Although Thailand is better known for retired expats there is still a community of working expats here. In a recent Thaivisa.com poll a somewhat surprising 68% of Bangkok Expats said they were a working expat, this figure fell to 40% as an average throughout the Kingdom (to be fair much higher than I would have guessed).
To work in Thailand you do require a work permit and corresponding business visa and on top of that a foreigner can only do certain roles.
It’s not all plain sailing either. You need to do a check in at immigration every 90-days, something, I may add, that is not the case for working expats in other countries like Dubai. If you want to leave the country for a holiday you need to get a re-entry permit, a single re-entry costs 1,000 baht for the privilege. If you forget to do this then on re-entry your business visa is cancelled and you enter on a tourist visa! I have heard a few people who have done this and it turns into a huge nightmare fixing the mistake.
If you partner in non-Thai you also need to connect their visa to your work permit for their right to stay in the country too.
I have worked in Thailand for a decade now within media and have loved the journey, yes I work hard but it is certainly an escape from a wet, cold rat race that I worked in before in London (Although I must add I enjoyed the experience of London, but life is too short to not try doing something completely different).
Let Dan know where you need help and he will send you recommendations and help you get set up
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