Hi all,

I just started working in Thailand for the first time. My contract and paperwork are all ready to be filed at the work permit office but I've heard it's really hard to find since it apparently moved. I've also been told that what I looked up online is old information. So the question is: where is this place and how do I get there?

Any advice is welcome.

Strange that you have to do that yourself, if you work for a 'decent' company, they should do all the paper work for you like work permit and 90 days reporting.

Edited September 30, 201510 yr by Cloggie

Strange that you have to do that yourself, if you work for a 'decent' company, they should do all the paper work for you like work permit and 90 days reporting.

Wondering if the OP is paying for his own visa and WP as well ?

They are a large, well-known and respected university. I am a full-time professor.

They do all the paperwork and pay for everything. But because of how large they are, they don't file the paperwork for us. We need to do that. That is why I am asking for advice in finding the office because I've been told it's not easy to find.

I know how this forum can be full of speculation and non-helpful comments sometimes so really, please keep those to yourself as it's not helpful to me or anyone else who may be interested in learning where this place is located.

They are a large, well-known and respected university. I am a full-time professor.

They do all the paperwork and pay for everything. But because of how large they are, they don't file the paperwork for us. We need to do that. That is why I am asking for advice in finding the office because I've been told it's not easy to find.

I know how this forum can be full of speculation and non-helpful comments sometimes so really, please keep those to yourself as it's not helpful to me or anyone else who may be interested in learning where this place is located.

You will receive a quicker response in the Chiang Mai forum.

Ask one of the mods to move your query.

Info here in this topic on Chiang Mai forum: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/795428-work-permit-office-in-chiang-mai/#entry8995408

Just to confirm. The information about the location of the Work Permit office in Chiang Mai given in the link provided by ubonJoe is correct. I was there a short time ago

Thank you so much for pointing out that thread. It's descriptive and helpful. I really appreciate it!

Info here in this topic on Chiang Mai forum: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/795428-work-permit-office-in-chiang-mai/#entry8995408

Another one with my recent experience going there - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/848570-department-of-labor-new-location/

Info here in this topic on Chiang Mai forum: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/795428-work-permit-office-in-chiang-mai/#entry8995408

Your welcome.

Edited September 30, 201510 yr by connda

For some years, the national labor department branch office in Chiang Mai was at these latitude and longitude coordinates: "18.837345N, 98.970641E".

But as of January 2015, it had been moved to a not-very-attractive temporary facility, with its entry door precisely at this location on the north-northwest corner of this sprawling warehouse building: "18.832978N, 98.961147E" I cannot verify it is still there, but likely is if people are still having trouble finding in.

Copy and paste the above latitude and longitude values (the boldfaced values, without the quote marks) into the http://maps.google.com search field, zoom in, and then look at the "Earth" view in the lower-left corner of the window, or open up Street View.

Edited October 1, 201510 yr by Bruce404