Tips on workpermits and visas for working in Thailand.
Since I decided to teach in Thailand, I have tried to find the best possible way to process and receive my visas and work permits for teaching. In Thailand things can get tricky. It's more about who you know and less about what you know.
I advise any new aspiring travellers/teachers to come into Thailand with a visitors visa. When coming through immigration at the airport, you should be issued with a 30 day holiday visa. This should give you time to find a school or an agent who should arrange documentation compliant to immigration regulations.
Option 2.
Go to a Thai Immigration office with a Thai interpretor. Request the list of documents and requirements from them. Along with a bit of luck you should be successful.
Option 3.Go to the internet. Do research on what others, that went before you, had to do. That along with a good visa agency, you should also with a bit of luck be lucky.
In essence you need the following documents for this process:
1. Signed copy of your passport.
2. Signed copy of your entry pass issued at immigration (a white card you complete before you enter country)
3. Signed copy of your work contract.
4. Signed Copy of all your certificates and degrees.
5. Signed copy of the documents giving the agency authority to operate the business on Thailand.
The work permit you can apply for at the labour office nearest to the school or agency.
The visa you get issued at an immigration office nearest to the school or agency or at a Thailand embassy. Remember to take all your documents with you to immigration.
Yes, you will feel lucky, frustration. Patience and relief during this adventure. That is part of the wonder living and working in Thailand.
Penang is an interesting place!!!
Since I decided to teach in Thailand, I have tried to find the best possible way to process and receive my visas and work permits for teaching. In Thailand things can get tricky. It's more about who you know and less about what you know.
I advise any new aspiring travellers/teachers to come into Thailand with a visitors visa. When coming through immigration at the airport, you should be issued with a 30 day holiday visa. This should give you time to find a school or an agent who should arrange documentation compliant to immigration regulations.
Option 2.
Go to a Thai Immigration office with a Thai interpretor. Request the list of documents and requirements from them. Along with a bit of luck you should be successful.
Option 3.Go to the internet. Do research on what others, that went before you, had to do. That along with a good visa agency, you should also with a bit of luck be lucky.
In essence you need the following documents for this process:
1. Signed copy of your passport.
2. Signed copy of your entry pass issued at immigration (a white card you complete before you enter country)
3. Signed copy of your work contract.
4. Signed Copy of all your certificates and degrees.
5. Signed copy of the documents giving the agency authority to operate the business on Thailand.
The work permit you can apply for at the labour office nearest to the school or agency.
The visa you get issued at an immigration office nearest to the school or agency or at a Thailand embassy. Remember to take all your documents with you to immigration.
Yes, you will feel lucky, frustration. Patience and relief during this adventure. That is part of the wonder living and working in Thailand.
Penang is an interesting place!!!
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