Sending people to Thailand

Sending people to Thailand

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sykes111s

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107 posts

254 months

Friday 30th September 2016
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Hi

We have a job in Thailand that requires 2 of our people to go to site to do some electrical commissioning for a week.

Do they require working Visa's? from the Thai website it looks like they do but its not clear.

If they do its quite a big hassle and expense.

What do others do? do you just go and tell them your a tourist?

James

Issi

1,782 posts

150 months

Friday 30th September 2016
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This took all of ten seconds to find -

To legally work in Thailand, a foreigner must apply for a work permit. Work permit is a legal document that states a foreigner’s position, current occupation, or job description and the Thai company he is working with. It also serves as a license to perform a job or an occupation allowed for foreigners inside Thailand.

Foreigners entering Thailand are not permitted to work, regardless of their type of visa, unless they are granted a work permit. Those who intend to work in Thailand must hold the correct type of visa to be eligible to apply for a work permit.

To secure a work permit in Thailand, a foreigner needs an initial visa, which is a non-immigrant visa. The non-immigrant visa must be obtained before entering Thailand.

Once the foreigner has a non-immigrant visa, he may begin to process the work permit. The work permit process would take 7 business days to accomplish. Work permit application is processed in the Ministry of Labor office.

A foreigner is eligible to apply for a work permit as long as he has a non-immigrant visa or a resident visa, has an available employer who will provide documents for work permit, and the occupation he will perform is not prohibited to foreigners.

The applicant has to submit the following documents:

2 inches photo
medical certificate
original passport
letter of employment
certificate of degree
address in Thailand
The employer has to provide the following:

company certificate and objectives
list of shareholders
application for VAT
withholding tax of the company
financial statement
photocopy of the director’s passport and work permit with signature affixed
office map
letter of employment stating position and salary of applicant
employment agreement
Once granted, the foreigner has to bring the work permit all the time especially at the work place and during working hours. Please note that the foreigner can only perform the job stated in the work permit and on the specific employer.


anonymous-user

54 months

Sunday 2nd October 2016
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It depends if your contract is supply and install then you can get away with a business visa, if its commission only you will need a work permit.