• - A company has to submit Form 14.1 to terminate a foreigner's employment in the e-Expert system. Then, the company can contact BOI to receive a termination notice, and it must bring the original passport of the foreign experts to void his/her visa. This process can be done 15 days prior to the last date of the employment. In this regard, BOI extends the duration of stay of the foreign experts for 7 days.

• - In case that a foreign experts who wishes to resign from his/her current company and transfer to a new one and his/her visa will be expired less than 15 days, BOI must consider issuing an urgent permit (30 days) while processing a new employment.

Information from officer from the Immigration Bureau at Chaengwattana, the foreigner has to cancel a visa by himself.

1. Application form TM.7 ( Fee 1,900 bath)Please fill the technicians and followers by order


2. Application form TM.8 ( Fee S= 1,000 bath, M=3,800 bath)Please fill the technicians and followers by order


3. 2 recent (4x6 cm) photographs of the applicant (taken not more than 6 months)


4. A letter from BOI, A letter from Department of Mineral resource, A letter from Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand


5. A passport with its copies ( Every page)


6. TM.6 ( Departure and Arrival cards)


7. Form Sor.Tor.Mor.2 (STM.2)

Note: Foreigners must submit the application by themselves

- A company must submit Form 6.1 in the e-Expert system for the urgent employment of foreigners (the maximum period is 30 days). BOI will consider approving the urgent employment within 3 hours and required foreigners must have Non-B/Non-IB Visas. However, the urgent employment can only be requested once.

The revenue officer informs that the person who continually receives money from overseas as a salary for 180 days (minimum 50,000 Baht as a monthly salary)

For extension the work permit, the officer from Office of Foreign Workers Administration, Department of Employment doesn't have condition of the foreigner's salary .The condition of the salary as a condition for extension his/her visa. If the foreigner doesn't extend a visa, he/she will not be able to extend their work permit.

For more information about visa, please kindly contact Immigration Bureau Division 1 at Chaengwattana, Tel. 0-2141-9889 Fax.0-2143-8228 Open Monday-Friday during 08.30 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 16.30 except government holiday

For more information about work permit, please kindly access www.doe.go.th, https://www.doe.go.th/prd/alien/downloads/param/site/152/cat/14/sub/0/pull/category/view/list-label

The required documents are as follows:

1. The application form (Tor.Thor.2) and 3 photographs of front view and 5x6 cm. In size (taken not more than 6 months)
2. A passport with 1 copy of all pages showing the valid non-immigration visa
3. The Letter of Employment (as per the official form)
4. Evidence of remittance or money transfer from Bank of Thailand in the amount of not less than Baht 2 million (The Bank of Thailand Form Tor.Thor.3)
5. Proof of important of funds not less than Baht 2 million (applying for 1 year)
6. Proof of important of funds not less than Baht 10 million (applying for 2 years)

Family member could change visa to NON-O, but must have the period of stay at least 15 days, then should submit at Immigration Office, Government Center B, Chaeng Watthana. (Waiting for the result within 15 days) When one obtains NON-O, shall stay in the Kingdom for another 90 days after approval.

Note: Can apply only one time in Thailand Suggestion: Family member should apply NON-O before entry Thailand due to the sufficient document of foreign expert in order to work in Thailand.

Contact Immigration Office Government Center B :

• 120 Mu 3 Chaeng Watthana Soi 7, Thung Song Hong, Laksi


• Tel: +66 (0)-2141-9889


• Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 08:30-16:30, Lunchbreak: 12:00-13:00


• How to get there: By train to Laksi train station. Minivan to Pakkret.

Information as of September 2014