The law grants exemptions from the Work Permit requirement to persons occupying the following professions:
• Members of the diplomatic corps or consular missions
• Representatives of member countries and officials of the United Nations and its specialized agencies
• Personal servants coming from abroad to work exclusively for persons listed under the above items
• 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 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 government of Thailand to enter and perform any duty or mission in the Kingdom