So I have been in Thailand for the past few months on a standard tourist visa and am now going to apply for the dtv.

The only problem is that I have been doing some remote work during this time… and in order to get the dtv I need to send contracts of employment to prove I have been working… while my passport stamps indicate I have been in Thailand on a tourist visa….

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Will this be an issue or is it all forgive and forget now I am trying to do it the correct way 😅?

Somebody please let me know if they have expirienced this !

Hello everyone,

after only 5 days of processing time (Frankfurt, Germany) I have received my DTV visa.

I have uploaded my passport with my bio data, my ID card as proof of residence, confirmation of current bank balance from Sparkasse + 6 months bank statement (everything blacked out except for the date and the amounts) and my employment contract, as well as additional agreement with remote office approval and a commercial register extract.

Question about DTV in Jakarta.

I'm a freelance with multiple clients. One is the most important.

Showing 3 or 4 contracts translated is enough? Do i need to show a portfolio too?

The options for DTV being admitting you are technically working in Thailand or just doing a soft power option like Muay Thai.

Based on the apparent new tax laws that were announced last year you would then be liable for tax and have just given them proof of your employment contract for example. But as far as I know these have yet to be enforced.

Is nobody concerned that they will come asking one day and expect to be paid large amounts of tax?

The way I see it the risk of doing a soft power option is they may require new contracts and such to re-enter at some point. But if you do the digital nomad route they may start asking for tax.

My employer is a huge company, I am allowed to work remotely, but they can't provide paperwork other than proof of employment (with no mention of remote work). Will that pass in Laos?

Hello all, have a couple questions on the DTV if you could indulge me please?

1. Do you know if the employment agreement/contract needs to have a term the length of the visa?

2. How do Americans who work remotely provide an employment agreement/contract? All we get are offer letters generally.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Got his nice dilemma asked by private message;

I took a job at a company inside Thailand. The company is managed by a foreigner.

After 4 months I noticed that there are problems in the company and the company does not treat me good enough.

The discussed salary is not enough for me and I decided that the tax payments should not be made out of my salary as by Thai law.

Now I want to leave this company, but part of the contract

we both signed is a one month notice before leave.

Before I started to work they made the Work Permit and I have the Non Immigrant B visa?

As this is Thailand is it okay, to just leave and go do something else?

Hi guys,

I am currently in a delicate situation and I came here seeking advice from you.

Here is my situation:

I have been here in Thailand since last summer on 3 (60-30 day) tourist visas. At the beginning of this year I was looking for a job as an English Teacher and I found one at a government school in Bangkok, which I started beginning of May. The school helped me to attain my 90-day Non-immigrant-B visa (I did the visa run, had the school’s paperwork, had to pay for the visa myself and came back without a problem). I have not received a work permit yet, the school is processing it (I have not paid for it, yet. They said it’s another 4k THB or so).

Now, the work situation at my school has turned out to be way worse than advertised and what they have told me. Long story short, my intention is to leave that school, but to stay in Thailand. And here the issues arise...

According to my contract, I barely have any rights, although the school seems to have all the rights to kick me out or to penalize me for various reasons... They are not breaking anything in the contract (e.g. 25 teaching hours). The only rescission clause states that I can rescind with at least one month notice and still get paid for that month. Now, if you google that, horror stories of teachers not getting paid or having their lives basically becoming horror stories come up in bunches. A lot of people say just to leave the country (and not come back?).

My questions:

- Do you have any experience with rescission from work contracts or these teaching situations?

- I am on the 90day Non-B Visa (not extended to 365 days yet). Is my visa already bound to a work permit? I don’t know if I am on a work permit yet, since I haven’t even paid the fee for it. Also, I don’t know how and when I get the permit…do I just get it from the school?

- In case I am not on a work permit, is my Visa bound to my work contract? What if I just leave the school? Would I be able to stay on my current Non-B visa?

- Most likely scenario: I want to do a visa run and come back on (my 4th) Tourist visa. What’s the best way to do that? Will I get in trouble for having a non-B visa cancelled without having a re-entry?

I am feeling that I might have a way out since it seems like my work permit is not done, yet. Also, quitting teaching contracts in the middle of the contract seems to be quite common….do all these people just flee the country?

I know, quitting a contract in a weird way is not very professional and if this were the U.S., I wouldn’t be afraid to do it the official, legal way. But since I hear a lot of negative experiences dealing with these schools (and my school seems to be that way), I come to you for advice first.

Best wishes, Stephe