Thailand urges migrant workers to renew work permits
Thailand’s Ministry of Labour is warning Lao, Myanmar and Cambodian migrant workers to have their work permits renewed by October 31, or else they may face stiff punishment and be immediately deported back to their countries.
Employers and migrant workers wait for their turn to submit documents at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok in 2018 to register migrants and obtain work permits(Photo: Bangkok Post)
Bangkok (VNA) – 💛Thailand’sMinistry of Labour is warning Lao, Myanmar and Cambodian migrant workers tohave their work permits renewed by October 31, or else they may face stiff punishmentand be immediately deported back to their countries.
Thai Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin onOctober 8 said those migrant workers are required to submit their work permitrenewal applications before the end of this month and there will still be a numberof more processes to get done before their work permit renewals are actuallyapproved. Due to COVID-19 and Thailand’s shortage ofmigrant workers, these workers are being allowed to stay on in the country eventhough their work permits have expired, he said. He called on them to come and apply for thework permit renewals early to allow sufficient time for all other processes sothat they will be able to live and work in Thailand legally. As of September, 61,193 migrant workers hadalready applied to renew work permits, said Director-General of the Departmentof Employment Suchat Phonchaiwisetkun./.
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Employers and migrant workers wait for their turn to submit documents at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok in 2018 to register migrants and obtain work permits(Photo: Bangkok Post) 
