We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No Refunds

Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by geomark on Saturday December 08, 2018 @03:21AM (#18634419)

There is definitely no nomad-friendly visa here in Thailand where I live. It's just pretty easy to fly under the radar because enforcement of laws of any kind is pretty lax. It gets expressed in things like how an immigration officer in one office will make a public statement that digital nomad work is fine, while at another office they raid a local coworking space looking for digital nomads.

To work legally in Thailand you need a work permit which you can only get on an eligible visa. A tourist visa or visa exempt stamp, which digital nomads enter on, is ineligible. And it requires an employer to sponsor it. Even volunteering requires a work permit.

As long as you keep it quiet and don't make enemies you can fly under the radar. But if someone rats you out or the police see an opportunity to make some easy money you will have a very bad time.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ghaff on Saturday December 08, 2018 @09:31AM (#18635382)

There's a pretty good argument that, if you're intending to fly under the radar, you should be hanging out at a beach with your laptop--not a co-working space that explicitly pitches itself for digital nomads.

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