I have an English teacher friend who wants to make some extra spending money by cleaning houses for people.

 

I am guessing this is not legal to do, but that is only my guess. Please let me know what is what in this regard.

 

 

It is against both the letter and the spirit of the labor laws. There are plenty of Thais who are capable of cleaning houses. If he is doing this quietly for people he knows, he will likely pass under the radar, but to get a work permit covering him  is impossible.

a work permit is only valid for 1 particular job at 1 employer. you will never get 1 for a cleaning job

Work permits are issued to foreigners where there is no suitable Thai person available to do the job. That's not the case for cleaning. 

 

In addition, there are prohibited occupations that foreigners are never allowed to do. The very first item on the prohibited list is Manual Work/Manual Labour.

 

So doing a manual cleaning job is definitely not allowed, and never will be allowed.

not only not allowed but who wants to work for 400thb per day?

Ok. 

Thanks folks, that is what I thought!

 

 

Off topic nonsensical posts have been removed.

this topic of 39 occupations prohibited for farangs has been posted on thai visa thousands of times ,does anybody ever pay attention?

1 hour ago, diehard71 said:

this topic of 39 occupations prohibited for farangs has been posted on thai visa thousands of times ,does anybody ever pay attention?

 

I often think the same thing but in his defense the search function is totally worthless since the "upgrade".  I hope TV is on this because the usual redundancy is becoming overwhelming.

5 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

a work permit is only valid for 1 particular job at 1 employer. you will never get 1 for a cleaning job

You can certainly add a second employer to your w.p.

Not for the area of work that o.p has asked about of course.

12 hours ago, UKClegal said:

You can certainly add a second employer to your w.p.

Not for the area of work that o.p has asked about of course.

need permission of employer 1 though

On 23/11/2016 at 4:38 PM, diehard71 said:

this topic of 39 occupations prohibited for farangs has been posted on thai visa thousands of times ,does anybody ever pay attention?

 

The Ministry of Labour does if you try to apply for a work permit in one if those categories 

On 11/23/2016 at 4:38 PM, diehard71 said:

this topic of 39 occupations prohibited for farangs has been posted on thai visa thousands of times ,does anybody ever pay attention?

 

In fairness, there are some people who have better things to do with their lives than read every thread ever posted on ThaiVisa. Those who are interested in the Thai labor laws, and good at finding stuff online, will easily have found that list of restricted occupations. However, we should be tolerant of those who spend the majority of their time enjoying nature, interacting with carbon-based life forms, and the like.