Hey everyone and thanks in advance for your advice. My partner and I are in a fortunate position where we are moving to Thailand, and have the means to support ourselves while we explore our dreams on what we want to do with our lives career wise.

I'm an ecologist, and want to be able to volunteer my time and expertise but also learn from the various conservation projects going on around Thailand. I see Chiang Mai Uni has a great forest ecology department so I'll be dropping in there for a chat with the staff. If I've done my homework correctly I will need the Non immigrant business visa with a work permit to do any of this kind of hands on volunteer work. The question is, am I able to apply for this before I go to Thailand and before I've actually secured any of these volunteer ideas?

We're looking at a longer term visa option with the ability to become residents in the future

Hi, guys. I am so glad that I found this group and I hope I am not a bother. I am seeing some teaching positions mentioning that you need to have a work visa.

Can you apply for a work/business visa even without being hired?

When I looked it up in the thai embassy website, they mentioned that you need to have a company registration number and tax number to apply for a Non-immigrant Business Visa.

Is there another work visa type that you can apply for without any company details first?

Interesting experience just had at immigration at BKK airport, flew in first class with China Airlines so they gave me a VFS fast track pass that I used, 6 IOs 4 of them female 2 male, was trying to walk slowly as the male IOs had one person each being processed, so got waved over, she looked at my passport and didn't like what she saw, I was coming in on a non immigrant business visa, however she called one of the supervisors over, then fun and games started, they asked me "you work?" I reply "yes on this visa I start working" but they were more interested in my past visas, as I have 5 metv back to back and about 7 visa exempt on my passport, they kept on asking "you work before? and I kept on saying "No! Non-work before, holiday!, But now start work as I have business visa, Anyway half an hour later they stamped me in, what a nightmare, I knew DMK was bad but BKK I think are cracking down or questioning people who have been here on tourist visas for extended periods of time, just thought I would share

Hey all wondering if you could help, this is my first post asking so please bare with me, im planning on flying into Bangkok with a non immigrant business visa, I know DMK is not the best for tourist as they can be a bit harsh, and it's best flying into BKK instead, so if i fly into DMK with the non business visa do you think this is ok? Thank you in advance

Tod Daniels I need advice on Non Immigration Business visa. If an Indian Passport Holder needs a Business Visa from a Company in Bangkok, Thailand what would be the process for the India guy seeking visa and Thailand Company giving invitation letter or required documents ?

Some one can advice i have non immigrants business visa single entry but i need to go twice.

What is easy way to get second entry for Bangladeshi citizens.