Actually, I was going to provide you with a link but I found a better one which half answers my question...so I'm going to modify my original question a bit

Everywhere I've read has said something like:

"The permit may be granted to a foreigner who is employed in Thailand and;

-The company (employer) must have a fully paid-up registered capital of 2 million Baht to hire one foreigner, plus one person for every additional 2 million Baht (to a maximum of 10 people).

If the registered capital of the company is less than 2 million the company can hire one foreigner if its total corporate income tax payment had been at least 5 million Baht for the past three years. The company can hire one foreigner for every 5 million Baht paid in tax.

-The employer has engaged in export which has brought into Thailand revenue of 3 million Baht in the previous fiscal year.

-The employer can hire one foreigner for every additional 3 million Baht up to a maximum of 3 people.

-The employer has at least 50 Thai employees per foreign employee up to a maximum of 5 foreign employees."

But actually on this particular site it said some exceptions can be granted in the case of nonprofits and a few other cases....guess I spoke too soon!

yikes

@Lo***

that's a lot of extra fees! i havent been back to Thailand for ages so I'm not sure...I'll be there next month so will see what happens. Thanks for the warning though - I will maybe not put as much stock in those cards if they charge so much every time you use at an ATM!

@Jeremy *******

i actually already use those when im in Thailand, perfect XD

@Sean *********

noted!

@Sean *********

okay thank you, that's super helpful! i have been thinking of doing the basic elite visa but wouldn't want to get in trouble if every once in a while i pick up a contract from Canada because I help charities write grants on the side from time to time :)

@Jeremy *******

thanks :)

@Sean *********

if you can't work in thailand, but you work remotely in another country (ie. i do some contract work for companies overseas just on my computer) is that allowed with the elite visa?