The work permit is approved. Your new country manager can legally start on Monday, and you finally close the file. Then they ask the question that was never on your checklist: what happens to my wife and my two children? Most employers discover the same uncomfortable thing at that moment. The Non-O visa Thailand requirements […]
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Your new engineer lands in three weeks, your company holds Board of Investment (BOI) promotion, and someone has told you the work permit will be “much faster because of BOI.” Nobody has told you how much faster, or what has to already be in place for that to be true. Here is the short answer. […]
There is no single Thailand work permit minimum salary. There are two separate tables, and which one governs your hire depends on one thing: whether the sponsoring company holds a promotion certificate from the Board of Investment (BOI), the Thai government agency that grants investment privileges to approved projects. Without BOI promotion, the salary floor […]
Written and reviewed by the Simple Outsource team — Thailand-based professionals handling company compliance, visas and work permits for foreign employers. Last updated: August 2026. A one-year Thailand work permit costs 3,100 THB in government fees: a 100 THB application fee plus a 3,000 THB permit fee, per the Ministry of Labour fee schedule. That […]
This article is written for foreign executives and professional employees (expats) coming to work for a company in Thailand through a direct employer. A work permit in Thailand is a document issued by the Department of Employment (DOE) that names the position, the occupation or type of work, and the company the permit holder works […]
Choosing between a PEO and an EOR in Thailand is mostly a question of one thing: does your company already have a Thai legal entity? If you do, a PEO can support HR administration while your company remains the employer. If you do not, an EOR can employ a person locally on your behalf while […]
EOR vs company setup Thailand is not simply a cost comparison. You can hire in Thailand without setting up a company, but that does not mean an Employer of Record (EOR) is always the right answer. The useful question is: does Thailand need to be a hiring footprint, or a commercial operating footprint for your […]
Employer of record cost in Thailand is not one fixed number. A useful proposal separates the provider’s service fee from the employment costs attached to each hire, then makes clear which work sits inside the agreed scope. That distinction matters because a low headline price can answer only one question: what the provider charges to […]