| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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). |
Preparation of application
