Work Permit Assistance

Employee provided documents:

1. Passport – copies of every page. Each copy must be signed by employee.
2. Non-Immigrant Visa
3. Departure Card TM.6
4. Education degree (signed copy) *
5. Transcript (signed copy) *
6. Certificates or licenses held by applicant (signed copy) *
7. CV or Resume – describe in detail the applicant’s past positions, duties, performance, length and place of employment.
8. Photos, three (3) in quantity which are 5 x 6 centimeters in size (not passport photos) with full face and taken wearing business attire (no hat and some jurisdictions require suit and tie). Must have been taken within six (6) months.
9. Marriage Certificate (if married to Thai National). This includes the original and signed photocopies. Also include wife’s Thai ID card, birth certificates of children, and household registration.

* Thai government officials may require these documents to be certified by your country’s embassy (this requires bringing your degree, resume, license, or certificate to your embassy to declare it is a true and original document. You are required to pay an authentication fee to your embassy. In addition, they can require you to translate these documents into the Thai language from your foreign language.

Employer provided documents:

1. Commercial Registration Department Certificate 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 Director and/or Director, and its objections and registered capital.*
2. Shareholders List certified by the Commercial Registration Department.*
3. Factory License (if required) issued by Factory Department, Ministry of Industry.*
4. VAT Certificate – Phor Phor 20*
5. Withholding Tax – Phor Ngor Dor 1 (if renewing work permit)*

* Thai government officials require that all documents must have the seal of the company stamped on every page and the true and authorized signature(s) of the Managing Director and/or Directors next to the seal. In addition, government officials have in the past requested official copies of registration, shareholder, licenses, and certificates to have been issued by their respective agencies within the past 90 days of your application for work permit.

Getting the Work Permit Approved

A job description is often the determining factor in the approval or denial of a work permit. Unless the written job description requires skills that a Thai is not likely to possess, the application will not be approved. Our licensed lawyers are skilled in writing professional and accurate job descriptions in order for you to gain quick approval. The Labor Department often seems to want to reduce the number of permits actually issued to help demonstrate that they are protecting Thai jobs. Therefore if your company applies for three permits, they may only approve one or possibly two. You need professional help in ensuring all of your applications will have a successful outcome.

Signing for Your New Work Permit

Your first and only appearance for the work permit will be at the Labor Department upon its approval. You must appear in person with your passport and sign the work permit book in the presence of the Labor Department staff. The Labor Department puts a stamp in the back of your passport at the time of receipt.

Restrictions on Your Work Permit

The work permit once approved allows you to work at the noted company and location. If you change employers or places of work, you must make a new application. Also if you resign or are terminated or laid off, according to the law, within 10 days of this, you must return your work permit to the Labor Department. Don’t count on your company doing it. It is your responsibility and you are liable to return it to the Labor Department.