Visa runs in Thailand still possible ?

[Peter_North]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

Yea, i saw an advert, a foreign embassy asking for english literate with B. BA + some exp paying USD700 a mth... my jaw dropped... I wonder what they learn in UNI to earn that amount.

You've yet to speak about your interest in Thailand

[pussyman72]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

Yea, i saw an advert, a foreign embassy asking for english literate with B. BA + some exp paying USD700 a mth... my jaw dropped... I wonder what they learn in UNI to earn that amount.

hehehe i dont know. my thai friend she study in this uni. www.ait.ac.th. one yr about 21k sing.

yea it a pity salary too low for us but still ok for thais. up north pple who does not have any education earn about 4k a mth n they feed whole family liao.

[Peter_North]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

This is complicated.

Well, you register a Thai company the majority shares must be held by the Thais. You need 7 shareholders for any company, but as long as Thai holds more than 50% your remaining 6 shareholders can be foreigners. The majority is tied to the equity, not the number of shareholders.

If you register a Thai company, there is no minimum paid up capital requirement. It's good. But if you want to employ a foreigner, in this case, for each foreigner you employ you must have 2 million baht paid up capital to back up, without which the foreigner will not get his work permit. So even if I register a company and I am a director of the company, if I want a work permit I need to show a paid up capital of 2 million baht. Without a work permit I'm not allowed to work in Thailand.

Getting wife as proxy as machiam living off the wife lah. Wife can declare herself as tutor or translator and declare a monthly income of 40K baht and pay tax accordingly. Of course I will pay the tax on her behalf, then I get a spouse visa lor.

[pussyman72]

Originally Posted by Peter_North

I put SGD80K in Thai Company Account, and my tirak gets 51% and the remaining 49% I need 6 other shareholders ??? That is helluva hassle.

Get my tirak to be my proxy and pay tax on 40K baht "declared" earnings.

hehehe there is ways to by pass this. speak to ur lawyer n they will do the rest.

u will own 49% yes but i not really sure u should even let ur teerak have the 51%.

there is many ways in doing it ^^. there is many loop holes in thailand lol which may still works.

anyway just an advices to all. this advices was given to my thai good friends who tells me about the thais. even my sgp friend who stay there for 10 yrs plus also said that.

out of 10 thais 9 cannot be trusted the last 1 believe 50% can already. well this is just a saying. but still u had to bear in mind this money in ur pocket better then giving everything to ur teerak else u asking for trouble.

seen it myself n hear it many times.

Just remember always create a path for urself incase something happen else u have none.

[pussyman72]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

Wat??? So ex n get so low returns?

maybe thai local uni is cheaper. she come from a rich family so maybe they can affort.

mother bought her a 1.5M house after she finish her master lol. sister just went to eruope to study a phd.

[siamcutey]

Originally Posted by pussyman72

most of us wanna stay n work there. the question is how much we willing to accept working in thailand. how much is enough for us to live there?

getting a job in thailand is very very hard. mostly they prefer thai pple. even they want us, the pay wont be high and we also must be able to read n write thai. basic thai = forget it.

I try myself getting a job in thailand as a Manager so far the highest the company offer me is 50k baht a month. which is 3 x lower then what i get in sgp. some even lower. tax u still have to pay urself.

many things have change in thailand. a good place to ask about this is in thaivisa. many farang actually stay there n they can provide good advice on this.

Given a choice, I would not want to stay and work in Thailand.
Ever got a job offer of $6K SGD monthly plus accoms and car to drive.
But I rejected because of the fact that if today I am going to uproot myself to stay there long term and work because of a girl, it is very foolish.
2ndly, if talk about money, singapore can earn much more.
3rdly, if talk about fresher air, Thailand air is not any fresher than Singapore.
4th, if talk about career, career prospects and opportunities are not as good as in Thailand compared to SG.

End of the day, bottomline is are we going to take 1 step back or few steps back?

Seriously when the Indians, Banglas, Sri Lankans, Chinese, etc when they come in SG to work, they are actually taking few steps forward. And over here we are going to take a step backward or even think of taking the same kind of steps as in when we work and stay in Thailand?

If talking about business, unless you are going to be in manufacturing or trading industry where we are talking about clocking at least 10 million baht in gross profit revenue, why should one even start doing business in Thailand?

The purpose of what I said here is want to go work or do business in foreign country(not only for Thailand), make sure the money earned is worth it, or else whats the point in taking few steps back?

The shiokness of Thailand starts from the bed and should just end on the bed. Don't ever think of starting to buy TV, buy sofa, buy kitchen utensils and then think of buying over the som tam stall outside the house. That will be a major downfall.

[siamcutey]

Originally Posted by pussyman72

out of 10 thais 9 cannot be trusted the last 1 believe 50% can already. well this is just a saying. but still u had to bear in mind this money in ur pocket better then giving everything to ur teerak else u asking for trouble.

seen it myself n hear it many times.

Just remember always create a path for urself incase something happen else u have none.

To many people, the 1 thai that they think they can trust is their tirak. That is the start of downfall for many people

[vmtech]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

Is that baht or sgd?

if i was talking about sgd, i dont think i would still be in singapore LOL

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

Hahaha, my gf live in Thailand.

There we go :P

[pussyman72]

Originally Posted by siamcutey

To many people, the 1 thai that they think they can trust is their tirak. That is the start of downfall for many people

lol Hi SC well what u said is quite true but it all up to the them to decide to trust or not to trust we not in their shoes to decide that.

most important is to have extra path way for ourself rather then giving everying else really asking for trouble.

[pussyman72]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

So... I register a company, 51% goes to Thai, remaining 49% I get 6 Singaporeans relatives as share holders? The company can don't make money? Like Soho?

So even if wife don't make 40k she still can declare 40kbaht a month so end of yr pay tax lar. But how much is the tax?

hehehe there is a salary cap b4 paying tax. i cannot remember what is the thai gov site on this tax. let me find for u hehehe.

well u can get ur wife to delcare 40k baht a month maybe by sending her 40k baht to her bank account n said she do small business in her hometown ^^

[siamcutey]

Originally Posted by pussyman72

lol Hi SC well what u said i quite true but it all up to the them to decide to trust or not to trust we not in their shoes to decide that.

most important is to have extra path way for ourself rather then giving everying else really asking for trouble.

Most people only need to walk 1 path and be successful. That is why sometimes I think why do we need to have an extra path when others just need 1.

Trust or no trust, make sure the money involved can afford to be lost. Or else, will really be a downfall

[pussyman72]

Originally Posted by siamcutey

Most people only need to walk 1 path and be successful. That is why sometimes I think why do we need to have an extra path when others just need 1.

Trust or no trust, make sure the money involved can afford to be lost. Or else, will really be a downfall

to be frank many cant affort to lose the money. u n me know it very well n seen how this pple behave when they lost everything.

so i rather they have extra path for themself or later seeing them go crazy. is not the matter of trust or no trust. we never know what is going to happen.

[pussyman72]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

For me, home is sg but will not rule out having a second home overseas. I think most pp like me will try to find loop holes to get the best out of it, whether visa, pr or benefits.

Getting a job there is mostly out of Q, finding business opportunities is still achievable but must with help of thai relationship and understanding there.

The is no right or wrong in what we do since we live once only, nothing is easy or free and if possible enjoy every single day.

whether to move a step forward or move backward. it depend on the person whether he is willing to give up what he have n move over there.

Singapore is still better then thailand but it also depend one self whether he wants this kind of life style or he prefer the life style in thailand. saying so thailand is not really a good place to stay if u dont have money.

No money no talk. so is very hard to said. i have friends who stay there n live comfortable there so it depend what we want at the end of the day.

[vmtech]

Originally Posted by Norikasan55

Satelite dish can receive free channel globally wherever you point and receivable right?
Whereas if pay monthly for cable in the long run bohua right?

depends bah, for me i dont even have ubc or any crap, only tv 1 3 5 7 11

haha, cuz i not a person tt watch alot of TV, if wanna watch internet can get all the news and stuff i wan liao.

[yinyang]

Seems this visa thread is veering towards employment opportunities tied up with residency in LOS. This also re-visits similiar discussions in previous thai threads. My comments here are just observations by a frequent traveller to krung thep over last 4 years.

IMHO before anyone gets carried away, seriously think it pays to take heed of the discourse here by bros vmtech, pman72 and the venerable SC.

We maybe seduced by things thai (for whatever reasons), but let's get real: there's a universe apart from being a visitor and (ordinary) resident.

Disparity of income levels bkk and sg speak for themselves. Shouldn't surprise anyone here, as it's all about comparative economics (labour cost etc). That's why the toyota you driving is made in thailand.

Unless you have this (dream) posting there with expat perks or a viable local business, hard to imagine one's willing to drop in salary/living standards if you are doing this on your own steam. That's assuming you are conversant with thai language. And you saw the vagaries of equity holding and property titles.

Currently, the macros here sg are looking good with bouyant employment market. That by itself, doesn't quite make sense to now uproot for LOS -unless there are other compelling reasons.

Of course, if one's in a different money league.. like bro norice's planned retirement -it's something else altogether

No offense intended, and excuse my trespass here