Can a foreigner sponsor a burmese nanny?

[onesecond]

I'm sure this has been covered but I can't seem to find it - perhaps searching for the wrong terms. I'm wondering if a foreigner - with a valid work permit - can sponsor a burmese as a housekeeper/nanny - work permit/ID/Passport. I'm just curious as my friend's helper says her agent is telling her she has to have a thai national as an employer and sounds like he's charging her a lot of money every time she has to do anything. He seems rather shady.

Anyone know what the requirements are or where we could find further info?

[ubonjoe]

You could hire her as migrant worker but I don't think nanny falls under that program. You could probable hire her as caregiver. house keeper and etc.

[uptheos]

You could hire her as migrant worker but I don't think nanny falls under that program. You could probable hire her as caregiver. house keeper and etc.

Wouldn't that come under the category of a job that a Thai could do?

[ubonjoe]

You could hire her as migrant worker but I don't think nanny falls under that program. You could probable hire her as caregiver. house keeper and etc.

Wouldn't that come under the category of a job that a Thai could do?

Not under the the migrant worker program. You will find legal migrant workers doing all types of work..

[onesecond]

thanks - and as a foreigner that's still ok right, doesn't have to be a thai person?

[ubonjoe]

thanks - and as a foreigner that's still ok right, doesn't have to be a thai person?

A foreigner can do it. Not sure about all the the procedures but the same office you get work permits would be the first place to start the process.

[gandalf12]

You could easily get someone in Thailand. You dont say where you live but certainly in Bangkok there are a lot of people available. Why would you want to sponsor someone from outside the country? Just curious

[gandalf12]

You could hire her as migrant worker but I don't think nanny falls under that program. You could probable hire her as caregiver. house keeper and etc.

Wouldn't that come under the category of a job that a Thai could do?

Yes it would

[khunPer]

I – or rather we, as my lovely girlfriend arranged it – had a Lao nanny/maid/au-pair for about six year. She had a Work Permit under the migrant worker conditions (for citizens from Burma, Cambodia and Lao), each permit/period lasted for two years and the only demand after permit were given was, that she did 90 days address reports at local Immigration and applied for re-entry permit, if going home on holiday.
I'm not sure if the wording "house keeper" or just "maid" was used when applying for WP – many hotels has Burmese room maids – we used an agent suggested by the Amphor to sort out all paperwork and arrange everything for the application for our Lao-maid, herunder taking her to health-check and whatever else needed; costs a little bit extra, but think worth the money to make it all going smooth.
Some employers deducts the WP-costs in the migrant workers salary (seems like the norm, rather than exception), but we just paid it all; over a 2-year the cost was about 400 baht a month.

Edit: You need to pay tax of the full salary, about 1 percent – and salary shall of course follow the Thai minimum.