Checking A Work Permit Application

[mrmajestic]

Hi,

I need to ask a question.

I have started a job with a company in Thailand.

I have been lead to believe a work permit application is being filled on my behalf for the job.

My employer has taken copies of my passport and the required size photos.

However I am a bit concerned as no mention has been made of my 'o' visa.

Only upon my suggestion did they take a copy of my visa.

I would have expected an immediate notification that I must get a 'b' visa etc...

My employer has been very slow to pay me. Its been like getting blood out of a stone.

Now I am told the 30,000 baht cost for a work permit will fall to me/ be deducted from salary.

Is this the cost?

My current visa expires very soon. It is my concern that i am working for nothing and when I find

out I have no visa and work permit I will be forced to leave the country. I may be being taken down

the garden path so to speak.

This will make getting what is owed to me very difficult.

Is it possible to check with immigration or whoever does work permits that an application has been made.

If I find out it has not I can stop theses bandits joking me around and take action where necessary.

Many thanks

[skybluestu]

Hi,

I need to ask a question.

I have started a job with a company in Thailand.

I have been lead to believe a work permit application is being filled on my behalf for the job.

My employer has taken copies of my passport and the required size photos.

However I am a bit concerned as no mention has been made of my 'o' visa.

Only upon my suggestion did they take a copy of my visa.

I would have expected an immediate notification that I must get a 'b' visa etc...

My employer has been very slow to pay me. Its been like getting blood out of a stone.

Now I am told the 30,000 baht cost for a work permit will fall to me/ be deducted from salary.

Is this the cost?

My current visa expires very soon. It is my concern that i am working for nothing and when I find

out I have no visa and work permit I will be forced to leave the country. I may be being taken down

the garden path so to speak.

This will make getting what is owed to me very difficult.

Is it possible to check with immigration or whoever does work permits that an application has been made.

If I find out it has not I can stop theses bandits joking me around and take action where necessary.

Many thanks

30,000 Baht for a WP???!!! I just got a 2yr one for 6100 baht!

[ubonjoe]

Have you signed any documents related to getting a work permit.

For them to apply for you normally requires a power of attorney from you for them to make the application in your name,

The 30,000 baht number is way to high even if they hired a lawyer to do it.

The Department of Employment office for the province where your are working is where the work permit is applied for. I guess a check there might be worth a try.

[lopburi3]

You should not be working period without a work permit. The visa does not matter to make application - only for issue do they require a non immigrant visa (and O is fine). I suspect you are right - down the garden path.

[Soutpeel]

You should not be working period without a work permit. The visa does not matter to make application - only for issue do they require a non immigrant visa (and O is fine). I suspect you are right - down the garden path.

THB 30,000 for a WP, got to agree...down the garden path..

[mrmajestic]

thankyou chaps

i feared as much