How can I convert my Non-B visa to a work permit and obtain a one-year extension?

Now to get a non B you must even get a pre approval of the work permit from your employer ...i just did it for my worker in pattaya....so the approval of your non b is based on your curriculum and the job offer of your employer ....

This is the law.....

Totally disagree ....that visa is based on an employment offer that no longer exist annd it is void ....if the employer does not report it nooboly will check....even non O is the same if you break up with your wife you myat leave the country in 7 days because that visa is based on a marriage that no longer exist

@Iker ******

, if it's a real VISA (not an extension) no one can cancel it period. The person is allowed to be here as long as that visa stamps them in for (90 days)

As far as an extension, you have to have the person's passport at the immigration office to cancel one. It can't be canceled if you don't have it.

I believe the O/P has a 90 day single entry visa which has no notation on it as far as what company provided the documentation to get it issued.

I don't think they're going to have any problems getting a company they work for to pull a work permit and get them an extension on it.

I am not gonna keep going round and round with you on this.

I guess we can agree to disagree and the O/P will weigh in on it once they get an extension or they don't.

@Tod ********

absolutely not if the company inform the immigration and cancel your visa obviously if nobody check or your official employer does not report it you can stay.....I am sure about it because I have cancelled non B visas the same day I have fired someone it took 15 minutes

@Jaseem *****

I guess many people would like to use this Embassy and getting a Non B by just telling them, have not heard that in a while. I guess this visa can not be extended as, most likely, no wp will be issued.

@Ik**

, it is NOT nearly as cut in stone as you are alluding to. If you get a 90 day Non-B using documentation from one company and decide not to work for them the visa can't be canceled and you can stay for 90 days without a problem.

Mouhahahaha really ? i don t and have a work permit

whats the job your applying for?

will the labour office think so too?

They must be in English language, if not than an official translation.

From handing in the application to collect the Work Permit is about 1 week.

@Jas***

, then you shouldn't have a problem with an employer getting you a work permit and using that visa to get an extension of stay.

@Jaseem *****

, on the visa itself under the remarks area is there a name of a company written on it? If not, there's no problem.

If I made unnecessary addition, specific amount of capital is required per one foreign employee, not only the number of Thai employees unless it's BOI company...

And I heard that foreigner-owned company needs to show the capital, in case it's in Bangkok.

@Tod ********

Well,.... I don't know much about this at all. I'm a small business owner myself and I'm only familiar with the requirements for myself as company owner/director to stay within the law. I don't have foreigner's as staff (yet) But it's interesting to know. Being able to pass on correct info when asked (which happens a lot)

@Jaseem *****

, the company will have to have 4 thai nationals jut to cover your work permit .

@Val***

, believe it or not far more people work here on yearly extensions than play the run to a consulate to pull a year-long multi-entry Non-B and border-bounce every 90 days. :O

A lot of people in the south on the islands ere on yearly Non-Bs like that, because their company or the agent who gives them paperwork can't meet the requirements at the immigration office.

@Jas***

, yep, those companies already know the documents required.

@Tod ********

Understand. Interesting this is possible. Did not know this. I thought the route 3 month first and then 1 yr trough a consulate abroad was set in stone.... Thanks for the new lesson :-)

@Val***

, lists of share holders, board of directors, list of employees, their wage, the amount of withholding on them, tax statements, etc. It's a pile o' paper really.

Tod Daniels Aha. I understand now,... Thanks. I think the numbers on the balance sheets and number of Thai citizens employed have something to do with that right?

@Val***

, that is correct.

BUT a lot depends on the company they are working for. Some companies cannot meet the required documentation to get their employees a yearly extension of stay which is why they send them to a thai consulate that issues year-long, multi-entry Non-B's instead.

The documentation is way different between what the immigration office wants inside the country to give you an extension and what a thai consulate wants outside the country to sell you a visa.

Tod Daniels So those who have a 3 month Non-B and then acquire a 1yr WP during that time don't need to get out of the country for a 1yr Non-B but can get a 1 yr extension at the local Imm. Off.? Am I reading that right?