The Thai Ministry of Labour has opened one stop service (OSS) centres across the country to process the documents of migrant workers (Source: thainews.prd.go.th)
Bangkok (NNT/VNA) - The Thai Ministry ofLabour has opened one stop service (OSS) centres across the country to processthe documents of migrant workers.
In Bangkok, OSS centers opened their doors at the Ministry ofLabour, Tang Hua Seng Department Store, Sirindhorn Hospital and Holland Park.
Currently, there are 158,011 migrant workers in Bangkok. Of this figure,120,692 have already had their nationalities verified while 37,319 others willnow follow suit.
Those that have already completed the nationality verification process andreceived a health checkup, now have until the end of May to obtain work permitsat the OSS centres.
Migrant workers whose nationalities and medical conditionhave not yet been checked, have until the end of June to go through allprocedures.
Each OSS centre can process up to 1,000 workers per day.Alien workers outside Bangkok are expected to meet the same deadline.
Meanwhile, Labour Minister Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew hasasked OSS centre officers to assist migrant workers throughout the process.-VNA
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The Thai Ministry of Labour has opened one stop service (OSS) centres across the country to process the documents of migrant workers (Source: thainews.prd.go.th) 
