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The basic answer to this is if you can figure a visa method to stay in Thailand independent of your discreet work activities, you will most likely be OK doing the work, but it won't technically be legal. If the total length of your stay is only going to six months, it would be an absurd amount of overhead to get legal on the work front. There are laws and then there are practical realities. I am afraid the practical reality is you ARE going to have to do something illegal to pull off what you propose.

That bad huh? Guess I need to do some thinking.

Wow, fastest replies that I can type. Thanks for the info. As I said I'm not going to be doing anything illegal, I prefer not to be looking over my shoulder whether at home or abroad.

This has got me thinking further though - one of my training partners is coming over with me and gets a fair bit of income from advertising on websites. All this is already set up so he won't be doing any work, just receiving income. He figured since he won't actually be working he could just have a tourist visa but in the eyes of the Thai authorities is this work?

That's a complicated question. There are visa issues and work permit issues. If you choose to conceal that you are working in Thailand from the authorities, what visa type do you propose using to live here? In other words, you really need to provide more details about your specific situation to get the best advice.

I'm probably going to be in Thailand all up for about 6 months for martial arts training. I'll have enough money to cover this period but I also want to be keeping my work going. I'm not so sure about what type of visa to get to live there, that's what I'm trying to figure out. I not going to do anything illegal I'm just not sure about what constitutes working in Thailand. My employers will be paying me from Australia so if the money is not coming from within Thailand does that mean I'm officially/legally working there?

I haven't really planned much more than that at the moment as the trip is in about 8 months. I'm just trying to find out info on what I need to do.

My employers are in Australia and my work is all going to be done for them via emails. Does anyone know if this will require a working visa for Thailand? My hunch is that I won't but I don't want to go on just a hunch.