Volunteer Visa?

[jessalynn]

My cousin and I, both from Canada, will be travelling in Thailand for a bit less than 60 days in June and July of this year. For the first few weeks, we will each be volunteering at different places. She'll be with a registered charity, but I won't be (I'm just helping out on someone's farm). What will the visa requirements be for each of us? Where do we get them from? Thanks

[Mario2008]

You yourself are not allowed to work, which includes volunteering without a work permit, which i doubt you will get for volunteering to do work on a farm. Either you don't volunteer and go on a tourist visa of 60 days or you work illegally.

She needs a letter from the charity, confirming she will volunteer for them and can get a non-O visa based on that, good for an entry of 90 days. She wil also need a work permit from the labour office before she is allowed to volunteer.

[CharlieH]

Under Thai Law foreigners are prohibited to engage in Manual work and Agriculture.

(Alien Occupational Control Division, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.)