Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

guys,

right i have just been informed by my laywer that as 1 year multiple entry visas are now being refused in asia i have to attend my local immigration office on koh samui and pay 5000 baht every month for a 1 month extension of stay on my work permit! <deleted>???!

apparently samui will only offer a 1 month extension of stay to work permit holders from now on and the costs are broken down as 3500 baht tax and 1500 national insurance. has anybody been to the samui imm office lately to extend their work permits or can confirm/dispute this? i was under the impression that once i had my work permit i would be getting a 1 year extension of stay. is this true?

fyi i have a single entry non imm b and my work permit is "in the post/being processed".

Posted

It does not appear you have a work permit. When you obtain the work permit and if you meet the requirements for extension of stay you should be able to obtain that for a cost of 1,900 baht from immigration - but it will probably take a few 30 day under review stamps before the final extension of stay. Have no idea what information you are getting from your lawyer and I would be rather concerned if he is saying your work permit is "in the mail".

As availability or non availability of multi entry visas would not be of concern if you meet extension of stay requirements I suspect you probably will not meet the requirements. Wonder what you lawyer is doing as he should be answering your questions. My first question would be "am I legal?"

No I have never seen anyone post about paying 5,000 baht per month to immigration office.

Posted
guys,

right i have just been informed by my laywer that as 1 year multiple entry visas are now being refused in asia i have to attend my local immigration office on koh samui and pay 5000 baht every month for a 1 month extension of stay on my work permit! <deleted>???!

apparently samui will only offer a 1 month extension of stay to work permit holders from now on and the costs are broken down as 3500 baht tax and 1500 national insurance. has anybody been to the samui imm office lately to extend their work permits or can confirm/dispute this? i was under the impression that once i had my work permit i would be getting a 1 year extension of stay. is this true?

fyi i have a single entry non imm b and my work permit is "in the post/being processed".

5,000 a month is the same as 15,000 every 3 months.

That's about the same amount you'd spend to fly to Singapore every 3 months (with your WP) to get your Single Entry B visa renewed.

I'd rather spend on that instead of paying it to immigration.

However, you said 3500 was in tax. Yes, in order to get your work permit renewed "smoothly", you do need to declare a salary of about 50,000 a month (if you're white), and the INCOME tax on that might be about 3,500 per month (check with your accountant for exact amount).

Since I'm not white (I"m Asian), I only need to declare a salary of about 35,000, for which I'll pay around 1,900 a month in taxes. So 3,500 seems about right for someone earning 50,000, but I may be wrong. Clarify with your lawyer if the 3,500 tax pertains to income tax or to some other "tax".

Any other posters may feel free to correct me if I"m wrong... I'm not a lawyer but that's how I understood it from mine. :o

Cheers,

David

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...