Update on “40 occupations reserved for Thai people” Don’t let anyone steal our jobs!
Reserved occupations for Thais refer to occupations that the law specifies that only Thais can engage in. Foreigners are not permitted to enter to operate businesses or work in these positions.
The latest designation of reserved occupations, according to Section 7, paragraph one of the Alien Employment Management Act B.E. 2560, amended to the Alien Employment Management Act (No. 2) B.E. 2561, specifies a total of 40 reserved occupations and conditions, divided into 4 lists as follows:
List 1: Work that foreigners are absolutely prohibited from doing, totaling 27 jobs, including:
1. Wood carving
2. Driving a motor vehicle, except for forklift driving
3. Auction work
4. Diamond/gemstone cutting
5. Haircutting/beauty work
6. Hand weaving
7. Mat weaving or making utensils from reeds, rattan, straw, bamboo, chicken feathers, fibers, etc.
8. Hand-made paper making
9. Lacquerware making
10. Thai musical instruments making
11. Niello ware making
12. Gold/silver/nacre ware making
13. Stone-lacquered ware making
14. Thai doll making
15. Making monk’s alms bowls
16. *Making silk by hand
17. Making Buddha statues
18. -Making paper/cloth umbrellas
19. Broker/Agent work
20. Thai massage work
21. Cigarette rolling
work 22. Tour guide work
23. Sales work
24. Letter sorting work
25. Silk twisting work
26. Secretary work
27. Legal services work
Account 2: Work that can only be done by foreigners from countries that have agreements with Thailand, or foreigners can work according to international agreements or in เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง cases where Thailand is bound by the provisions of the law, totaling 3 occupations:
1. Accounting profession
2. Engineering profession
3. Architecture profession
Account 3: Skilled or semi-skilled work that foreigners can do under conditions or that foreigners can only work in work that has an employer, totaling 8 jobs, namely:
1. Agriculture
2. Bricklayer/carpenter/building construction work
3. Mattress making
4. Knife making
5. Shoe making
6. Hat making
7. Costume making
8. Pottery making
List 4: Handicrafts that foreigners can do only for jobs that have employers and must enter Thailand according to an MOU , or jobs that foreigners are prohibited from doing with conditions. They can only do that work that has an employer and is permitted to enter the Kingdom according to immigration law under a memorandum of understanding or a memorandum of understanding that the Thai government has made with a foreign government (MOU), totaling 2 jobs:
1. Labor work
2. Sales work in front of the store
Penalties for violations
If foreign workers are found working without permission, they will be fined 5,000-50,000 baht and will be deported to their country of origin. Employers will be fined 10,000-100,000 baht for each foreign worker they hire. Repeat offenders will be fined 50,000-200,000 baht, imprisoned up to 1 year, and banned from hiring foreign workers for another 3 years.
If you find illegal employment of foreign workers, you can report or file a complaint at the Central Employment Registration and Jobseeker Protection Division, Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor Building, 4th floor, Tel. 02-354-1729, or at any provincial employment office, or at the Ministry of Labor hotline, Tel. 1506, press 2, Department of Employment, or the Department of Employment hotline, 1694.