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A foreign national may qualify to apply for a residence permit if he/she holds a passport of his/her current nationality, which was granted a Non-Immigration visa and has been permitted to stay in the Kingdom of Thailand on the basis of one year extension for the total of at least 3 consecutive years up to the application submission date.
The Ministry of Interior will announce the annual quota of foreigners to be granted residence permits and the announcement will be published in the Government Gazette. Applications can then be submitted until the last working day of the year. Detailed information about the date and documents required for each category can be obtained from the Immigration Department. Applicants must submit the applications in person and bring all documents required, for each category, together with their passports.
As rules and regulations to obtain visa and work permit are changed from time to time. To make sure that you will receive a required visa and work permit to stay and work in Thailand, an experienced lawyer will help you preparing necessary documents for obtaining visa and work permit in Thailand and reminding you to renew them before they have been expired.
Our law firm in Bangkok provides full legal services throughout Thailand including the key business cities such as Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiangmai and Phuket.
If you get an offer of a job in Thailand, you may apply for a one year Non-Immigrant visa Type B at the Thai Embassy in your country. A sponsorship letter or an offer letter from your company in Thailand is needed to obtain this visa. Once you have received the visa, you will be able to stay Thailand for 90 days. During that period, you will need to enter Thailand and apply for a Work Permit at the Ministry of Labor....
Being a foreigner, you are required to obtain a Non-Immigrant type O visa which the �O� stands for �Other reasons�, meaning that the reason to stay in Thailand is to support your wife or husband. Once you have received such a Visa from a Thai Embassy in your home country or somewhere else you have 90 days to extend the 90 day stay to 1 year stay by presenting a proof of relationship with a Thai national (a marriage certificate) to the Thai Immigration ...
If you are 50 years old or older having the financial support to retire in Thailand and you are willing to not to work in Thailand. Basically, you must apply for a Non-Immigrant type O visa. Once you have received such visa, you may apply for an extension of stay from 90 days to 1 year ...
A foreigner who wishes to apply for a work permit must have a Non-Immigrant visa Type B from a Thai Embassy before entering to Thailand. �Work� means engaging in a work by exerting one�s physical energy or employing one�s knowledge whether or not for wages or other benefits ...