Who 'Owns' The Work Permit - Employer Or Employee?

[bbradsby]

Doing some research for future reference, and have the following questions:

1. who 'owns' the work permit, the employee or the employer?

2. should the work permit be kept at employee's home, or at the place of work in possession of the employer?

3. if a government agency asks to see the permit, is a copy good enough, or is the original required?

4. if the employment is terminated, who keeps the permit?

Many thanks in advance,

[Sunbelt Asia]

Actually neither "owns" the work permit - it is owned by the Thai government.

The work permit must be at the place of work when the employee is working, if the employee is working at his place of work without the work permit there could be fines of 1,000 Baht. If he has multiple locations on his work permit then he will need to take the work permit with him to work.

The original is necessary for any government agent that needs to see it and if the employment is terminated, the work permit is returned to the Labor Office.

[sunbelt][/sunbelt]