How do I prepare an employment contract for a Smart Visa application, and how long does it take?
Timing to allow: Timing depends on the document type and each authority's processing; our team estimates after reviewing your file.
Following current Thai authority practice, timing to allow: Timing depends on the document type and each authority's processing; our team estimates after reviewing your file. Not a guarantee.. Add 1–3 business days when fresh company records must be pulled from the Department of Business Development, and note that most corporate extracts must be issued within 3 to 6 months of the filing date. This can run alongside NAATI translation, police clearance and Apostille work in a single file.
Quick facts
- Authority: Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour, and the Department of Consular Affairs, MFA
- Where: Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour · Immigration Bureau · Legalisation Division, Department of Consular Affairs, Chaeng Watthana Road
- Timing to allow: Timing depends on the document type and each authority's processing; our team estimates after reviewing your file. Not a guarantee.
- Scope of service: We prepare the documents used in work permit and business visa files — certified translation, notarial certification, MFA legalisation and embassy attestation. Approval remains at the discretion of the Department of Employment and Immigration Bureau.
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