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Need Advice About Work Restrictions.

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I am married to a Thai lady, she tells me that because I am married to a Thai and have a marriage visa I do not need a work permit. Can someone in the know please clarify for me. I have been asked to give English instruction for two hours twice a week, and I do not want to break the law. Advice from knowledgeable sources welcomed.

You need a Work Permit.

Being married to a Thai woman makes absolutely no difference - you still need a Work Permit.

Patrick

Being married to a Thai woman makes absolutely no difference - you still need a Work Permit.

Patrick

Any form of work, paid or unpaid, physical, mental or just giving instruction or advice requires a work permit, even volunteers need a work permit in Thailand.

 

You need a Work Permit.

Yep...being married gives you no more rights than any other soi-dog farang...other than the legal duty (not right) to support her :annoyed:

Edited by FarangBuddha

  • 6 months later...
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You need a Work Permit.

Yep...being married gives you no more rights than any other soi-dog farang...other than the legal duty (not right) to support her :annoyed:

Thank you all, I need to show my wife this, she insists that i don't even though the law is clear from what I have seen.

I love these Thai woman who think they know everything, a friends wife had him jumping thru the hoop on a visa. Some friend had told her he needed both 400,000 in bank and 40,000 income, when I politely informed her that friend was wrong she got a bit flustered. They uaually get info from a friend of a friend who has a friend working in immigration.

As stated above you need a work permit.

Edited by moe666

Thank you all, I need to show my wife this, she insists that i don't even though the law is clear from what I have seen.

Do you want your wife to save face? You could show her this English translation of the Alien Working Act 2551 and tell her that it may be a bad or incomplete translation and suggest that she should search for the original Thai text on the Internet to find the clause about a foreigner married to a Thai not needing a work permit. Unfortunately, I do not have the Thai orignal; spent half a day looking for it in vain. Difficult, if one doesn't read Thai.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

 

Yes, this is it. Thank you, Mario.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place

 

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