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RE: Jobs foreigners can get in Thailand or Vietnam
(06-17-2015 01:31 AM)CodyB Wrote: If you market yourself correctly, have a neat presentation and can network rather well there is a living to be made in private tutoring.
You would need a website, facebook page and some fancy business cards but it is doable. And you won't be slave to a school who may or may not give you a work permit.
There are two real challenges in making money this way and neither are collecting students. If you're reliable, friendly and appear to offer value, you'll find students.
However, this, like any business, takes time to grow. You're best students will be found through referrals from happy clients. This won't happen over night.
Secondly, your students will only have time to study evenings and weekends. They'll do their best to make requests to study at times that makes it almost impossible to schedule enough classes to make much money.
Earning enough to barely survive is the easy part. Earning good cash is infinitely harder and usually requires picking up some hours during the day time at some school.
But if you're just looking to earn a little cash and aren't looking for a full incoming, some private tutoring might be just the thing.
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Kamaki4 
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RE: Jobs foreigners can get in Thailand or Vietnam
You have already been given some great advice. Thailand is not the most receptive country when it comes to working legally here as a foreigner. There is a long list of occupations that are Thai citizen only (Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian nationals also fill these positions at an even lower wage). Add that to a 300฿ per day minimum wage, which incredibly may actually be decreased if a new bill is passed and I think you get the idea of what the local job market is like outside of foreign specialist jobs. If you have any possible opportunity to get hired on with a multinational company in your home country and have them transfer you to Thailand or Vietnam that is the best scenario. These jobs will usually include an 'expat package' and I know quite a few guys making north of $15,000 U.S a month plus housing, plus transportation, plus healthcare etc. The next level down would be an in demand occupation (foreigners prefered) by applying directly to companies or organizations here in Thailand. Examples of these occupations vary widely, but I will give you two examples of people I know personally. A program manager with a lot of experience, but still very young, working for an international aid organization earning $10,000 U.S per month and a young ambitious chef working in a five star hotel earning $7,000 U.S per month. Teaching English is very popular and for a good reason, you can hit the ground running. I am not even a teacher or remotely interested in teaching English and I am regularly asked if I would like to give some private conversation lessons. Sometimes I play along and tell them my time is very important, but I would do it for 1000฿ /hr and even had them accept at this price, so it may be possible to earn some decent money freelancing if you hustle. If you do plan on going down the ESL route do a little bit of research because the common theme among the people I know who teach English in Thailand is they seem to complain about their jobs a lot.
(This post was last modified: 06-18-2015 03:04 AM by Kamaki4.)
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calwinston 
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RE: Jobs foreigners can get in Thailand or Vietnam
Has anyone done a visa and opened a business under the Amity Treaty between Thailand and the US? I just came upon it and it peaked my interest.
Quote:What Is The US-Thai Treaty Of Amity?
The US-Thai Amity Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and the United States of America was signed on May 29, 1966 to give special rights and benefits to American citizens who wish to establish their businesses in Thailand.
Background Of The Thailand Treaty Of Amity
The Thailand Treaty of Amity aims to provide significant advantages for US investors to run businesses in Thailand for both corporations and individuals. In particular, the Thailand Treaty of Amity provided the US two major trade advantages:
The Thailand Treaty of Amity permits American companies to hold majority of the shares or the whole company, branch office or representative office located in Thailand.
American companies may engage in business on the same basis as Thai companies, and are exempt from most of the restrictions of foreign investment imposed by the Alien Business Law of 1972.
While the Thailand Treaty of Amity provides the above-mentioned advantages, the US citizen is also subjected to several restrictions stipulated in the treaty. The Thailand Treaty of Amity prohibits American investors from engaging in the following reserved activities:
Communications
Transportation;
Fiduciary functions
Banking involving depository functions;
Land Ownership, Exploitation of land or
Other natural resources; and
Domestic trade in indigenous agricultural products.
The following requirements must apply:
A minimum of 51% of shares must be held by American citizens
A minimum of 50% of directors must be American citizen(s)
Minimum Capital Requirements
Although treaty-protected companies are given advantage treatment under US-Thai Amity Treaty, they still need to satisfy the minimum capital requirement under the Foreign business Act (FBA).
In case that the business is not restricted under the FBA, the minimum capital requirement for a treaty-protected company is THB 2 million.
On the other hand, if the business is required to obtain a Foreign Business License under FBA, the minimum capital requirement must be THB 3 million for each business activity.
Here is the excerpted information on how to register a company under the Thailand Treaty of Amity:
Brief procedures to obtain Treaty of Amity certification
Phase 1: Document filing. The applicant obtains documents verifying that the company has been registered in compliance with Thai law. This is the first step in order to obtain the certification under the Thailand Treaty of Amity.
Phase 2: Certification by CS. Upon receipt of the preceding required documents the CS office will then provide certification to the Thai Department of Commercial Registration in the Ministry of Commerce that the applying business organization is an American owned and managed company and is therefore entitled to national treatment under the provisions of the Thailand Treaty of Amity.
Phase 3: Application to the Ministry of Commerce. After certification by the CS, original copies of all the above-mentioned required documents, along with a completed application forms, which may be obtained from the Department of Registration in the Thai Ministry of Commerce, must be given to the Thai Department of Commercial Registration in the Ministry of Commerce in order to fully register under the Thailand Treaty of Amity.
The above process can normally be completed within 4 to 6 weeks.
Registration Procedures: Thailand Treaty of Amity
To receive protection under the Thailand Treaty of Amity, the applying business organization must pursue and administrative process to show "registration under the Treaty of Amity." In order to show "registration under the Treaty of Amity," the applying business organization may either consult with one of the many law firms in Thailand or observe the following procedures:
For a sole proprietorship, all that is required to seek protection under the Thailand Treaty of Amity is a notarized copy of the owner's passport or birth certificate to prove U.S. citizenship (either by birth or naturalization). They must send this information to the Commercial Service office at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok for certification.
For a Thai partnership, Thai branch office, joint venture, or Thai limited company, the following documents are required to be notarized by a Notary Public and sent to the Commercial Service office at the Embassy in Bangkok for certification:
Articles of Incorporation
Bylaws of the Company
An Affidavit of the Manager or Corporate Officer, stating the following:
Name of the Company, registration number, and date of registration. Address of registered office.
Jurisdiction under which the corporation is registered.
Name, address, nationality, age and race of each director, number of shares held by each, and identification of the director(s) with the power to bind the company.
Authorized capital of the Company, number of shares and par value of each and amount of paid up capital.
Total number of shareholders, their nationalities, and number of shares owned or held by them.
For an applying U.S. company that is a subsidiary to a larger, parent company, the applying U.S. company, in addition to the above required documents, must also provide documents pertaining to its parent company to the Commercial Service office at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok.
For an applying U.S. company wishing to invest directly in a Thai company to obtain a majority of the Thai company's shares, the applying company must show notarized proof that the majority of owners and directors of both the applying company and the company to be incorporated are (or will be) U.S. citizens either by birth or naturalization.
Upon receipt of the preceding required documents, the Commercial Service prepares a document that certifies that the applying business organization is an American owned and managed company and is therefore entitled to national treatment under the provisions of the Thailand Treaty of Amity.
After certification by the Commercial Service, original copies of all the above-mentioned required documents, along with a completed application form that may be obtained from the Department of Business Development of the Ministry of Commerce, must be given to the Thai Department of Business Development of the Ministry of Commerce in order to register under the Thailand Treaty of Amity and to complete the process.
http://www.siam-legal.com/Business-in-Th...0Amity.php
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Ali 
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RE: Jobs foreigners can get in Thailand or Vietnam
How about for those who are non-native english speakers? Are they still able to be english teachers in Thailand? Let's make it even worse. I don't have a degree either 
Just playing with the idea now. Earning 20K-30K baht in some 2nd or 3rd tier city in Thailand, live cheaply, gaining more exotic value than BKK.
Is this doable or am I being too optimistic?
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