• Foreigners who hold Tourist Visas (TR60) are allowed to stay for 60 days whereas foreigners who hold Transit Visas (TS30) are allowed to stay for 30 days. Please note that foreigners are illegal to work with these visas.
• To apply for visa and work permit, please follow the step-by-step instructions as follows:

1. For a new BOI promotion project, foreigners can apply for changing type of visa into Non-B Visa at the Foreign Experts Unit and the Immigration Division 1. For more information, please access;http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/intro1.html,Particular Services for extension of temporary stay, Notification of address every 90 days, Re-entry Permit, Visa Issuing and Changing type of Visa, could be provided only for foreigners carrying out duties relating to the specific law : Immigration Act , Petroleum Act / Board of Investment Act / Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand Act.Contact at One-Stop Service Center for Visas and Work Permits at Chamchuri Square Building, 18th floorTel. 0-2209 1100Office hour: Mon-Fri 8:30 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 16:30 Closed on OFFICIAL HOLIDAYSMap:http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/location2.html
   
2. If the foreigners do not have visas, they have to leave Thailand to apply for Non-B Visas at the Royal Thai Embassies or Royal Thai Consulates-General located in their residing countries.
3. Apply for visa stamps/endorsements and prepare BOI issued documents along with Non-B visa applications.
4. Non-B Visas can be applied at the Immigration Division 1 located at The Government Complex , Chaengwattana Rd. Bangkok.For more information, please access;http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/intro1.html,Available Services for extension of temporary stay in Thailand, Notification of address every 90 days, Permanent Resident Permit, Visa Issuing and Changing type of Visa, Re-entry Permit, Alien Registration, Endorsement and Re-entry Visa for Resident Certificate holders.At The Government Complex Commemorating His Majesty The King, Chaengwattana Road.Tel : 0-2141-9889 , Fax : 0-2143-8228Office hour: Mon-Fri 8:30 - 12.00 and 13.00 - 16:30 Closed on OFFICIAL HOLIDAYSMap:http://bangkok.immigration.go.th/en/location1.html
   
5. A holder of a Non-B Visa is allowed to stay and work in Thailand for a maximum period of 90 days. In this regard, before working the holder must contact BOI, Immigration and Department of Employment as the following steps:

• After arriving in Thailand, the holder must apply for staying and working in a BOI promoted company. He/she is allowed to stay for 1 or 2 years depending on a particular type of companies.
• Apply for a work permit and family entry (if the position has been approved) OR
• Request for temporary foreign national employment (not exceed 6 months)
• Request for urgently temporary foreign national employment (30 days)

• After being notified by the BOI that permission for stay in Thailand has been granted, please promptly prepare a passport to Immigration Bureau to receive an approval stamp to stay in the Kingdom prior the expiration of permit-to-stay, at Immigration Division 1, Subdivision 3 or the Checkpoints that enterprise located in. And at the same time, please apply for re-entry permit (multiple entries) to enter and leave Thailand within the visa's validity. (These processes must be done before the original permission of stay has been expired.)
• A work permit application needs to be processed promptly after being notified by the BOI that permission for stay in Thailand has been granted. Work permit is required for any jobs and will last the duration of permission by the BOI.

Information as of March 2014

• - 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.

*BOI strongly recommends a BOI promoted company to submit the termination notice by 15 days before the expiry date (the duration of stay of the employee will be additionally extended for 7 more days and hence 21 days in total). For a normal business, a company must submit the notice by 21 days before the expiry date so that the foreigner could have sufficient time to re-apply for the approved position.

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Investor must have evidence of remittance or money transfer from Bank of Thailand in the amount at least 10 million baht for 2 year permit.