Official Denies 'special' Work Visas

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Official denies Burmese got 'special' work visas

BANGKOK: -- The Department of Employment yesterday denied a report that about 30,000 Burmese workers have been granted a ''special visa'' to work in Thailand. At present, Burmese workers who want to work in Thailand have to go through a normal process by applying for visas from the Thai embassy and a work permit from the Department of Employment, said Tanit Noomnoi, director of the department's overseas labour management division.

He admitted the department planned to work with the Burmese government to issue a special visa for Burmese to work as unskilled labourers and house maids, but the process was cut short after ...[more]

--Bangkok Post 2006-11-11