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When you're desperate for work in Thailand, you're bound to try anything
“My grandfather gave me a wise piece of advice when I was a young kid: ‘Win the lottery.’ Had I been shrewd enough to follow that advice, I would now be eating exotic fruits on a beach off Thailand’s Andaman Coast pampered by concubines rather than advising fellow lottery losers about working in Thailand.” Doug Knell, Doug’s Republic
The children of the rich and famous can lounge on deckchairs and sip Siam Sunrays in Thailand. If you can count yourself among them, e-mail us. We’d love to sponge off your wealth.
Most of us have to work though, and if we choose to make Thailand our home, then we have to work in Thailand. Would’ve sure helped to win that lottery, wouldn’t it?
To begin with, you cannot legally work in Thailand unless you have a proper work permit. And before you can bother applying for a work permit, you must have a non immigrant visa in your passport, and these aren’t handed out like bite-sized Snicker bars on Halloween. To obtain such a visa, you must have already been offered a job. The company offering you the position would state this offer on their company letterhead and request that you be given such a visa so that they, the company, can apply for a work permit on your behalf. Since many nations can fly to Thailand without a visa and stay for a month, a prospective “immigrant” could come to Thailand first as a tourist to explore the job market, then subsequently exit Thailand to a neighboring country with the job offer in hand, visit a Thai Embassy or Consulate, and apply for the non immigration visa.
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