How can my friend apply for a one-year Thai visa with a work permit?

Not married to a thai National and wants to come in on a Tourist VISA and convert to a NON B visa without any job or education to gain a job

Plus take into consideration there is limits to what foreigners can do in Thailand regarding work or business

I think you are asking a BIG BIG ask!

There’s no way on earth he’s getting accepted

It’s even been made harder for me who is married to a thai National to get a NON O visa and also same applies for anyone seeking retirement

The Thai immigration are quite aware of what’s going on in the world and your friends case would just get alarm bells ringing for a rejection

Going to be very hard to find work here. Thai immigration is very tough on the employer wanting to hire a Pakistani. The paperwork is triple to five times. The work permit is pretty straightforward. The trap is the extension of stay based on business. Pakistani can’t just go to a neighbor embassy. They must always go their home country and apply for the visa at the

Royal Thai Embassy

House No. 23, Street 25, F-

Islamabad

Pakistan

Phone:

+92-51-09

+92-51-97

+92-51-86

Getting a tourist visa converted to a non immigrant 90 day visa is almost impossible for a Pakistani as the Pakistan Embassy won’t certify the college diploma.

The best bet is to find a employer before you arrive. Get a Wp3 approval letter. Take that to the Thai Pakistan Embassy and get a non B visa. The work permit will be waiting for you when you arrive. Now the praying begins for that extension of stay. Special Force police and immigration will be visiting your employers headquarters and looking at lots of your employer paperwork, taxes and video taping. Can you get the extension ? Yes, I have three Pakistani employees but it was tremendous amount of work and aggravation. Anytime a terrorist bomb happens, much more scrutiny at immigration.

Before you ask. No, sorry were not hiring.

Best advice, just come for a holiday.

What Wayne said^ Your friend can only enter the country on a tourist visa at this point.

you cannot get a visa here which allows u to arrive and look for a job u must have a job offer from an employer...

Does your friend have a job here?