Can I work remotely in Thailand as the spouse of a DTV holder?

@Jay ****

You can read everything in Thai law, nowhere is mentioned that remote work or work for non-Thai companies is not seen as work for this law.

Also no explicit exceptions are mentioned, so you can even argue about the situation with DTV workcation.

Nowhere is explicitly mentioned you are allowed to work in Labour Act., but the fact that for the visa an official royal approved requirement for a remote job is published, can be seen as an implicit exception on Labour Act.

All of this is highly theoretical, because since many years nobody in Thailand has any problems with remote jobs, as long as you not get involved with Thai companies and customers.

@Luit ****************

I thought Thai labour law only states that a foreigner cannot work for Thai companies or have Thai customers. Sorry, I just do not have official information on the specifics regarding spouse dependent DTV which is why I'm asking.

May I ask, did you get your information from an official Thai source?

@Jay ****

Yes, because there is absolutely nothing in a DTV dependant that makes an exception on Thai Labour law.

That said, remote work will normally be tolerated, so as long as you keep low profile, you will have a very low risk of problems.

When you apply for DTV workcation an official requirement is tjhat you have a remote job, and that can be seen as an exception on Labour law which prohibits foreigners to work without work permit.

@Luit ****************

are you sure that your statement, "officially you are not allowed to do remote work without the correct visa for it", applies to someone applying for the DTV spouse dependent?

Anonieme deelnemer 907 There are no income requirements, but they might ask how you plan to support yourself.

At that moment OP can explain that next to the income can be sponsored by spouse.