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The Whole Package: Thai Work Permits and Visas

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As the title of this video suggests we are discussing this concept of the Whole Package here in Thailand yet again. As I have noted in prior videos with the hashtag "The Whole Package", we have been making these videos to provide insight more for people who are looking to come to Thailand in a long-term context. 

I really do fall into a lawyer's trap when I am making these videos for this channel because I make them with a very narrow focus with respect to the specific issues that may arise in a specific set of circumstances. I am doing this because a lot of our questions are case specific: "What do I need to do to get a Marriage Visa in Thailand? What do I need to do to get a Work Permit in Thailand etc.? or a Business Visa for that matter." 

These videos are taking a more holistic approach. I had something of an epiphany the other day and I realized that I very much look at these matters in a very narrow context, again it is task-oriented; getting people from the USA to Thailand or getting someone a Work Permit, getting someone a Visa conversion, whatever. I am task-oriented but my clients and this has opened my eyes. I know that sounds strange but it is very easy to put blinders on when you do this kind of work and just simply see the task in front of you. I am trying to view this from clients' standpoints. Having come to Thailand, been an immigrant here myself, set up a company, set up a business here, done business here, have a home here; all of these things are things I probably should have been more aware of but again the blinders you put on, you just don't see things that way when you are trying to assist somebody else. 

The point of this video is Work Permits and Visas and in this Whole Package concept where perhaps you have a home, you have a business, you have a company and it is very atomized, it is very consolidated, very unified, yes Work Permits and Visas may play into that and your business may be attached if you will to your home and all of that together all of this, the whole maybe greater than the sum of its parts wherein you can sort of put all this together, be able to consolidate some things so as to be able to cut out certain expenses that other people may have to deal with, be able to gain some legal benefits by having a business that runs in tandem possibly with one's living arrangements. Then on top of that, both of those things can contribute into being able to maintain long-term legal status in Thailand and maintain long-term Work Permit status in Thailand. So it is a consolidated setup that then accords someone the ability to use their lifestyle setup to go ahead and gain renewable visas and renewable work permits. That can be a substantial benefit compared to a less consolidated setup. 

So again this is all going to be case specific. It is all going to be circumstantially dependent. It may be a good idea to contact a legal professional, gain some insight and guidance into how best to proceed with a consolidated Whole Package to thereby allow you to gain long-term status in Thailand with an eye toward even possibly a path to Permanent Residency in the Kingdom or even possibly and that horizon maybe further out, but possibly even citizenship here in the Kingdom of Thailand.