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Can you do Workaway volunteering in Thailand on a tourist visa?

Workaway tourist visa volunteering Thailand visa regulations work permit

Dec 22, 2022

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Hello! Does anybody know if you can do Workaway volunteering on a tourist visa?

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It is not legal to participate in Workaway volunteering on a tourist visa in Thailand. Any form of volunteering requires a volunteer visa and work permit, regardless of whether you are being paid. Enforcement of these regulations can be sporadic.

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Ryan ***********

Come on tourist visa for your gap year

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Stuart *********

Any form of volunteering needs a volunteer visa and work permit. Regardless that you’re not getting paid. Do they enforce this? Sporadically yes. Just like the helmet law.

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Ali ********

does the helmet law apply to riding bicycles too?

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Stuart *********

not to my knowledge. I don’t think there’s a law for bicycles yet, but happy to be corrected if so.

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Michael ********

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correct no law for cyclists to wear helmets

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Brandon ************

Not legally

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