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**flienianO** · 09-21-2012, 03:32 PM

Hey RobinV and Lenss, thanks a lot for all the great information, but you can well guess my head is spinning as what I really need to do. I think that the non-B visa may my best route but let me provide more details of my situation and then possibly maybe you can provide info on my best choices.

My current situation is this. I work for a US based company (I get paid USD direct deposited into my US bank). My job now is an Engineer who works in China for three weeks (no China work permit is needed since I don't work any more than 30 days in a row). After working for three weeks, I then go to what I call 'home' in Thailand for a week (actually my passport is stamped for 10 days each time) off to be with my Thai wife and my daughter (half/half but born in the USA). After my week off I repeat the process. I have been doing this for the past year now. So, I don't need a China work permit (I do have 'multiple' entry China visa good for one year) and I need no visa for Thailand because I am there for only 10 days at a time and this does not violate the new rule (90 cumulative days in a 180 day period). NOTE: I have actually moved away from my past residence in the USA and on all official documentation I list my address in Thailand as my residence. I get my mail there, my US tax return has this address listed, and I even place it on my Immigration Entry card each time I return home to China. (I actually check the box 'returning home'.)

Now my situation is going to be changing. My new employer wants me to be working and stationed in Thailand. This new employer is a Canadian company. It helps me to be in Thailand since this is currently where my family is and where I plan on retiring in 2 to 5 years. My new job will be with a foreign company (not Thai) but working inside a Thai company (a contract mfg for this foreign company). So essentially a Thai company will not be employing me, I will only be working inside one.

So now that you have more details, is the non-B still the way to go? And will I even be required to need a Thai work permit?

Again, any insight or suggestions you could provide would help me tremendously.

Thanks,
dingdongrb (I'm really not a 'ding-a-ling

, except in the case of Thai Immigration laws

, the name has a different purpose.)

09-21-2012, 03:32 PM	#9
flienianO Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 440 Senior Member	Hey RobinV and Lenss, thanks a lot for all the great information, but you can well guess my head is spinning as what I really need to do. I think that the non-B visa may my best route but let me provide more details of my situation and then possibly maybe you can provide info on my best choices. My current situation is this. I work for a US based company (I get paid USD direct deposited into my US bank). My job now is an Engineer who works in China for three weeks (no China work permit is needed since I don't work any more than 30 days in a row). After working for three weeks, I then go to what I call 'home' in Thailand for a week (actually my passport is stamped for 10 days each time) off to be with my Thai wife and my daughter (half/half but born in the USA). After my week off I repeat the process. I have been doing this for the past year now. So, I don't need a China work permit (I do have 'multiple' entry China visa good for one year) and I need no visa for Thailand because I am there for only 10 days at a time and this does not violate the new rule (90 cumulative days in a 180 day period). NOTE: I have actually moved away from my past residence in the USA and on all official documentation I list my address in Thailand as my residence. I get my mail there, my US tax return has this address listed, and I even place it on my Immigration Entry card each time I return home to China. (I actually check the box 'returning home'.) Now my situation is going to be changing. My new employer wants me to be working and stationed in Thailand. This new employer is a Canadian company. It helps me to be in Thailand since this is currently where my family is and where I plan on retiring in 2 to 5 years. My new job will be with a foreign company (not Thai) but working inside a Thai company (a contract mfg for this foreign company). So essentially a Thai company will not be employing me, I will only be working inside one. So now that you have more details, is the non-B still the way to go? And will I even be required to need a Thai work permit? Again, any insight or suggestions you could provide would help me tremendously. Thanks, dingdongrb (I'm really not a 'ding-a-ling , except in the case of Thai Immigration laws , the name has a different purpose.)
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