Expat Work As A Hairdresser In Thailand

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Hi!

I have heard that there are some expats working in Thailand doing hair. Mostly in BKK they say.

Is it somehow possible to work as a hairdresser in Thailand legaly as an expat? My swedish fiance would like to do that and her customers would be only expats. We are open to all suggestions, we can buy a company, we can ask a thai person to hire her, she could teach thai persons to cut etc.

Thanks!

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Unfortunately, foreigners are specifically prohibited from working in Thailand as hairdressers or beauticians. Thai law provides in the List Annexed to the Royal Decree Naming Occupations and Professions Prohibited to Foreigners, B.E. 2522 (1979):

The Alien Business Law (N.E.C. Announcement 281). Business activities falling in categories A & B are generally closed to foreigners...

Category A:

1.Agriculture: rice farming; salt farming. Commercial Business: Internal trade in local agriculture products, Land trade. Service business: Accounting, farming animals, architecture, advertising, brokerage, auctioning, Barber, hair dressing & beautician. Building industry.

Foreigners are not restricted from owning beauty salons/spas or from managing them but they could not perform the duties of hairdresser/beauticians. Foreigners could advise their clients on cuts and treatments that are popular in New York, Paris and Stockholm but they will be restricted to the performing the tasks designated in their Work Permit. That said, if there are expats working for someone in Thailand as a hairdresser/beautician then they are probably doing so illegally and subject to jail, fines, deportation and blacklisting if they are caught. We have helped several clients purchase spas and salons in and around Bangkok and then get their Thai company started. Please feel free to call us to discuss.

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