Teaching License Requirements

1. Be at least 20 years of age

2. Hold a degree in Education or an equivalent or in other related fields accredited by the Teachers Council

of Thailand or

• Hold other degrees and a teaching license from abroad or

• Hold other,, degrees and a graduate diploma in Education with 1 year course of study

3. Completion of training course on Thai Language, Culture and Professional Ethics from a training

institution approved by the Teachers’ Council of Thailand

4. Not Possess any of the prohibited characteristics pursuant to section 44 of the Teachers and Educational

Personnel Council Act B.E. 2003

• Having improper behavior or immorality

• Being an incompetent or quasi-incompetent person

• Having been sentenced to imprisonment in any case, in the opinion of the Teachers Council of

Thailand, which may bring dishonor upon the profession.

5. Have experience in teaching with not less than 1 year

Required Documents

1. Completed Application form (KS.01)

2. A copy of all the used pages of the applicant’s passport, particularly the latest update current school

NON-B Visa

3. A copy of all pages of work permit

4. A copy of educational background or certificates-holding at least a bachelor’s degree in a field of

education / teaching or its equivalent (If the documents are in a foreign language besides English,

it must be translated into Thai. Translation must be certified by a competent translator and

notarized by notary organizations)

5. A copy of official transcripts (if any)

6. A copy of teaching license/certificate from abroad (if any)

7. Work experience verification (a letter from employer in Thailand or overseas with not less than 1

year, clearly identify the period of teaching)

8. A copy of certificate, having completed a training course on Thai Language, Culture and Professional

Ethics from a training institution approved by the Teachers’ Council of Thailand

9. A copy of certification of professional knowledge test-9 subject matters for teaching Profession (In

case of holding other degrees without a teaching license from abroad or a graduate diploma in

Education)

10. A copy of employment contract

11. Two 1-inch photos, wearing formal clothing and do not wear hat and sunglasses

12. Registration fee is 500 Baht

Note: Applicants must certify true copy of all documents

It's 1900 Baht revenue for the office for doing a little paper work. Easy money

Be prepared to spend from 15,000 to 20,000 Baht for fees... and another 15,000 to 20,000 in miscellaneous fees, travel/hotel costs and other ... Maybe you will be lucky and it will be 50 or 60 percent less.

The Agent needs to be in your area. You need an accountant to prepare certain tax statements and more working with the Agent. Accountants are often Visa agents too. You have to have an application into the Labor Ministry - either a WP.1 or WP.3 depending on several factors ... Only an Agent will know which you need. Your Thai Partner will have to prepare a letter inviting you to be employed as a Director ... Getting all this done in the right sequence with the correct documents only an experienced Accountant/Lawyer/Visa Agent will know in your particular case.

You should hire an agent ... it is more complicated than you may think

It is entirely plausible that the inability or unwillingness of the employer to provide info about items 10 and 11 is that the employer is not in compliance with payments or numbers of Thai employees reported or both.

I read that Tod but to me it was not clear in the phraseology used - just trying to clarify "to be" means in the future - and both could be in the future

What Visa do you have now? And does the person you are going to be Visa dependent to - do they have the B Visa already?

Jim the M in the O-A visa stands for Multi Entry. As far as I know the O-A is the only visa type with dual properties. In the first year a person on an O-A visa could choose to just do Exits and Reentries every 90 days instead of Reporting to immigration. Or choose to do 90 day Reports. But must do one or the other. I am not sure what happens when the actions are mixed. The Non Imm O and Non Imm B Multi-Entry Visas only have one choice - Exit and Reenter every 90 days. One Year Extensions of Stay (extended from Non Immigrant Visas) make 90 day Reports.

For the O visa and the O-A Visa the O stands for Other... There are several Visa types in Other. ED visa is for Education. B Visa is for Business.