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Non-Immigrant B — Thai employment

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The Thai Non-Immigrant Visa category "B" is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs category for entering the Kingdom to conduct business or to work. On the employment side the page is built around an employee taken on by a Thai company: it asks for an employment contract setting out the rationale for employing the applicant, the salary, the position and the qualifications, and for the applicant's educational records and references from previous employers. It names no occupation list, no skill level and no shortage occupation.

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  • The page names no occupations, skill levels or sectors for category B employment.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

An employer is central. The Ministry lists, for category "B", a letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour which the prospective employer in Thailand obtains by submitting Form WP3 at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, or at a Provincial Employment Office. It also lists a letter from a company stating the objective of the visit, a letter of invitation from companies qualified to employ foreigners, an employment contract signed by the authorised managing director and sealed by the company, and the company's own corporate records including its shareholders, registration, licence, tax filings and list of foreign workers.

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  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Official Note certifying the purpose of travel from the Government Agencies /Embassies and Consulates / International Organizations / State Enterprises inThailand. ("F" / "B" / "ED" / "M" / "R") - Letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour (To obtain this letter, the prospective employer in Thailand is required to submit Form WP3 at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour Tel 02-2452745, 02-2453209 or at a Provincial Employment Office in the respective province. Further information is available at www.doe.go.th/workpermit/index.html) ("B")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Letter from a company stating the objective of the visit to Thailand ("B")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Document showing correspondence with trading partners in Thailand. ("B") - Letter of invitation from companies qualified to employ foreigners. ("B")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Employment contract indicating rationale for employing the applicant as well as his/her salary, position and qualifications (document must be signed by authorized managing director and affixed the seal of the company) ("B")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Copy of corporate documents; namely 1) list of shareholders 2) business registration and business license 3) company profile 4) details of business operation 5) list of foreign workers stating names, nationalities and positions 6) map indicating the location of the company 7) Balance sheet, statement of Income Tax and Business Tax (Por Ngor Dor 50 and Por Ngor Dor 30) of the latest year 8) Alien income tax return (Por Ngor Dor 91) and 9) Value-added tax registration (Por Ngor Dor 20) , etc.("B")

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

What the page treats as decisive is documentary rather than a scored profile: an employment contract stating the rationale for employing this particular applicant together with the salary, position and qualifications; the applicant's educational records and letters of recommendation from prior employers identifying the job description and length of service; and, where the applicant has worked in Thailand before, a copy of the work permit issued by the Ministry of Labour. No salary threshold, points test or labour-market test figure appears on this page.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no minimum salary, qualification level or labour-market test for category B.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The visa is the entry permission for the purpose of working, not the permission to work itself: for category "B" the Ministry lists a separate letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour obtained through Form WP3 by the prospective employer, and a copy of the work permit issued by the Ministry of Labour where the applicant worked in Thailand before. The supporting documents are all issued by one identified Thai employer, so the permission is built around that employer. The page states no family accompaniment rule for category "B".

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not say whether the holder may change employer, and states no family accompaniment rule for category B.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 1. REQUIREMENT
    - to conduct business / to work (Category "B")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Official Note certifying the purpose of travel from the Government Agencies /Embassies and Consulates / International Organizations / State Enterprises inThailand. ("F" / "B" / "ED" / "M" / "R") - Letter of approval from the Ministry of Labour (To obtain this letter, the prospective employer in Thailand is required to submit Form WP3 at the Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour Tel 02-2452745, 02-2453209 or at a Provincial Employment Office in the respective province. Further information is available at www.doe.go.th/workpermit/index.html) ("B")
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 2. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
    - Copy of Work Permit issued by the Ministry of Labour (only in case the applicant has previously worked in the Kingdom ) ("B")

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Single-entry and multiple-entry Non-Immigrant visas are valid for three months, and multiple-entry visas could also be valid for one year. On entry the holder is initially granted a stay not exceeding 90 days unless the Office of Immigration Bureau instructs otherwise. Qualified persons can then obtain an additional one year stay permit counting from the date of entry, under the Immigration Bureau's regulations and at the discretion of the Immigration officer. The page states no settlement or permanent-residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • The page states no longer-term residence or permanent-residence direction for category B holders.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 4. VALIDITY OF A VISA
    Single-entry and multiple-entry visas are valid for three months. Multiple-entry visas could also be valid for one year.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 5. PERIOD OF STAY
    The holders of this type of visa are initially granted a period of stay in the Kingdom not exceeding 90 days unless otherwise instructed by the Office of Immigration Bureau.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 6. EXTENSION OF STAY
    Those qualified persons can obtain an additional one year stay permit counting from the date of entry in the Kingdom pertaining to the Office of the Immigration Bureau's regulations on extension of stay. The extension of stay is at the discretion of the Immigration officer.
  • 3. NON-IMMIGRANT VISA, 6. EXTENSION OF STAY (N.B.)
    N.B. Applicants wishing to stay in the Kingdom longer than 90 days have to file their application either at the Thai consular mission aboard or at the Office of Immigration Bureau in Bangkok located on Government Center B, Chaengwattana Soi 7, Laksi, Bangkok 10210, Tel 0-2141-9889 (or website at (http://www.immgration.go.th ) . The consular officer must refer the case to the Office of Immigration Bureau for approval. Upon receiving approval, the consular officer may issue the visa as instructed by the Bureau

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