Thread: Legal - illegal list of jobs

List of Restricted Occupations
A Royal Decree in 1973 listed 39 occupations and professions that were then prohibited to aliens. This list has been amended on several occasions by subsequent Royal Decrees, the latest one in 1979.

Labour
Work in agriculture, animal breeding, forestry, fishery or general farm supervision
Masonry, carpentry, or other construction work
Wood carving
Driving motor vehicles or non-motorized carriers, except for piloting international aircraft
Shop attendant
Auctioneering
Supervising, auditing or giving services in accounting, except occasional international auditing
Gem cutting and polishing
Hair cutting, hair dressing and beautician work
Hand weaving
Mat weaving or making of wares from reed, rattan, kenaf, straw or bamboo pulp
Manufacture of manual fibrous paper
Manufacture of lacquerware
Thai musical instrument production
Manufacture of nielloware
Goldsmith, silversmith and other precious metal work

Manufacture of bronzeware
Thai doll making
Manufacture of mattresses and padded blankets
Alms bowl making
Manual silk product making
Buddha image making
Manufacture of knives
Paper and cloth umbrella fabrication
Shoemaking
Hat making
Brokerage or agency work, except in international business
Dressmaking
Pottery or ceramics
Manual cigarette rolling
Legal or litigation service
Clerical or secretarial work
Manual silk reeling and weaving
Thai character type-setting
Hawking business
Tourist guide or tour organizing agency
Architectural work
Civil engineering work

I just found this on thailand info.com

It is probably been revised since, i know quite a few people working in some of those different activities, and it looks like they do not have any special problem...

Originally Posted by forreachingme

Manual cigarette rolling

Guess I have to go back to pumping gas.

What is a manual cigarette?

Hand weaving



not allowed !

Public knowledge - why post it?

came across it and just posted it ! no hidden agenda ...

by the way what is hawking business ?

hunting with hawks ?

Originally Posted by forreachingme

Brokerage or agency work, except in international business

All those farang real estate agencies...

Hawking -

No mention of shagging!

Supervising, auditing or giving services in accounting, except occasional international auditing

Death sentences handed down in Michael Wansely murder case

The murder of Michael Wansely occurred in 2005. The guilty verdict was handed down in 2006 and has been getting a lot of press. In another murder farang case, a verdict of murder was handed down in the Michael Wansely case.

He was 58 years old at the time of his death he was on his way to audit the sugar mill. He found $150 Million fraud. Testimony heard by the court said, the hit man was paid $1000 to kill Wansley. It was big news at the time and a shocking case of a contract hit put out by business interest. This happened shortly after the economic meltdown in Thailand. The trial dragged on for years. The theory was Wansely was murdered because he had uncovered that the sugar mill owners had cooked the books. Two of the accused were sentenced to death. A third was sentenced to life imprisonment. The actual hitman is still on the loose. And the sugar mill owner was acquitted for insufficient evidence.


http://www.cgmoore.com/blog/2006September.asp

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Public knowledge - why post it?

Why respond?

^ agreed. i think it makes for interesting reading and discussion.

in fact most of the threads and posts on this forum could be considered public knowedge.

eg: CMN is GAY!

This list is found all over different forums covering Thailand...

Do they benefit more to open those jobs to foreigner willing to improve the job and technology around it, and in the same way hiring thai staff to make the production, ( witch later on can steal skills learned and compete against past boss...) or by closing the doors to this ??

Anyway, we foreigner work in most of those restricted jobs and are not really stopped or condemned to do it, it is still relax over here...

Originally Posted by forreachingme

Anyway, we foreigner work in most of those restricted jobs and are not really stopped or condemned to do it, it is still relax over here...

I'd keep that to yourself in future - why bring attention to youself when you don't need to?

You can find the list here:
Royal Decree

Some of them were modified, including the last one about law. If you check the THAI version of this same document on the same website, you will see that some of them have something in red beside. It means 'cancelled'. (numbers 1, 2 and 39)

http://61.47.15.7/workpermit/royaldecree.html

This list was also on our website at www.koratlawyers.com

Starting Monday, I will be working in Pattaya for Siam Legal (Siam Legal :Your Gateway to Thailand: Thai Visa, Thai Work Permit, Thailand Legal Services, USA Visa, UK Visa , Retirement Visa, One year Visa, Property contract, buying condo or land, Business in Thailand, Estate Services, work in thailand) but will still be in Korat on weekends.

^good luck mate.

Originally Posted by watterinja

What is a manual cigarette?

I don't know,
But Manual Labor is the president of Mexico.

The hitman did it for only one thousand dollars, for a one hundred and fifty million dollars job.

Must have been a local. I'd have wanted more than a grand.

And a suger mill. Such a sweet job.

Originally Posted by Sebastien

Starting Monday, I will be working in Pattaya for Siam Legal

As William said; good luck.

I hope you don't follow their normal ethical procedures as the guys in the Bangkok office are a pair of kunts.

Hawking

I will follow the ethical procedures that I must follow by law. We have an ethical code in Quebec, probably as all the other bar associations, and it's regulated and checked.

I just met 3 or 4 lawyers of Siam Legal in BKK and they were quite nice. Especially Kert, a British and Australian attorney, able to speak Thai, Chinese and English fluently!

I mostly work in real estate. We do title deeds check, review purchase contracts, usufructs, leases, superficies, adding visas and wills. A one-year contract for me. Pattaya is a little crazy but I will adapt! Thanks.