Not all foreigners working in Thailand are required to obtain a work permit. Under Section 4 of Working of Alien Act B.E. 2551 (2008), exemptions from the work permit requirement are granted to foreign individuals performing certain duties and missions as follows:
- Members of consular missions
- Members of diplomatic corps
- Representatives of member countries and officials of the United Nations and its specialized agencies or institutions
- Personal servants coming from abroad to work exclusively for persons listed under items 1, 2 or 3
- Persons who perform duties on missions in the Kingdom under an agreement between the government of Thailand and a foreign government or international organization
- Persons who enter into the Kingdom for the performance of any duty or mission for the benefit of education, culture, arts or sports
- Persons who are specially permitted by the Thai Government to enter into and perform any duty or mission in the Kingdom.
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