and you're right, I don't know much about the subject which is why I'm here asking questions. I thought that was the purpose of this group

@Patrick ***********

i suggest learning some manners and brushing up on your English. I am trying to ensure that I do NOT do anything illegal. I want to understand the rules so I don't unintentionally break them and have problems... I moved here 18 months ago and have DJ'd 0 times because I haven't found a viable way to do so legally (i don't think one exists with an Ed visa anyway)

the DJing stuff is just a tangent anyway, my main concern is how to stay in the country so I can continue my Thai classes, get back the 3 months of classes i never got because of covid, live in the property I bought here, continue feeding my cat, have a little more time to decide if my gf is the woman I want to start a family with... without having to apply from abroad (which is so expensive that i would guess 95% of foreign students will have to go home when their current visa is up, instead of continue their studies. Even if someone can afford it, its 14 days in quarantine twice, just to get out and back in, serious mental health risk. If I hadn't bought property here I'd be off) ... Elite visa is not cheap but if it means no expensive quarantine for 5 years it's actually not that bad, if I am still allowed to continue my studies and invest in a startup (which would likely employ at least 4 Thais anyway but probably wouldn't have the capital to pay myself a salary of almost 5x the average local wage on top of that).

@Patrick ***********

it was half a million last time i checked (went up?) and lasts 5 years. It's hard enough to come up with that money upfront, let alone then paying 4 monthly salaries +50k to myself, just to be able to DJ recreationally 😂

@Michael *******

thanks

@Oliver *******

ok thanks. No work permit and not DJing as a result. Just curious if there was a way to do it occasionally and legally on an elite, volunteer or education visa while also having 49% stake in the establishment I'm doing it at, without being deemed to be working (unpaid) illegally. Sounds like no, barring employing 4 Thais to carry my equipment and paying myself 50k 😅

@Michael *******

any idea of timeline they were proposing to start making that possible? Got a little over a month left to find a way to stay here without leaving and applying for a new visa abroad, which sounds like a logistical, financial and mental health nightmare at the moment... got 3 free months of Thai classes to cash in and seems they've made it impossible for me to do so without almost a month of aggregate quarantine time... or changing my Ed visa to something else.

@Garrett **********

thanks

would love to get back on the decks a few times a month just for the enjoyment and social side of it, but scared about falling foul of labour laws and being ejected into the half of the world that is letting covid run rampant 😅 no longer about the elite visa specifically but basically is there a way to be very part-time freelance legally here or is it a case of full time hours or no work permit? Sorry if this should be a separate post...

@Oliver *******

thanks. I assume investing 49% equity in a business and then DJing for free just to improve the revenue one gets a cut of would constitute working, or would it be a loophole of sorts?