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A few years ago, back in 2018, there were changes to the "Emergency Decree on Non-Thais’ Working Management." More particularly, Sections 70, 71 and 73 were repealed/replaced, and with the change, it was apparently possible to do work other than what is specified on your work permit. The Pattaya News even went so far as describing the change as (obviously, this is incorrect):
 

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As a consequence, any foreigner who has a work permit in Thailand may now, work anywhere, for anyone (including themselves), under any conditions, and do any type of work, that is not excluded by the Official List.

Source: https://thepattayanews.com/2018/07/29/thailand-changes-work-permits-with-a-work-permit-one-can-now-work-in-a-permitted-job-anywhere-at-any-time/

 

The English versions are translations of the official Thai documents, so mistranslation and misinterpretation are expected. Other sources have differing interpretations. 

Here is the English "Foreigners's Working Management Emergency Decree (No. 2)" from the Department of Employment (I'm having difficulty finding relevant information other than that Sections 70, 71 and 73 have been repealed).

 


Does anyone have an update about this part of the new Decree No. 2, regarding doing work other than the one mentioned on your work permit?

More precisely, if you are working for an employer and you do another small job not related to this employer, without making changes to your WP, is this now legal?

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Only legal if the other employer is named in your work permit. This change affected foreign workers from ASEAN, but did not affect foreigners from outside ASEAN.

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