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Thai Work Permits: Job Description Issues

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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing Thai Work Permits and we are specifically discussing this in the context of job description. 

Why is this important? Well in the past, there was a really kind of narrow view or narrow interpretation of job descriptions associated with Thai Work Permits. So, you had to operate within the narrow boundaries of what was considered that job description. There was an Emergency Decree regarding migrant labour published or promulgated in March of 2018 that really kind of blew the lid off of this. So in the past, you had to be really careful about your job description and with the promulgation of that Decree they sort of said "yeah, we are not so concerned about that. We want to make sure you get a Permit but as long as you are working within the bailiwick of what is in your Work Permit as your job description, we are not going to make a big deal out of it. We are not going to make a big issue." Short of, as we have discussed in other videos, specifically restricted occupations and there are a number of them in Thailand, in fact 40 in all. Some of them are things that foreigners probably would never want to engage in; things like Thai agricultural work and things of this nature. Then there are other things like for example Legal Services, secretarial services, certain types of accounting services and things that yeah, it may be something foreign nationals would want to do but they are prohibited under the restricted  occupations. 

So that is something to keep in mind. It is notwithstanding the fact you may not need to necessarily be within a completely, this narrow interpretation of one's job description, you need to be really cognizant of the fact that there are legal restrictions to certain occupations here in Thailand. If you are looking to come work in Thailand, that is something you should definitely be looking at because the restricted occupations, if you fall into that you can find yourself in a real problem.