Restricted Occupations for Foreigners in Thailand

1. Manual labor
2. Agriculture, livestock, forestry, or fishing (except specialized, skilled, or supervisory roles)
3. Bricklaying, carpentry, and other construction work
4. Wood carving
5. Driving vehicles or non-mechanized transport (except international airline pilots)
6. Retail sales (shopfront selling)
7. Auctioning
8. Accounting supervision, auditing, and services (except temporary internal audits)
9. Cutting and polishing diamonds or gemstones
10. Hairdressing, barbering, and beauty services
11. Hand-loom weaving
12. Making mats or handicrafts from reed, rattan, jute, straw, or bamboo pulp
13. Handmade paper
14. Lacquerware making
15. Thai musical instrument crafting
16. Nielloware crafting
17. Gold, silver, and gold-alloy crafting
18. Stone inlay work
19. Making Thai dolls
20. Making quilts and comforters
21. Making alms bowls
22. Handwoven silk product making
23. Buddha statue crafting
24. Knife making
25. Making umbrellas from paper or fabric
26. Shoe making
27. Hat making
28. Brokerage or agent services (except international trade brokers)
29. Civil engineering (design, calculation, system planning, research, project planning, testing, construction supervision, or consulting — except specialized engineering roles)
30. Architecture (design, drafting, cost estimation, construction supervision, or consulting)
31. Dressmaking
32. Pottery and ceramics crafting
33. Hand-rolling cigarettes
34. Tour guiding and tour operations
35. Hawking or street vending
36. Thai typesetting by hand
37. Silk reeling and twisting by hand
38. Clerical or secretarial work
39. Legal services or litigation services

**Note : Under a Cabinet resolution, foreign workers from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia are temporarily allowed to work
in two occupations only 1. Manual labor 2. Domestic work

*Source: Ministry of Labor, Thailand*