Thailand
Work Permit
 Obtaining
a Thai Work Permit.
Our legal team can quickly process your Work Permit documents.
Whether you own your own business or are acquiring a work
permit from your employer, Sunbelt can help guide you through
the legal maze of Thailand 's Immigration and Labour Systems.
WORK
PERMIT FEES
Item |
Description |
Fee |
Work
Permit |
Work
Permit, Initial Application
|
6,500 |
Work
Permit Extension |
Work
Permit extension
|
1,600 |
Work
Permit Renewal |
Renewal
of work permit
|
3,900 |
Cancel
Work Permit |
Cancellation
of Work Permit
|
1,600 |
Plus Government
Fees:
Government
Work Permit Fee |
850 |
Required
Documentation
The following documents must be attached to a
Work Permit application:
|
- Required Documentation from the individual
The following documents must be attached to a Work Permit application:
• For non-permanent residents: A valid passport containing a Non-Immigrant visa.
• CV or Resume showing application’s educational qualifications and describing in detail the applicant’s past position, duties, performance, and place and length of employment.
• A recent medical certificate from a first-class licensed physician in Thailand stating that the applicant is not of unsound mind and not suffering from leprosy, acute tuberculosis, elephantiasis, narcotic addition or habitual alcoholism.
• Three 5x6 cm. full-faced, bareheaded, black and white or color photographs, taken no more than six months prior to the filing of the application.
• If the job applied for is subject to a license under a particular law, in addition to the Alien Occupation Law, a photocopy of such license, (e.g. teacher’s license, physician’s license, press card from the Public Relations Department, certificate of missionary status from the Office of Religious Affairs, etc.) shall be attached.
• If the applicant is married to a Thai national, the original and photocopies of the following must be presented:
Marriage certificate, spouse’s identity card, birth certificates of children, household registration, as well as photocopy of every page of the applicant’s passport.
Documents to be supplied by the employer
(They must bear the seal of the firm and signature of the person authorized to authenticate same.)
• Certificate issued by the Commercial Registration Department showing that the organization for which the applicant is going to work, has been duly registered as a juristic person, giving the name of the managing partner and/or director, and its objectives and capital.
• A Copy of the list of shareholders of the applicant’s prospective company, certified as correct by the Commercial Registration Department.
• If the company maintains a factory, a factory license and/or license to operate a factory, renewed by the Factory Department, Ministry of Industry.
• Copy of VAT Certificate (Phor.Phor.20)/application for VAT registration (Phor.Phor. 01)
Required Document for renewal of Work Permit after one year
• Withholding Tax Por Ngor Dor 1 (for the previous 3 months).
|
Procedures
Any
alien working in Thailand must obtain a Work Permit before
beginning work.While a prospective employer may file an
application on the alien's behalf in advance of his commencing
work, the actual Work Permit will not be issued until the
alien has entered Thailand in accordance with the immigration
laws and has presented himself to receive his Work Permit.
The Permit initially will be valid only for the period of the alien's Non-Immigrant
visa permits him to remain in Thailand under the Immigration law. The Work
Permit will be subject to renewal in accordance with the renewed or extended
visa. For aliens who are holders of a Thai Certificate of Residence, the Work
Permit can be renewed annually. The Labor Department, subject to subsequent
renewal, will in principle grant an initial duration of one year for the Work
Permit. A Work Permit must be renewed before its expiry date or it will automatically
lapse.
Applicants for Work Permits may not enter the
Kingdom as tourists or transients.
Exemptions
Exemptions from the Work Permit requirement are granted
to persons occupying the following professions:
- Members of the diplomatic corps
- Members of consular missions
- Representatives of member countries and officials
of the United Nations and its specialized agencies
- Personal servants coming from abroad to work
exclusively for persons listed under the above
items
- Persons who perform duties on missions in the
Kingdom under an agreement between the government
of Thailand and a foreign government or international
organization
- Persons who enter the Kingdom for the performance
of any duty or mission for the benefit of education,
culture, arts, or sports
- Persons who are specially permitted by the
Government of Thailand to enter and perform any
duty or mission in the Kingdom.
Special
Cases
While most aliens must apply for a Work Permit,
and may not begin work until the Permit is issued, the
Alien Employment Act does provide special treatment in
the following circumstances:
Urgent and Essential Work
Exemption from Work Permit requirements is granted to aliens who enter the Kingdom
temporarily, but in accordance with the immigration law, to perform any work
of any "urgent and essential nature" for a period not exceeding 15 days. However,
such aliens may engage in work only after a written notification on a prescribed
form, signed by the alien and endorsed by his employer, has been submitted to
and accepted by the Director-General or his designee.
Aliens entitled to this treatment may enter Thailand with any kind of visa, including
a transit visa. The term "urgent and essential work" is not explicitly defined
and consequently, the issuance of this sort of exemption is a matter of administrative
discretion.
Investment Promotion
An alien seeking permission to work in the Kingdom under the Investment Promotion
Law must submit his application for a Work Permit within 30 days of notification
by the Board of Investment that his position has been approved. An alien in this
category may engage in authorized work while the application is being processed.
Permitted
Activities
Thai law prohibits
employers from allowing aliens to perform any function
other than that described in the alien's Work Permit.
Employers must report changes in employment, transfers
and termination of all aliens in their organization within
15 days of any such action. In cases of dismissal, aliens
must return their Work Permit to labor authorities in
Bangkok at the Alien Occupation division or, if they
are in a provincial area, to the province's Department
of Employment. Failure to do so will result in a fine
of up to 1,000 baht.
Any alien who engages in work without a Work Permit,
or in violation of the conditions of his work as stipulated
in his Permit, may be punished by a term of imprisonment
not exceeding three months or a fine of up to 5,000
baht, or both. Aliens engaged in work prohibited to
them by Royal Decree (as listed in the " Restricted
Occupations ") shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
five years or to a fine ranging from 2,000 to 100,000 baht, or both.
An employer who permits an alien to work in his organization without a Work
Permit or to act in violation of the nature of the work specified in the
Permit may be punished with imprisonment not exceeding three years or fined
up to 60,000 baht or both.
Permit holders must obtain prior permission to change their occupation and/or
place of work. Change of employer location or the residential address of
the permit holder must be properly endorsed in the Work Permit by the labor
authorities. The Alien Employment Act does not prevent an alien from engaging
in work in more than one field or for more than one employer. |
