Who Posted This?

[Norway]

Need help to find the person who wrote the post below, i'm sure that the post is still here at Thaivisa somewhere, but i can't find it no matter how much i search. I think it was posted between one or two months ago. Thank you!.

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Hi,

I’m 25 years old and i live and work in Netherlands. I’ve been on holiday in Thailand for 2 times now and I really started to love this country. I always had the dream to work and live abroad to gain experience with different cultures. I think Thailand is a beautiful country to live in and I would like to know what my possibilities are.

I’m trying to find a job as webdesigner or any other multimedia oriented job. I already applied for some jobs but it’s not very easy. Many companies are more than interested but I found out that the Thai policy makes it impossible for them to hire foreigners.

I quote a reply from one of these companies:

“Thank you very much for you email regarding our vacancy for a web designer, your work looks excellent and you are more than qualified for the position. I would like very much to be able to offer you work with our company , however the policies of the Thai government make it impossible for our business to employ other than Thai national”

“The main issue with employing (anymore) foreign workers is that for each foreigner that work for us we need to have 4 Thai people and also increase the capital of our company by 2000.000 Thai Baht to obtain visa/work premit.

“Now the government are bringing in minimum wages of 30-60.000 Baht per month for foreigners, nobody here will pay you 30-60.000 Baht a month”

So as you can see this looks as if there is no chance at all for me finding a job in this section, the job I’m good at.

Any additional info regarding this would be much appreciated!.

Now I want to find out what it takes to start my own Design company in Thailand. I have quite some experience in this section so I think that won’t be a problem. The problem is that I don’t know much about Thai policy, so any info about starting a company in Thailand would be very helpful.

My intention is not to make much money or anything. I just want to do I’m best at and earn enough to buy/rent a house, bring food on the table and give me the weekends off so I can enjoy living in Thailand too.

My last question if of course what it takes to get a Visa.

If anyone can help me out here you will make me a very happy man.

Thanks in advance!

[elsie]

Here it is...

[Norway]

Thank you very much for your help