The following documents are required from the Work Permit applicant (“alien”):
- Passport - copies of every page. Each copy must be signed by employee.
- Non-Immigrant Visa
- Departure Card TM.6
- Education degree (signed copy) *
- Transcript (signed copy) *
- Certificates or licenses held by applicant (signed copy) *
- CV or Resume - describe in detail the applicant's past positions, duties, performance, length and place of employment.
- Photos, three (3) in quantities which are 5 x 6 centimeters in size (not passport photos) with full face and taken wearing business attire (no hat and some jurisdictions require suit and tie). This must have been taken within six (6) months before the application for the Thai work permit.
- Marriage Certificate (if married to Thai National). This includes the original and signed photocopies. Also include wife's Thai ID card, birth certificates of children, and household registration.
*Thai government officials may require these documents to be certified by your country's embassy (this requires bringing your degree, resume, license or certificate to your embassy to declare it is a true and original document. You are required to pay an authentication fee to your embassy. In addition, they can require you to translate these documents into the Thai language from your foreign language.
The following documents are required from the employer (double check this at the relevant labor department):
- Commercial Registration Department Certificate showing that the organization for which the applicant is going to work has been duly registered as a juristic person, giving the name of the Managing Director and/or Director, and its objections and registered capital. *
- Shareholders List certified by the Commercial Registration Department. *
- Factory License (if required) issued by Factory Department, Ministry of Industry. *
- VAT Certificate - Phor Phor 20 *
- VAT filing - Phor Phor 30
- Withholding Tax - Phor Ngor Dor 1
- Social Security Payment filing
*Thai government officials require that all documents to have the seal of the company stamped on every page and the true and authorized signature(s) of the Managing Director and/or Directors next to the seal. In addition, government officials have in past requested official copies of registration, shareholder, licenses and certificates to have been issued by their respective agencies within the past 90 days of your application for Thai work permit.
There must be four full-time Thai staff per every one foreign employee.
When on a Thai Work Permit, you must continue to report your current address to a Thai immigration office every 90 days. This can be done three ways:
- In person at a Thai immigration office.
- By mail.
- Through an agent who has the Power of Attorney to report your status.
If you are not in Thailand on the date your 90-day reporting is due, you do not need to report your status. Your 90-day reporting will begin again from day 1 once you re-enter Thailand.
If you plan on leaving and re-entering Thailand whilst on a Thai Work Permit, you will first need to get a re-entry permit in order to not lose your visa when you leave.
A re-entry permit can be secured from a Thai Immigration Office or International Airport
When re-entering Thailand, make sure to note the number of your re-entry permit on your immigration arrival form in order for your visa to be re-activated.
- Renewal or Extension of a Thai Work Permit
A work permit has to be renewed at the labor department every year whereas the same fees as for the initial application are applicable.
