Cabinet approves drafts to clarify rules for employing longtime resident foreigners
By Pimnara Pradapwit

The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- THE CABINET has approved in principle a ministerial regulation draft and two draft Prime Minister’s Office announcements that will be issued to clarify the Working of Alien Act BE 2551 (2008), a source said.

 

The ministerial regulation draft would waive a working permit fee, not including the application fee, for foreigners who had lived in Thailand for a long time and were granted special leniency to stay.

It would also include their children who were born in Thailand but did not receive Thai nationality, as well as foreigners awaiting the completion of a Thai nationality identification process. 

 

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Long Time, How long ?

Very inconclusive report, doesn't really say anything much.

"Special leniency to stay" = annual visa extension? Probably not.

Longer term extensions of stay/work permits would me a nice start...but it seems this report is more about "clarifying rules", rather than amending old ones. Who knows.

after reading this article.we still don't know nothing about it........

This sounds more that it is addressed to Cambodian, Laotian and Burmese who are living, especially their children who were born and raised, for decades in Thailand.

 

Western men will still be milked out and hurdles increased.

" granted special leniency to stay " would be various ethnic groups who do not have Thai nationality, or are still in long process of obtaining it, but are allowed to remain in Thailand indefinitely.

 

Triabl groups etc

 

long-term multi-generational Chinese

 

in Issan area there are people of Lao and Khmer ancestery whop have lived in Thailand for mul;tiple generationsd

 

etc

 

Nothing to do with resident expats

9 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

" granted special leniency to stay " would be various ethnic groups who do not have Thai nationality, or are still in long process of obtaining it, but are allowed to remain in Thailand indefinitely.

 

Triabl groups etc

 

long-term multi-generational Chinese

 

in Issan area there are people of Lao and Khmer ancestery whop have lived in Thailand for mul;tiple generationsd

 

etc

 

Nothing to do with resident expats

 

and there was me thinking "good guys in" were finally going to catch a break..

They'll waive the fee but not the work permit requirement for long-term residents (I've been a resident for twelve years). It would be nice if they waive the work permit requirement if you've been a resident for XX amount of years. 

 

2 hours ago, Cylon said:

Long Time, How long ?

Until you're finished usually...

" the companies could hire foreigners at the ratio of one to every 100 Thai employees working at the company "

Four thais for every foreigners was obviously not enough,  for the time it will be officially approved will probably be changed into 1 foreigner allowed to work for every 70 millions thais residing into the country, providing that he has already got thai citizenship from at least 100 years before the time of applying for a job, well done Thailand, you never really cease to amazes me !    

4 hours ago, Cylon said:

Long Time, How long ?

Eh what did you say Methuselah??? Its a Rip Van Winkle thing. 

Edited October 20, 20169 yr by elgordo38

4 hours ago, maoro2013 said:

Very inconclusive report, doesn't really say anything much.

Very inconclusive indeed. What does "special leniency to stay" mean? What about holders of a Residence Permit?

As with most announcements from the land of  Thai bureaucracy: The outcome is about as clear as mud.

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  the companies could hire foreigners at the ratio of one to every 100 Thai employees working at the company

So it's offical:     1 foreigner is worth 100 Thais

Well, under the WTO regulations it is already stipulated, that holders of permanent residence permits must be granted the possibility of making their living in the country which granted the permanent resident permit. 
In other countries PR-holders do not need a work permit; in Thailand the work permit is granted automatically with much less paperwork. 
Let the future approach Thailand and they will be asking for foreign expertise; just let the present political dust and ASEAN-noise settle first - i.e. in five to ten years this thread will be obsolete by the fact, that Thailand is facing the 21st century ;-) 

these announcements pertain to jobs that are currently reserved for Thai nationals.

 

probably nothing changes for jobs currently open for foreigners.

Sheryl is correct.  The phrase "with special leniency to stay" specifically refers to people who are mainly regarded as having entered the Kingdom illegally, or the children of those regarded as having entered the Kingdom illegally but have been granted special permission to stay.  Most of these people are stateless and many came as refugees, or their parents or grandparents did.  'Today most were born in Thailand without the automatic right to Thai citizenship.  Most are hill tribe people, Burmese, Khmer, Lao, Vietnamese, Chinese Haws or dsplaced Thais.  Some have permanent residence but most not.

" granted special leniency to stay " would be various ethnic groups who do not have Thai nationality, or are still in long process of obtaining it, but are allowed to remain in Thailand indefinitely.
 
Triabl groups etc
 
long-term multi-generational Chinese
 
in Issan area there are people of Lao and Khmer ancestery whop have lived in Thailand for mul;tiple generationsd
 
etc
 
Nothing to do with resident expats

Hooray! 8 posts later someone reads the op article in the Nation.

10 hours ago, Cylon said:

Long Time, How long ?

I believe it's 40 years after obtaining the age 65 and have resided in Thailand not less than 35 years from the date you obtained your retirement visa.