The Ministry of Labour’s Inspector-General and spokesperson Mr. Ananchai Uthaipatanacheep revealed that Labour Minister General Sirichai Distakul had chaired the meeting for the special report centers on foreign worker management, which took place today (24 July 2017) at the Executive Operation Room. The Labour Minister said, “From today to 7 August 2017, the Ministry of Labour will be open for applications for existing migrant workers, but not for new employees or additional quota. Then from 8 August to 9 September 2017, the investigation process will take place to verify employee-employer relations. From there, certificates of identity (CI) will be issued for citizenship verification before the final step, which will be the One Stop Service center to obtain a visa, medical examination and work permit. The centers are prepared to facilitate users and prevent any potential corrupt activities for the next 180 days. The Ministry of Labour has assessed the centers’ capacity and determined that each center can facilitate 1,500 daily, totaling 151,500 people per day across the 101 centers.”
Permanent Secretary of Labour M.L. Puntrik Smiti added, “The processes of investigating employee-employer relationships will require thorough inspection of documents, especially juristic persons which will need to go through the Department of Employment’s process. I am confident that the Ministry of Labour will be able to verify employee-employee relations on time and. I urge all employers with household workers, waiters, construction workers and shopkeepers to report their migrant workers at the center – this is a good opportunity to enter transfer into the system legally without passing agents. Employers can apply in person, which will only take 3 minutes to process. Most importantly, not fees will apply until the visa, medical examination and work permit issuance process.”
Information as of 10.00 today, showed a total of 568 employers with 1,448 workers who registered themselves at the 11 centers in Bangkok.
Permanent Secretary of Labour M.L. Puntrik Smiti added, “The processes of investigating employee-employer relationships will require thorough inspection of documents, especially juristic persons which will need to go through the Department of Employment’s process. I am confident that the Ministry of Labour will be able to verify employee-employee relations on time and. I urge all employers with household workers, waiters, construction workers and shopkeepers to report their migrant workers at the center – this is a good opportunity to enter transfer into the system legally without passing agents. Employers can apply in person, which will only take 3 minutes to process. Most importantly, not fees will apply until the visa, medical examination and work permit issuance process.”
Information as of 10.00 today, showed a total of 568 employers with 1,448 workers who registered themselves at the 11 centers in Bangkok.
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