Is It Okay To Do Volunteer Work?

[buripuk]

I've been roped into giving some English lessons to a group of medical workers.

Is this classed as illegal even though I'm not getting paid for it as I have a tourist visa?

[oldtimer]

I've been roped into giving some English lessons to a group of medical workers.

Is this classed as illegal even though I'm not getting paid for it as I have a tourist visa?

Yeap. It is illegal. You should go down to the police station asap and confess, or just continue teaching with the knowledge that your chance of being caught is very small, and should you be that unlucky to be caught, it is likely that you can pull the monopoly trick and 'buy yourself out of trouble' without even having to wait out three turns!

[PeaceBlondie]

There are two very lengthy threads running on ThaiVisa now, on that subject. One is in the general forum and the other is in the Chiang Mai forum. The law says it is illegal even if you are on an O or B visa, without a work permit for that specific (unpaid) work. But lots of people break lots of Thai laws. If you want to do the time, do the crime.