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I think it is not immigration but each year you have a road map from BOI ( the Board of investment ), with a version ( 4.0 now ) :



This show where Thailand need investment, but also foreign skilled workers in those specific fields to train Thai and make Thailand to be on tract about new technologies.

The 44 pages pdf link above will give you this overview.

BOI have many incentives ( slide 37/44 ) :

1.Majority or 100% foreign ownership
2. Permission to bring skilled workers and experts to work in promoted activities
3. Permission to own land
4. Repatriation of foreign currency
5. Exemption of import duty on machinery (only for R&D and Training activities)
plus others taxes reduction or exemption

I believe you're referring to this post of mine from yesterday.聽 As I said I was just referencing a newspaper article from that day and I have no knowledge of the inner workings of government. The above post on the BOI should give you some insight and answer some of your questions.

While things do change in Thailand it often takes generations so I wouldn't expect any changes that will affect your personal situation.

"I read an article today regarding jobs forbidden for foreigners where the Labor ministry apparently says the law is out of date and wants to do something about it, so they are aware.聽 The thing is, they are mainly focused on people from neighboring countries doing jobs Thais don鈥檛 really want to do anyway.聽 Kind of like the American situation with Mexicans.

There have always been provisions for highly skilled foreigners who bring something special to the table.聽 No one is interested in providing jobs to foreigners who are 鈥渓onely鈥� or can鈥檛 afford to live in their own country.聽 Usually the argument that we have so much to offer the inferior Thais comes off as rather self-serving and falls on deaf ears.聽 Most countries don鈥檛 appreciate foreigners telling them how to fix their problems by doing things the 鈥渞ight鈥� way."

Just to continue my own thought on this subject.聽 Foreigners often have an inflated idea of their own importance and the value of their knowledge and skills.聽 People who are not highly valued back home come to a third world country and think for whatever reason they should have a greater voice in this new place they came to as uninvited guests.

Most of the provisions for skilled labor are concessions made to entice foreign corporations to set up shop in Thailand.聽 Being allowed to fill a few key positions with their own people helps in their decision making process.聽 There is no real incentive for Thais to open up their more general job market to foreigners.聽

As for older retirees wanting exceptions, their reasons are often self-serving.聽 If you don鈥檛 have enough money to qualify for visas or to live here comfortably then obviously you would like to be able to work.聽 If one has basically been put out to pasture back home, can鈥檛 speak Thai and has no real way of participating in normal Thai society, why would Thais be interested in making special laws to accommodate these individuals?

I always advise people to deal with the here and now, while avoiding spending too much time pondering how things should be.聽 As little political power as we have in our own countries of birth, we have even less as guests in a foreign country.

Let me make a statement. I want to make this as a matter of fact not as someone blowing smoke.

I am retired. I'm actually at the stage where I am enjoying the retirement, past the honeymoon period. On the other hand I am a retired Speech Pathologist. Thailand does not even have an academic program at the university level that addresses the needs of those who could benefit from such services. Statistically speaking a minimum of 97% of the population does not need such services. In no way could it be construed that I would be taking jobs away from Thai's. In addition I have no interest in working full time.

Speech Pathology is a foreigner subject to many people. At one time it was foreign to Kirk Douglas. That was until he had a stroke and a Speech Pathologist helped him to regain his verbal communication skills, previously lost from a stroke. The movie The King's Speech also demonstrates the intervention of Speech Pathology and it's benefits.

I enjoy Thailand. I would like to give more. And yet the Thai government has it's Thai ways. It's unfortunate that Thailand does not recognize that there are exceptions.聽

In the mean time thank you villagefarang for the clarification of your statement.

I don鈥檛 know where they get their degrees but Bumrungrad Hospital has speech therapy listed on their website and I am guessing their is a lot more out there but it is geared toward Thais not foreigners.聽 There is some stuff on You Tube as well.聽 Try contacting some Thai speech pathologists and see if they can鈥檛 help you get more involved.

If all your background is English language based, and you are not a fluent Thai speaker, I am not sure how you could help with Thai speech problems.聽 I am not sure how much time you have spent looking but there is usually a lot more going on in Thailand than most foreigners are aware of.聽 The english speaking segment of Thai society and their internet is relatively small.

I presently have a volunteer visa with a work permit. I've contacted a resourceful person in Chiang Mai. We are working on some sites that I could provide some assistance. One might be out of my league, physically handicapped Thai children, but I told him that I can do some observations and maybe provide a different viewpoint, not specifically intervention.

Thank you for your input. I will follow thru with your recommendations. From what I understand there are Speech Pathologist in Thailand. From my travails I have found three in Chiang Mai. None are Thai and I don't think that there are any Thai trained Speech Pathologists. Even so there is this thing called - The Road Less Traveled.

Thank you.

Cant help ya much but one of my doctors is a German and sees his patience at the hospital....

As you say Mitch, you can't help me much. For me it's a work in progress.