How does Iglu facilitate working legally in Thailand for digital entrepreneurs and freelancers?

Oct 12, 2017
7 years ago
Santtu *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Digital entrepreneurs, freelancers and employees – Would you like to stay and work longer term in Thailand? Or are you looking for developers and designers to work on your projects?

We can help you at Iglu! Iglu is a digital subcontracting/outsourcing company that has grown rapidly in the past years and already employs over 140 digital specialists from 26 different nationalities. We currently have offices in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket. I’m the office manager for our Bangkok branch and want to show you how we can make working from Thailand as smooth as possible!

WORK FROM THAILAND

You can simply relocate yourself to Thailand and do your business through Iglu. Iglu invoices your clients, company or employer and pays your or your team’s salaries (including all taxes and social benefits). We employ you or your team and take care of all the documentation while you can concentrate on your business and enjoy life.

Through this arrangement you will be an employee at Iglu and since we take care of all expenses and handle your accounting, it will be very easy for you to monitor your net income with no surprises at the end of the month. Iglu keeps 30% of the invoice amount and pays the remaining 70% as a net salary to your local account. With the 30% we give you a cool office space to work in with a monitor, 200Mbps fibre optic broadband and a meeting room perfect for Skype calls with a big TV for presentations.

We also take care of your health insurance, pay all relevant taxes included in the 30% and provide all required documentation for you to get a business visa and work permit. We will support you through every step of the process, leaving you stress free and fully legal to work in and enjoy Thailand.

WE WORK FOR YOU

You can recruit an entire team or just a single employee to cater for your needs, whether it’s for a developing a full application, building a small web team or just finding a designer for your new logo. No project is too big or too small. We are able to provide developers and designers with great expertise from across the globe for very competitive prices.

All our employees get the following benefits:

-Non-Immigrant B visa (12 months)

-Work permit

-All local taxes are taken care by us (Including income tax)

-Government health insurance

-Office space from our cool offices, with a monitor, 200Mbps fibre optic broadband and meeting rooms perfect for skype calls and presentations.

In order to be able to work for us, you must

-Work in something tech/IT-related

-Have at least 2-5 years of relevant work experience

-Earn a minimum of $2500 per month

*Please note that each application is individually processed, subject to approval by Iglu and the relevant authorities.

CONTACT

For more information, you can email me to santtu@iglu.net, add me on Skype (Santtu115) or send me PM on Facebook.
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TLDR : Answer Summary
Iglu is a rapidly growing digital subcontracting/outsourcing company based in Thailand, catering to digital entrepreneurs, freelancers, and employees looking to work legally in the country. Iglu handles all the necessary documentation for clients, allowing them to concentrate on their work while ensuring compliance with local immigration laws. They provide employees with a Non-Immigrant B visa, a work permit, health insurance, and a structured salary arrangement, which makes it easier for foreigners to live and work in Thailand without immigration issues.
Lloyd ********
Enough already. It was decided a long time ago that this would be allowed. It is a perfectly legit company that offers a solution to some people that would otherwise be hard pushed to work legally here.
Thomas ********************
JD, why would you care so much about this? Damme, that was surreal.
Robert ********
Wait until
@Tod ********
and the admins see this string in the morning, 555+
Robert ********
He is one massive keyboard warrior!
Laura *********
As a client of IGLU's for the last 2 years, who has had MULTIPLE Thai developers working on her project, I can tell you that they recruit and FT employ MANY Thai nationals as well as expats. Very few would qualify as DNs - the only non-Thai developers we use have been in CM for 5-10 years. IGLU is legit and not pushing paper, I can tell you that. Not sure where the totally false information is coming from, but they're a really great dev shop to work with.

Edited to add: I also worked out of their CM offices for 3 months even though I'm US based and can tell you they employ many more Thai developers than I even utilized on my team, as well as many support staff. I wouldn't be surprised if they did have a 4:1 ratio.
Oliver *******
i already have Non "B" extension and work permit. so was allowed to make some work for you or can work in a office. let me know more in a pn. thanks
Santtu *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
@JD ******
either a massive troll or you must have a boring life xD
Robert ********
Popcorn time!
Shahin **********
He seemed to of quietened down after multiple people put him in his place, and showed him the real facts that he didn't want a bar of.
Joe ***********
I will send a copy of this thread to the local Immigration office
Joe ***********
Iglu will be the first on the list ... skirting immigration laws
Joe ***********
Don't need the money ...
Erik ************
1000 baht snitch reward, kaching!!!!
Danny *********
Make sure to put Iglu in cc. 😂
Joe ***********
All of you guys are Digital Nomads hanging on to a Hope and a Prayer that you are allowed to work in Thailand without a WP and a B VISA ... hahahahahah
Joshua *******
@Michael *****
ah that is right, that's for correcting
Michael ******
@Jos***
Technically speaking you can't apply for the 2 year WP and visa extension. Once the person has the required status ("expert" or "executive") it's automatic. Anyway, as Joey so wisely said in Friends, "It's a moo point. It's like a cow's opinion, nobody cares" ;)
Joshua *******
@JD ******
not sure what this means exactly, a BOI company is able to apply for a 2 year work permit for employees without the need for 4 Thai nationals per foreigner...that's part of the reason companies get BOI status. Do you not understand this or are you a troll?
Joe ***********
But not Wholesale to those hired in a company without 4 Thai Nationals matching each Foreigner hired
Michael ******
You clown. I have both a Non-B Visa and a 2 year WP and visa extension. Since you always need proof: "for executive position or experts, a work permit will be issued for 2 years", section 2.3,
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Joe ***********
Wishful thinking guys -- you fellows just want to justify yourself as a digital nomad skirting the law
Joe ***********
Show me this guy's employee record where he is currently employing 4 Thai Citizens in any kind of work for every ONE Foreigner hired
Michael ******
@San***
In all fairness, both section 25 and 26 are pretty vague and don't specifically mention any ratio changes, that's why I posted the above paragraph in Thai from the Revenue Department and even that only mentions a proposal ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ In the end it doesn't really matter as long as people are granted their Non-Bs/WPs.
Santtu *********
ORIGINAL POSTER
Non-Tax Incentives:

Permit to bring into the Kingdom skilled workers and experts to work in investment promoted activities (Section 25 and 26)

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Joshua *******
BOI doesn't require 4 employees per foreigner, it's a case by case basis I believe.
Michael ******
@JD ******
Since you wanted something from a government website, here's part of the Thai Revenue Department's BOI Q&A. I trust that as a self-certified expert on all things legal here you are comfortable reading the following paragraph: "ตามหลกั เกณฑ์การพิจารณาของกระทรวงแรงงาน จะกาํ หนดอตั ราส่วนการจ้างงาน แรงงานไทยต่อคนต่างดา้วไวท้่ี4/1หมายความว่าบริษทัจะตอ้งจา้งงานคนไทย4คนต่อการ นาํเขา้แรงงานต่างดา้ว1คนหากเป็นการพิจารณาของตม.จะดูเกณฑท์ ุนจดทะเบียนต่อแรงงาน ต่างด้าว 2/1 คือ ทุนจดทะเบียนทุกๆ 2 ล้านบาทแลกกับการนําเข้าแรงงานต่างด้าว 1 คน สาํ หรับบริษทั ท่ีไดร้ ับการส่งเสริมภายใต้BOI จะไดร้ ับการยกเวน้ ไม่ตอ้ งปฏิบตั ิตามหลกั เกณฑ์ การพิจารณาขา้ งตน้น."
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หมายความว่าบริษทัจะตอ้งจา้งงานคนไทย4คนต่อการ นาํเขา้แรงงานต่างดา้ว1คนหากเป็นการพิจารณาของตม.จะดูเกณฑท์ ุนจดทะเบียนต่อแรงงาน ต่างด้าว
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คือ ทุนจดทะเบียนทุกๆ 2 ล้านบาทแลกกับการนําเข้าแรงงานต่างด้าว 1 คน สาํ หรับบริษทั ท่ีไดร้ ับการส่งเสริมภายใต้BOI จะไดร้ ับการยกเวน้ ไม่ตอ้ งปฏิบตั ิตามหลกั เกณฑ์ การพิจารณาขา้ งตน้น." http://download.rd.go.th/fileadmin/download/ROH/Q&A_BOI.pdf
Michael ******
Please drop by the BOI one-stop center in Chamchuri Square and tell them they have been issuing illegal visas and work permits for years then, they might not be aware of that and you can finally set the record straight.
Erik ************
This is getting silly.....
Joe ***********
Michael Kohl -- YOU CANNOT PRODUCE IT ... if you cannot produce the exact Thai Government Exemption from a Thai Government Department then it does not exist
Michael ******
That's why I explicitly mentioned the reality of years working with the BOI. But if you believe you're right, knock yourself out. Next time they approve one of our work permits I tell them that JD in in Ao Nang does not agree with them.
Joe ***********
Where is the THAI GOVERNMENT Regulation / Rule that allows such an exemption NOT some so called legal agency
Danny *********
I wonder if he will apologize... :-D
Joe ***********
This is an article by silkegal.com NOT BY THE THAI GOVERNMENT
Michael ******
"If your company qualifies for Board of Investment promotion, the ratios of foreigners to Thai staff is set based on the companies needs, not a regulation." —
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or "Ratio of Thai to Foreign Employees Negotiable based on requirements* *Exact ratio will depend on the company. You can apply for the ratio you desire. "
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This is line with the experience at both my previous company that was a BOI company as well as the company I currently manage which is also a BOI company. For every foreigner we employ we must request a position with the BOI, detailing why we need this person/showing their qualifications. Once the BOI approves we can hire them. And no, nobody in my previous company or my current company in any way is a "digital nomad skirting the law".
Danny *********
Sorry, I am not qualified to teach in Thailand.
Joe ***********
Point to the exact clause that exempts BOI companies from hiring 4 Thai Employees for every foreigner
Danny *********
Here you go:
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next time do your own research.
Joe ***********
Show me the rule / regulation that allows NO 4 matching Thai employees..
Erik ************
BOI company doesn't need to do that, just read up on it and educate yourself.
Joe ***********
No Danny - a long time member - -just not a foreigner who is skirting the law as a Digital Nomad
Joe ***********
No company BOI or not can skirt the restriction
Danny *********
Ok I think he is a troll...
Danny *********
Iglu is a BOI company. Educate yourself.
Patrik ********
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- have a good read!
Joe ***********
There is NO PROOF of any kind that this guy has a legitimate company - that offers jobs to foreigners doing online work of various kinds ... Because he cannot ... this job field is one that is restricted to Thai Citizens
Robert ********
Danny *********
Show me your proof that online work is restricted for Thai nationals only... Oh btw:
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Joe ***********
Thailand does not allow Companies to be formed in Thailand that competes with Thai Citizens - -and this is ONE EXAMPLE
Joe ***********
Such a company in Thailand would have to hire 4 Thai digital programmers - coders for every Foreigner hired -- Are you guys telling me this guy hires 40 Foreign Digital Nomads then hires 4 times 40 Thai citizen coders, customer service agents, HTML page developers -- I DON'T THINK SO ..
Michael ***********
Or Iglu is a BOI company...
Joe ***********
This guy lies and says he offers Non B -- how about a real Work Permit ... he doesn't offer a real WP..
Richard ***********
So any job that comes with a non B would be the same?
Joe ***********
There is NO THAI Immigration Rule ALLOWING Digital Nomads to stay in Thailand and work
Joshua *******
They are an employee mate....not a freelancer, totally legal.
Joe ***********
This guy is posting an ILLEGAL WAY TO STAY IN Thailand.
Erik ************
No, they are legal, expensive but legal, no matter how many times you repost the message :-)
Joe ***********
ATTENTION MEMBERS:

Please note we do not allow ads, links or mentions of companies or agents inside the country that will "push-paper" to get visas or extensions.

Feel free to recommend Visa run and border bounce companies though, and also agents in other countries that assist in getting a visa from a thai consulate.

Once one agent inside the country gets mentioned, all the rest wanna jump on board too and the site will be clogged with ads. :/

If you need an agent inside the country Google is your friend.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation :)
Joe ***********
This guy is an agent offering a way to stay in Thailand just like numerous other agents -
Joshua *******
No definitely not, actually everything they mentioned is 100% legal and what is required. It's exactly how any company works.
Danny *********
No, he is not, please stfu.
Joe ***********
ATTENTION MEMBERS:

Please note we do not allow ads, links or mentions of companies or agents inside the country that will "push-paper" to get visas or extensions.

Feel free to recommend Visa run and border bounce companies though, and also agents in other countries that assist in getting a visa from a thai consulate.

Once one agent inside the country gets mentioned, all the rest wanna jump on board too and the site will be clogged with ads. :/

If you need an agent inside the country Google is your friend.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation :)
Joe ***********
No they did not
Erik ************
Correct,
@Pat***
!! Iglu is not a paper-pusher. Expensive maybe but all legal and good alternative for long time stayers who want to work.
Patrik ********
Lloyd Turner is an admin. Screenshot from an older post.
Patrik ********
He is allowed to post it. Admins approved it.
Joe ***********
Erik -- pay attention - An Admin Post was made just today -- No Advertising ... that means NO ADVERTISING
Robert ********
@Tod ********
and the other admins have clearly stated before that they are one of the few adverts permitted in this group....jai yen yen dude!
Robert ********
Joe ***********
And ERIK you do dunk your head in some ice water if you want to chill out ... I like this group just as it is -- NO ADVERTISING ... sorry you do not pay attention to ADMIN POSTS
Joe ***********
I have reported this guy... and I will continue to get others to report ... Your drama is other people's common sense ... we do not need an agency advertising that is offering a method of staying in Thailand vai a very dodgy way of doing it ... skirting the law ... And it would not matter if this guy was a saint .. the policy is NO ADVERTISING ..
Erik ************
chill out, just report them then and don't make a drama out of it.
Erik ************
I believe they are allowed to post bacause they actually offer a working alternative to stay in Thailand.
Joe ***********
Members - just go to the 3 dots ... in the upper right corner -- and mark this post as SPAM and go back do it again and Report it to ADMIN
Joe ***********
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