What official list exists for jobs that non-Thais are prohibited from doing in Thailand?

Mar 8, 2021
4 years ago
James *****
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Guys, I’ve been speaking to a company who is keen to hire me but they said can not cause of local labour laws. Is there an official list of what roles non Thai can do or not do? This is not a teaching role.
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The conversation discusses the restrictions on employment for non-Thais in Thailand, particularly focusing on local labour laws that define which jobs are prohibited. Users provide various resources including links to external sites with lists of forbidden occupations for foreigners. There is mention of the possibility of circumventing some restrictions by being employed as a consultant or manager, depending on the role.
Greg ********
A lot of the time you can get around it by being a consultant or manager (Obviously not for something like Thai architecture) etc. What is the role?
James *****
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@Greg *******
retail operations
Greg ********
@James ****
They might have to hire you as a "Consultant" for that type of role.
Tod *********
This was put out by the Ministry of Labour and lists the prohibited trades in engrish (it was actually on their website for a day before they were ridiculed so bad they pulled it down)
Tod *********
they posted this right after I bought a pair of gold and silver otters too :(
James *****
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@Tod ********
half of them doesn’t make any sense. Is there an official version in Thai or English ?
Stan *******
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Stuart *********
Yes. Google is your friend on this one.
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as an example. No idea if this list is the official one but it looks legit.
Benjamin ******
Yes there is.

see

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James *****
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@Benjamin *****
this seems to be more current than the samui link below. If I read this correctly only 12 are only for Thai were as the others are preferred for Thai but foreigner can do?
Benjamin ******
@James ****
That's correct.
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