English Speaking Nanny Wanted

[ronwparker]

Help Please

My Thai wife will give birth to twin boys in early May.

We have found a Filipina nanny via a friend but how do we get her a work permit?

We live in Chiangmai

Ron

[Soutpeel]

Use the search function on TV, there is a very good post on how to do this...PS not an easy process

[mamborobert]

Apart from the Thai side its also hard on the Philippines side.

They check visas for all departures from the Philippines to make sure that anyone who might be working is registered with the OFW (Office of Filipino Welfare) to ensure any salary is in accordnace with government regs and that the government gets its remittance. Every day a heap of peopel are offloaded iff planes in Manila and Clark (on tourist visas with no confirmable return date) because the government thinks they are going to work. Nannies and House Maids (young ladies or girls) darw a lot of attention when they are going to Hong Kong or the Persian Gulf becaue there have been so many instances of bad treatment (even deaths)....but mainly the Philippines government wants there cut. Its actually illegal to recruit direct, you must go through the POEA (Philppines Overseas Employment Agency).

If you think you can bypass these rules (by say employing direct from one already here) it can have ramifications for the lady AND her family if she is found out (which happens most of the time) when dobbed in by envious neighbours or family, or through money or phone transfers and the like.