Can my friend obtain a Work Permit (WP) upon entering Thailand with a Non-Employment visa?

I did the 60 days Extension of Stay last November, needed a new letter of my Embassy. Did not leave the country, just applied 30 days later for the 1 year Extension of Stay based on marriage.

@Joseph **********

it shouldn't be like that at all :/

I know people who couldn't meet the seasoning requirements on their marriage extensions and they were told by the immigration office to get the 60 day extension so their money could season the requisite time period and after that applied for their yearly extension without a problem.

If you use the monthly income as proof of financials and the money is from salary from job inside Thailand, Immigration does want copies of the Work Permit.

yep, most immigration offices let you apply for a yearly extension when you have 30 days or less left on your current stamp.

I believe he will need 90 days of proof of employment though to get an extension using income inside thailand. So what I'd do is have him start the job, (he can get a work permit on the visa he has because it's based on marriage). Then maybe get the 60 day visit family extension for 60 more days to let him build up a good record of employment history too. After that he can go to get the yearly extension based on marriage using income inside thailand.

As I posted he could use the money from his new job to meet the financial requirements of 40K baht a month in income to get the year extension based on marriage.

@Joseph **********

nope, you can't switch the type of Non-Immigrant visas inside the country.

You can switch reasons for an extension BUT he's NOT on an extension he's on the original 90 day entry of the visa itself.

He can't use this visa to get an extension based on employment.

he's gonna hafta take documentation from the company he's gonna work for and go get a 90 day single entry Non-B visa to start the process of getting an extension based on employment

@An***

that actually makes sense, :)

BUT

he's still not going to be able to get a yearly extension from it based on employment. :(

He can legally work on a Non-O based on marriage but the extension has to be based on marriage.

He could use the money from his job to meet the financial requirements though (40K baht a month in income)

Actually the “non-employment” stamped meant he got the non Imm o based on Thai wife. It’s not “No Employment”.