{"id":5596,"date":"2026-08-19T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/?p=5596"},"modified":"2026-11-14T02:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:36:29","slug":"work-permits-for-foreign-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/?p=5596&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Work Permits for Foreign Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1-280x158.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/778869918_1715982309629108_4874204149054399194_n-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clubs registered as professional sports clubs with the TESF and the Sports Authority of Thailand may apply for work permits for foreign athletes. A work permit allows foreign nationals to work, run a business, or be employed in Thailand legally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details of the application process and required documents are available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/download\/Work_Permit.pdf\">Work Permit guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clubs that are not yet registered as professional sports clubs may apply for registration with the Sports Authority of Thailand through the association. The registration steps and the professional sports club application form (JorJor. 1) are available from the association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact the association through the page\u2019s inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clubs registered as professional sports clubs with the TESF and the Sports Authority of Thailand may apply for work permits for foreign athletes. A work permit allows foreign nationals to work, run a business, or be employed in Thailand legally. Details of the application process and required documents are available in the Work Permit guide. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671],"tags":[681,726,867],"class_list":["post-5596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-esports-en","tag-tesf-en","tag-work-permit-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5598,"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596\/revisions\/5598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesf.or.th\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}