Firstly, my apologies if someone has already mentioned this elsewhere as my search was so far fruitless.

The husband of a work colleague has been to the Ministry of Labour today and informed her that the gates are locked and the surrounding road filled with glass. He has asked around there, but nobody can answer where he should go to submit the paperwork for his work permit renewal.

Does anyone know where he is supposed to go? Note, that he has already been to Imperial at Ladprao to renew his visa and they couldn't help him with information.

Thank you in advance for any useful answers.

I suggest a call to the government helpline 1111.

There are several offices in BKK, you could also try another one.

http://wp.doe.go.th/wp/index.php/2013-07-25-08-17-36/2013-07-25-08-18-12

But best to contact 1111 first.

Well this is one way to get rid of the foreign scourge- by attrition.

I have the same problem in Phuket where the Employment Office has been closed since last Tuesday and cannot get anyone to tell me anything. Maybe with the just declared Emergency Decree, the govt offices will get back to normal. On second thought, things are probably really going to go haywire

All things still working in Pattaya