Do I need a work permit in addition to a Non-B visa to work in Thailand?

@Greg *******

. The advantage of a spouse visa is if you lose your job, you dont lose your visa coz it's not linked to employment.

@Steven **************

That is a point - being an old git I would just jump back to a retirement extension :-)

@Greg *******

. I would say so. Saves the hassle of 400k in your bank account every yearly renewal.. and the Spanish Inquisition every time you apply for a yearly extension such as photos of the marital bedroom..

@Steven **************

Yeah, for the BOI we just get marched from desk to desk by one of HR. The Imm guy looks at passport pic and then back at you and then you sit and wait a minute or 2 for everything issued :-)

@Steve *********

do not change your visa extension. You can legally get a work permit, and work with that extension. Most likely the BOI company is not aware of this, and has not dealt with it before, as the reason they want you to change, but don't do it. If your job ends, or they go out of business you face having to start over getting back on your marriage extension, and technically have to do it in just seven days. The only restriction to this is if you are a working journalist. As of three years ago they want all journalists under the type M visa extension now,but that is the only exception.

@Steve *********

it is not easy to find, but there is a directive on this on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

@Steve *********

Can you get a WP with that visa? I am not up on that but thought you could with marriage visa but not retirement? I was on retirement and cancelling that to get Non-B was a pain. Paid tea money in the end