I want to start this off by saying my goal is to do things the PROPER, legal way.

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The background......We would like to come to Thailand (possibly with a technical advisor) and train a "Virtual Assistant" for our American company.

The training is very complex/technical and would take between 60-90 days full time.

Our initial thinking is that following the training, the employee would be working remotely, as VA's all over the world do. They would invoice the company for work done as agreed when the position starts. There is a possibility (even a likelihood) to hire and train other VA's if this first one works out.

So here are the Visa questions.... The plan was (for me) to get some kind of thai retirement visa so that I can spend a few months every year without having to continuously deal with making Visa runs, going for extensions etc. Lets say 60 days, twice a year.

1.) Would we be better off starting a Thai company? Would this give me the same benefit of coming in and out of Thailand without issues and hiring these VA's directly.

2.) Would my partner and/or technical advisor also be able to attain needed visas like this? Particularly the technical advisor, so that he can come and do training as needed even if it takes a few weeks at a time.) How many people can have work Visas attached to a foreign owned company.

We are SPECIFICALLY choosing Thailand, even though there are available VA's in other parts of the world, as it is a way to "give back" to the thai economy. But it still needs to make sense both from a personal and a business sense.

Are there any experts in this group that can speak to how to do things legally/properly?

Hello, everyone!

My apologies for the question, as it's not perfectly visa related.

I've heard that people holding Non-immigrant visas based on marriage to Thai person don't need to change it to Non-B in order to obtain Work Permit if they need it.

Recently I've got one year Extension of stay based on marriage. I did it in the local Immigration Office right after my Extension of stay based on Non-ED visa finished. So I don't have any visa now. Just an Extension of stay for one year.

The question is:

Is it still possible to get a WP if I have any job here? Or do I need to apply for Non-B visa anyway?

And one more thing. I've heard also that if my Thai wife has some business here (100% Thai company), then she can hire me (as her husband) and give WP for me.

So... Is it the same process like for any other company (1 mln baht capital for each foreigner, 2 or 4 Thai employees, etc...) or is it a more simple process like "helping my wife in family business" thing? And what is the minimum size of business she can have to be able to hire her husband? Sorry, I don't know English good enough, but in my country it is called "individual entrepreneur", when someone is making a "company" consisting only of one person. And later he/she can hire some people, but the whole process of setting up company and paying taxes are much simpler than any other kind (for example, LLC).

Sorry again about being not perfectly visa related. But the knowledge of people in this group is awesome. And moat of the times significantly more reliable than any other source of information.

If anybody wants, I can share my experience of getting Extension of stay based on marriage without leaving The Kingdom.

Thank you!