Non-Work Permit penalties in Thailand

[couchpotato]

With a few threads recently on working without Work Permits, or not having the correct Visa to enable working, I am curious to know what are the penalties for being caught working without a Work Permit in Thailand. We never seem to hear much about that side of it.

Are people incarcerated, fined heavily, deported or any other penalties. (also what are the penalties for the Company that hires these individuals illegally).

First hand information, or knowledge of the penalties inflicted would be interesting to know.

Thanks.

 

Edited October 2, 2019 by couchpotato
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[dimitriv]

>> We never seem to hear much about that side of it.

 

That sounds scary enough already. 

 

Working without a permit is a violation of your visa. Most countries will revoke your visa, deport you, and ban you for coming back for a period of x years. 10 or so...

 

[couchpotato]

12 minutes ago, dimitriv said:

>> We never seem to hear much about that side of it.

 

That sounds scary enough already. 

 

Working without a permit is a violation of your visa. Most countries will revoke your visa, deport you, and ban you for coming back for a period of x years. 10 or so...

 

Thanks for your input, but I am specifically asking about Thailand, not most countries.

[dimitriv]

13 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

Thanks for your input, but I am specifically asking about Thailand, not most countries.

 

Ok. For Thailand it is the same. They can throw you out.  And this:

 

(1) the penalties for working without a work permit under Decree No.1 was an imprisonment for a term not exceeded five years or a fine ranging from B2,000 to B100,000, or both. But under Decree No. 2 that has been reduced to a fine ranging from B5,000 to B50,000 and the imprisonment penalty has been repealed; and

 

(2) the penalties for employing a non-Thai employee without a work permit under Decree No. 1 was a fine ranging from B400,000 to B800,000 for each employee so employed. Under Decree No. 2 this has been changed to a fine ranging from B10,000 to B100,000.

The fines are a joke. But getting banned not.

 

Edited October 2, 2019 by dimitriv

[Maestro]

In Thailand, it is routinely a fine and deportation.