Work Permit For A Lao National In Nakhon Sawan

[richardb]

I shall be flying off to LOS in a couple of days and I have promised a mate a favour.

My friend is married to a Thai lady and has a property and some land near Nakhon Sawan.

His now wife use to work in a bar and was particularly friendly with a girl there. This girl is by all accounts a good egg and works 24/7 365 days per year. She is Lao. I do not know yet if she has a work permit.

My friends wife wants the girl to come live with her and the girl wants shot of the bar too.

I understand that many Thais have foreign domestics and thats the route I have suggested. My mates wife is 20 and though pretty smart has no idea how to sort it hence my falang input and no doubt dosh is needed

I understand this is what you do

1. Employer submits their house registration, ID, map of the place girl will work for, filled the request form for migrant domestic worker. at the Local labor department)

Then they will send the the permit to you ( in approximately 2-3 weeks)...

2. after the employer have got the permit , take girl to register at the local labour department ( she needs to bring her 2 passport photo) registration fee 1,800 baht for 1 year permit + 100 baht registration fee.

3. then bring the registration and permit to the hospital for physical check-up. ( they will tell you in the permit which hospital to go to ) cost 1,900 baht.

If the above is accurate I am never going to sort that out in a two week holiday when I am also going to be on a beach.

My question is two fold.

Is the above procedure correct and does anyone know of a lawyer/agent who can sort me out preferably in the Nakhon Sawan area.

Richard

[RamdomChances]

Hi Richard

I live in nakorn sawan and may be able to help you out.

Its not that difficult, we looked into it not long ago when we were looking for some burmese labourours.

1. Employer submits their house registration, ID, map of the place girl will work for, filled the request form for migrant domestic worker. at the Local labor department)

Then they will send the the permit to you ( in approximately 2-3 weeks)...

I dont think it takes that long, if you already know someone to work, they have a sort of pool of workers applying for work here and sometimes it takes a while to find someone (I think, I'm not an expert on this) anyway I'm sure something could be aranged to get it quicker

2 spot on, I think 1 and 2 are done in the same building

3. Dont know no one mentioned it to us but it seems a bit strange to get it done after they give you the permit.

I can really understand why your friend or his wife does'nt get it done, his wife should be able to get help from the "poo yai ban", "oberdor" or the local ampour office, and laweyrs are'nt exactly hard to find here, most fair sized towns would have one.

[richardb]

Thanks thats great news. I fly out on my six monthly Holiday tomorrow and did not want to spend too many of my hard earned days off trying to figure Thai Law out. I take your point as to why my friend and his wife did not sort it. Suffice to say some people though lovely in all respects are not the most organized and proactive. My mate does not live in Thailand and did not have a clue as to how to achieve things on his last holiday and his wife who is quite young did not know either. I am though going to get her to take some steps now I know I am on the right track. I am sure she will now I am on the case. With a bit of luck she will be able to do everything without me. If not I will take a trip to get the ball moving and if so be assured dinner and beers are on me. I will send you an email.

Thanks again for your input its much appreciated.

Richard

[RamdomChances]

Richard

I've just had a chat with the wife, she reconed it was 3,000+ for the first year so this could be the medical bit as well but she was unsure.

You need to go to the main Gov office's in Nakorn Sawan, I think its all in the same building. If you PM (private msg on here) or e-mail me. I'll give up our phone number, then your friends wife can ring mine if she needs to know any more.

Cheers RC

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Richard

I've just had a chat with the wife, she reconed it was 3,000+ for the first year so this could be the medical bit as well but she was unsure.

You need to go to the main Gov office's in Nakorn Sawan, I think its all in the same building. If you PM (private msg on here) or e-mail me. I'll give up our phone number, then your friends wife can ring mine if she needs to know any more.

Cheers RC

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Are you saying that a Laotian doesn't need a Non-Immigrant visa to do this ?

[sas_cars]

Richard

I've just had a chat with the wife, she reconed it was 3,000+ for the first year so this could be the medical bit as well but she was unsure.

You need to go to the main Gov office's in Nakorn Sawan, I think its all in the same building. If you PM (private msg on here) or e-mail me. I'll give up our phone number, then your friends wife can ring mine if she needs to know any more.

Cheers RC

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Are you saying that a Laotian doesn't need a Non-Immigrant visa to do this ?

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There are some special unwritten rules for these nationalities.Doc.I don't think that they do need any kind of visa as there are new registration rules for them.Lao,cambodia,burma.I think the local immigration and work permit department rather thank them when they appear to register for legal work and legal visas there

[RamdomChances]

Richard

I've just had a chat with the wife, she reconed it was 3,000+ for the first year so this could be the medical bit as well but she was unsure.

You need to go to the main Gov office's in Nakorn Sawan, I think its all in the same building. If you PM (private msg on here) or e-mail me. I'll give up our phone number, then your friends wife can ring mine if she needs to know any more.

Cheers RC

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Are you saying that a Laotian doesn't need a Non-Immigrant visa to do this ?

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There are some special unwritten rules for these nationalities.Doc.I don't think that they do need any kind of visa as there are new registration rules for them.Lao,cambodia,burma.I think the local immigration and work permit department rather thank them when they appear to register for legal work and legal visas there

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sas_cars I think the good Dr was just being facetious.

They do have a minimum wage set by the Gov though, but they hardly ever get it, as if they complain they get shipped back.

[richardb]

Richard

I've just had a chat with the wife, she reconed it was 3,000+ for the first year so this could be the medical bit as well but she was unsure.

You need to go to the main Gov office's in Nakorn Sawan, I think its all in the same building. If you PM (private msg on here) or e-mail me. I'll give up our phone number, then your friends wife can ring mine if she needs to know any more.

Cheers RC

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Are you saying that a Laotian doesn't need a Non-Immigrant visa to do this ?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There are some special unwritten rules for these nationalities.Doc.I don't think that they do need any kind of visa as there are new registration rules for them.Lao,cambodia,burma.I think the local immigration and work permit department rather thank them when they appear to register for legal work and legal visas there

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sas_cars I think the good Dr was just being facetious.

They do have a minimum wage set by the Gov though, but they hardly ever get it, as if they complain they get shipped back.

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[richardb]

Dear RandomChances I have sent you an email

Regards Richard