Work Permit

According to Thai Law, you must first having a
Non-Immigrant Visa to apply for a Work Permit.

LegalThailand.com provide high quality legal professional services in applying Non-Immigrant Visa and Work Permit for you. Our licensed lawyers can quickly process your work permit documents. Either you own business or you are obtaining a work permit from your employer, we can be your assitant. Our process for applying work permit for you are as follows:

• Confirm & Identify Your Correct Non-Immigrant Visa
• Preparation of Your Work Permit Application
• Preparation of Letter of Employment
• Assembly of All Required Documents
  
• Our Licensed Lawyer will Represent You for Filing the Petition

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Required Documents:
Source: The Immigration Bureau of Thailand

• For non-permanent residents: A valid passport containing a Non- Immigrant visa (except for WP 3 applications)
• For permanent residents: A valid passport, residence permit and alien book (except for WP 3 applications) 
• Evidence of applicant's educational qualifications and letter(s) of recommendation from the former employer, describing in detail the applicant's past position, duties, performance, and place and length of employment. If the documents are in a language other than English, a Thai translation certified as correct by a Thai Embassy (if abroad) or Ministry of Foreign Affairs (if in Thailand) must be attached 
• A recent medical certificate from a first-class licensed physician in Thailand stating that the applicant is not of unsound mind and not suffering from leprosy, acute tuberculosis, elephantiasis, narcotic addiction or habitual alcoholism (except for WP 7 applications). 
• Three 5x6 cm. full-faced, bareheaded, black and white or color photographs, taken no more than six months prior to the filing of the application 
• If the application is to be filed by another person, a valid power of attorney in the prescribed form must be attached with a 10 baht duty stamp 
• On the application form, the "job description" entry must be completed with a detailed statement as to what job is expected to be performed, how it is related to other people, and what materials will be used in the work (additional paper to be used if necessary) 
• If the job applied for is subject to a license under a particular law, in addition to the Alien Occupation Law, a photocopy of such license, (e.g. teacher's license, physician's license, press card from the Public Relations Department, certificate of missionary status from the Office of Religious Affairs, etc.) shall be attached 
• If the applicant is married to a Thai national, the original and photocopies of the following must be presented: 
• Marriage certificate, spouse's identity card, birth certificates of children, household registration, as well as a photocopy of every page of the applicant's passport 
• If the job being applied for is not in Bangkok, the application should be filed at the relevant province's Department of Employment, or in the absence of such an office, at the province's city hall 
• Additional evidence as requested. It may be necessary to translate any or all documents into Thai.

Factors to be aware of:

1. You must be present in Thailand on a non-immigrant status entry permit, on both the day your work permit application is submitted, and the day it is picked up.
2. Your work permit will expire on the same date as the entry permit you use to pick up your work permit. This generally means that your first work permit – if issued against a 90 day entry permit, will have only 10 weeks validity, once issued. Most clients will need to use work permit to apply for extended entry permit – and once that entry permit extension is issued, apply for a renewed work permit whose expiration date matches the new entry permit.
3. In most cases, for each work permit issued to a foreigner, the sponsoring company must have 2 million baht capitalization, and at least four Thai employees. For a start-up company, it is sometimes possible to obtain a work permit for purposes of opening a bank account without meeting all requirements, but obtaining later work permit renewals generally requires that qualifying criteria be met. If a company has four Thai employees, plus 2 million baht paid-in capital for each work permit requested, it is normally very easy to obtain a work permit.
4. To satisfy new rules upcoming, monthly salary of work permit holders generally needs to be at least 60,000 Baht (you must be paying monthly personal income tax on at least this amount)

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