rooster59 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Nearly a million migrant workers yet to register as deadline draws near By Pratch Rujivanarom The Nation A large crowd of migrant workers queue for several hours to register for work permits at the OSS centre at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok yesterday, as the March 31 deadline for registration fast approaches. MORE THAN 950,000 migrant workers have yet to register with the Labour Ministry, with only one week left in the deadline to legally apply for a work permit. Labour Minister Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo yesterday announced that in order to prepare for the large number of migrant workers who are expected to show up in the final week of the registration deadline at the end of the month, three steps are being taken to cope with the challenge. The three measures are: reducing the registration process; extending the opening hours of the One Stop Service (OSS) centres; and adding more registration channels. A large crowd of migrant workers and their employers were seen queuing up at the OSS centre at the Labour Ministry yesterday to register their personal records and work permits. Many people said that they had to wait for more than six hours before the registration process began. Adul said that currently there were around 1.7 million migrant workers who were required to register their personal records and be issued a work permit. However, as of yesterday, only 727,902 workers had gone through the process. This has caused concern that the registration of 959,571 other migrant workers may not be completed in the eight days remaining before the deadline. The Labour Ministry started registration of migrant workers on February 5 and expected it to be completed by March 31. The procedure was aimed at letting migrant workers, who did not come to work in Thailand through a memorandum of understanding, to legally register their work permit in Thailand and get a working visa for two years. Adul said that the delay had occurred because many employers were too lax in bringing their employees to register during the initial days of the registration period and now they were rushing to beat the deadline. “We acknowledge that there are nearly 1 million migrant workers who have still not registered their personal records and work permit while the deadline for the registration is approaching. So, the ministry has come out with three urgent measures to ensure they can register in time,” he said. He said that the first measure was to reduce the registration process by allowing migrant workers who already had a passport or Certificate of Identity (CI) to only report to the OSS centre to renew their visa and then they can finish the registration after March 31. The second measure was to extend the operating hours of four OSS centres at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok, Chiang Rai, Ratchaburi, and Ranong to 24 hours starting from yesterday. The third measure would allow the migrant workers to report to 86 local Employment Offices, in addition to 80 OSS centres around the country. The migrant workers can also register online at https://www.doe.go.th. “I would like to ask the migrant workers who have not completed their registration to take this opportunity before the deadline, because we will not extend the registration period,” Adul said. “Those who fail to register their permit and renew their working visa will have to leave the country, because their visa will expire and they will be charged with illegal stay in Thailand and could be fined up to Bt50,000.” According to the government, this was the last chance for migrant workers who had previously worked illegally in the Kingdom to convert their status to legal migrant workers before the new Working of Alien Act comes into force at the end of June. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30341607 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-03-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, rooster59 said: Labour Minister Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo yesterday announced that in order to prepare for the large number of migrant workers who are expected to show up in the final week of the registration deadline at the end of the month, three steps are being taken to cope with the challenge. this is thailand, step number 4 , extend the deadline 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Look at those poor people... And we are complaining about our visits to immigration.... Edited March 24, 2018 by JOC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kannot Posted March 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) A total balls up by all concerned, way too complicated I no longer employ any migrant workers due to the OVER THE TOP penalties and imbecilic rules/ paperwork ,thumb print, iris scan, 40000000000 passport copies etc etc TOTAL CRAP. Centres all WAY to far apart, congratulations you cretins "another" fine job Edited March 24, 2018 by kannot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) HA HA HA HA HA charged 50,000 baht more BS, most havent got enough money for the next few days so bloody good luck trying that one, not only have you shot both feet off youve taken both legs with it!! Edited March 24, 2018 by kannot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 3 hours ago, rooster59 said: Labour Minister Pol General Adul Sangsingkeo Needs taking outside and shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 11 minutes ago, JOC said: Look at those poor people... And we are complaining about our visits to immigration.... These days Hua hin immigration is almost deserted so I'm not complaining ...............which is rare for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Loh Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Big big payday for the agents who have good ties with the immigration officers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) This has been a total stuff-up since day one. PM Prayut has already sacked one minister responsible and now has the current one in his sights. They have caused him great embarrassment. He seems to forget it was he and his cronies that made the law in the first place and them imposed impossible deadlines. The administration of this military government constantly demonstrate they work by the methodology of Murphy's 50-50-90 rule. Even if there is a 50-50 chance of them getting something right, there is 90% probability they will get it wrong. Edited March 24, 2018 by Cadbury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anak Nakal Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Bad policy. Bad action. Bad bad bad Thailand need election now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieqw Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 to legally register their work permit in Thailand and get a working visa for two years. so you can get a work permit but it is not legal. i said hey Whats going on ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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