Farang Arrested in Korat for Working

[buadhai]

There's an interesting thread over on KoratFrang reporting that a Foreigner was arrested in Korat for engaging in employment without a work permit.

This is of interest only because it never happened in the past. There are half a dozen or so establishments in Korat that are in fact owned and run by foreigners without work permits, but the "work" that they do has been pretty much ignored by the police. I've heard of a couple of guys being warned by the police not to make it too obvious, but that's it.

I guess this signals quite a change for how business will be done, at least in Korat.

[Little Chuchok]

Interesting. If he goes to Court, they will be hard pressed to get him for shaking hands or having a name card.Neither of these is proof that he is working.

They might get him for writing on the blackboard though....

[Spin]

If it wasnt such a god dam pain in the ass to get a work permit or driving licence or whatever I'm sure this kind of thing would not even be heard of.

[klongmaster]

If he's behind the bar that constitutes working...

if he's in front of the bar then he's not working...

[Spin]

^ what if he's asleep on the bar?

[friscofrankie]

^ what if he's asleep on the bar?

Definitely WORKING!

[Spin]

^ the fox in charge of the chicken run!

[Hootad Binky]

Hello 22 Bar!

[keda]

If he's behind the bar that constitutes working...

if he's in front of the bar then he's not working...

May beggar belief, but a bar-owner friend said he was technically on offer for sitting at the bar having a good time with other farangs, as this could be seen as drumming up business.

May be a danger of this if you happen to piss off the wrong person, but in that case it makes little difference whether you're actually working or not.

[tuferguson]

If he's behind the bar that constitutes working...

if he's in front of the bar then he's not working...

May beggar belief, but a bar-owner friend said he was technically on offer for sitting at the bar having a good time with other farangs, as this could be seen as drumming up business.

May be a danger of this if you happen to piss off the wrong person, but in that case it makes little difference whether you're actually working or not.

it does indeed beggar belief.

the 2nd point is always the worry. you may upset someone highup or they just see you making to much money and want you out of the way to take it over. making an offer you cant refuse springs to mind here.

[LesBonsTemps]

If he's behind the bar that constitutes working...

if he's in front of the bar then he's not working...

May beggar belief, but a bar-owner friend said he was technically on offer for sitting at the bar having a good time with other farangs, as this could be seen as drumming up business.

If that's the case, then most of the bars in Udon's Falang Alley will be closing, Thai wives or not.

[William]

^technically, merely being an "investor" in a business in LoS, without doing anything else, could constitute "work". Rationale, you are expecting to get a return on your investment and the return constitutes "income" generated in LoS. While "income" is not, in and of itself, a benchmark for "work", it is one criteria.

Personally don't know anyone who has been caught in a like manner, but I do know someone who was refused a broker account to trade on the SET because he did not have a work permit. Not 100% sure if this was the reason why though.

[Thetyim]

While "income" is not, in and of itself, a benchmark for "work", it is one criteria.

So if I open a bank account and receive interest I technically need a work permit.
But I cannot get a work permit because I'm on a retirement visa

But I only opened the bank account to show the money to get my retirement visa as it is a requirement.

Pass me the Tylenol

[William]

^ it used to be the case that foreigners with bank accounts in LoS did not generate income on their accounts, i.e. they were not interest bearing. This has been relaxed of late

[in4zip]

as it has been already mentioned ad nauseam, this cvntry amply interprets the letter of the law hence ... we is all foked ... dura lex sed lex

[William]

^ exactly, made even more so by what I believe to be the most stupid legal definition I have ever come across:

"work" means engaging in work by exerting energy or using
knowledge whether or not in consideration of wages or other benefit;

I mean, "work" means "work" - only in LoS

[in4zip]

^ exactly, made even more so by what I believe to be the most stupid legal definition I have ever come across:

"work" means engaging in work by exerting energy or using
knowledge whether or not in consideration of wages or other benefit;

I mean, "work" means "work" - only in LoS

could apply same definition to "taking a dump"