa, or has this changed in the past few years?

[gleeglee]

To obtain a work permit you must be more qualified than a Thai person to do the position the work permit is issued for.

If you are not getting a work permit through your own company then you will require a sponsor who will give you a contract of employment to obtain a non B visa , To obtain the work permit you must have a Degree and this will be required at the labor department to obtain the work permit.

without a degree it is simply not possible to get a real work permit unless there is a fee being paid to someone

[asiaexpat]

As usual Samran is correct in that a Non-O visa holder can obtain a WP depending on the local labor office policy. If the employer provides the required documentation and the labor office finds everything in proper order, the OP's wife should be able to get a WP.

[curiousteacher]

As usual Samran is correct in that a Non-O visa holder can obtain a WP depending on the local labor office policy. If the employer provides the required documentation and the labor office finds everything in proper order, the OP's wife should be able to get a WP.

Ok thanks so much again, all is becoming clear now. I have one more question if you wouldn't mind - if an employer has paid for and arranged a work permit for a particular person, and that person leaves (as happened with the particular company on a particuar island), how simple is it for the work permit to be 're-assigned ' to someone else?

[PoorSucker]

Ok thanks so much again, all is becoming clear now. I have one more question if you wouldn't mind - if an employer has paid for and arranged a work permit for a particular person, and that person leaves (as happened with the particular company on a particuar island), how simple is it for the work permit to be 're-assigned ' to someone else?

The old work permit must be cancelled and a new one must be applied for.