Working under marriage visa

[Danthefarang]

When I got my visa for marriage to Thai citizen I never envisioned wanting to work so when they told me I could I never followed up with questions.

 

So now I'm asking you here.......do I need a special work visa if I get a job while living here on my marriage visa ??

 

Thanks in advance for your advice.

 

Danny

[ubonjoe]

You can get a work permit and work with a non-o visa entry or an extension of stay based upon marriage.

There is no work visa.

[FritsSikkink]

You can work with your marriage visa, only when you work for a BOI registered company you might have to change it.

[Danthefarang]

37 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

You can get a work permit and work with a non-o visa entry or an extension of stay based upon marriage.

There is no work visa.

 

Oops, right....work 'permit'........is this something extra I get or is it implied with my extension of stay based on marriage ??

[Danthefarang]

35 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

You can work with your marriage visa, only when you work for a BOI registered company you might have to change it.

 

BOI......I'm not familiar with that term.....

 

Can I just accept a job under my extension based on marriage or do I have to apply for a work permit as well ??

[ubonjoe]

2 minutes ago, Danthefarang said:

 

Oops, right....work 'permit'........is this something extra I get or is it implied with my extension of stay based on marriage ??

You have to apply for the work permit at the Labor ministry and meet the requirements to get it.

 

2 minutes ago, Danthefarang said:

BOI......I'm not familiar with that term.....

Board of Investment.

[Rhys]

It can be done.  Great that is what I may attempt.

[FritsSikkink]

24 minutes ago, Danthefarang said:

 

BOI......I'm not familiar with that term.....

 

Can I just accept a job under my extension based on marriage or do I have to apply for a work permit as well ??

You can accept the job, then you need documents from your employer to get the work permit. Once you have the work permit you are allowed to work. 

[Danthefarang]

Board of Investment.

Thanks unbonjoe, you've helped me before. I appreciate it.



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[Danthefarang]

You can accept the job, then you need documents from your employer to get the work permit. Once you have the work permit you are allowed to work. 

Thank you.....get the job...then....the permit. Thanks


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[overherebc]

You may, repeat may, find that some companies will tell you you need a B visa to get your WP.

You don't, the labour department will issue the WP with you holding a non 0 visa.

Just a quick question, do you do 90 day reports or do you leave and return every 90 days. In either case you can still get your WP,  the answer would help people to answer any further questions you might have.

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[Rhys]

Thanks for the useful information.

[Danthefarang]

Hi overherebc.......I report......don't travel much :-( not yet anyways :-)


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[overherebc]

12 minutes ago, Danthefarang said:

Hi overherebc.......I report......don't travel much :-( not yet anyways :-)


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Hope the job works out.

Always remember the extension is yours, not the companies. If you leave, resign whatever then you just carry on in Thailand as before.

Hope it goes well.

[ukrules]

I heard and read here on this forum at some point that there is supposedly a way that someone who's married to a Thai can work without a permit in a family owned business - is this true in any way ?

[overherebc]

3 minutes ago, ukrules said:

I heard and read here on this forum at some point that there is supposedly a way that someone who's married to a Thai can work without a permit in a family owned business - is this true in any way ?

 

Nope, any work requires a work permit.

Even unpaid you still require a work permit.

[ukrules]

6 minutes ago, overherebc said:

 

Nope, any work requires a work permit.

Even unpaid you still require a work permit.

 

Yes, that's what I figured but I've been told otherwise by various people over the years specifically in relation to a family business while married.

[overherebc]

3 minutes ago, ukrules said:

 

Yes, that's what I figured but I've been told otherwise by various people over the years specifically in relation to a family business while married.

 

Probably people who have been doing it but never been caught.

Friend of mine was cleaning his wifes phone while changing the battery etc and got pulled for working on company property in his wife's restaurant.

Luckily one of his Thai friends who was a Thai cop was in Imm' in pattaya when they took him there and managed to get him out of the situation.

[DILLIGAD]

A work permit is 3,100 or 3,200b for a year. Cannot remember exactly.


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[overherebc]

2 minutes ago, DILLIGAD said:

A work permit is 3,100 or 3,200b for a year. Cannot remember exactly.


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Or 30,000 if you're daft enough to use a lawyer or agent.

????

[Danthefarang]

Is there a norm......do employers usually help with this or do they just give you a letter of intent for you to present to Labour office and you fend for yourself ?


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[ubonjoe]

12 hours ago, Danthefarang said:

Is there a norm......do employers usually help with this or do they just give you a letter of intent for you to present to Labour office and you fend for yourself ?

Employers normally handle the work permit application because they have to supply most of the documents required to do the application.

[Danthefarang]

Employers normally handle the work permit application because they have to supply most of the documents required to do the application.

Thanks ubonjoe....it's good to know the norms when negotiating for a position....


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[DILLIGAD]

Thanks ubonjoe....it's good to know the norms when negotiating for a position....


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Dan
Don't forget, despite what you may be told by Thai's, a WP is always required. Many teaching agencies do not bother with them but it's not them who get in trouble/fined.


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[FritsSikkink]

16 hours ago, ukrules said:

I heard and read here on this forum at some point that there is supposedly a way that someone who's married to a Thai can work without a permit in a family owned business - is this true in any way ?

NO

[boooker]

You still can have under BOI a visa O and wp.

Good once you decide not to work anymore the visa O is still valid regardless of cancel wp.

B visa you basically have 7 days after termination of your job.

[JackThompson]

24 minutes ago, boooker said:

You still can have under BOI a visa O and wp.

Good once you decide not to work anymore the visa O is still valid regardless of cancel wp.

B visa you basically have 7 days after termination of your job.

 

Clarification:  If you are within the initial 90-days provided by a single-entry "Non-B Visa," your stay lasts until the end of the 90 days.  If you have an extension of stay based on working, beyond that additional 90 days, that permission of stay ends the day your job ends, but you can go to immigration on that day and obtain an additional 7 days to leave. 

For this reason, using a Non-O based on marriage is the preferable option.

 

 

[Danthefarang]

Thanks guys, I think I'm getting a handle on this.

Any suggestions on resources for finding work.....I looked in baht &Isolde and here on Thai visa.....


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[DILLIGAD]

Thanks guys, I think I'm getting a handle on this.

Any suggestions on resources for finding work.....I looked in baht &Isolde and here on Thai visa.....


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What type of work?


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[Danthefarang]

What type of work?


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Hi Dilligad, I've been a soldier, restaurateur, built teams in the Canadian oil patch and Afghanistan, sold janitorial supplies and farmed :-)

I'm as happy to follow as lead, pride myself with a tonne of initiative and when given a clear goal I always make my target.

To be honest I thought without a stack of degrees hanging on the wall there would be so few positions for a farang in Thailand I'd not have much choice.

I'm just excited about finding an opportunity to excel in while living in a whole new environment.


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