How to get WP for Philippine woman

[keeniau96]

Thai wife and I (USA) want to get lady from Tacloban in PH to come here for home service. Can do? How?

[ubonjoe]

I would say it would be very difficult. Citizens of the Philippines are not under the program for migrant workers.

She would have to be working for a company to apply for the work permit. It also seems the type of work she might be doing would fall under the list of prohibited professions for foreigners.

[phuketrichard]

it is exactly the same as getting a wp for  anyone.

MY Cambodian gf had a wp same as an American. had to  jump thru all the same hoops.

[JRUSA]

11 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I would say it would be very difficult. Citizens of the Philippines are not under the program for migrant workers.

She would have to be working for a company to apply for the work permit. It also seems the type of work she might be doing would fall under the list of prohibited professions for foreigners.

I agree ubon, my ex Filipino gf , a singer came here and worked in a hotel lounge. She came on a tourist visa and took her chances..

[Arkady]

Ubonjoe is right.  There are annually renewable MOAs in place with neighbouring countries that allow their citizens to work in Thailand doing various types of manual labour, including domestic work.  The Labour Ministry will not issue  work permits to citizens of other countries to do this type of work. Period.  Filipinos, as ASEAN citizens are supposed to be able to be freely employed in 6 professions which include medicine, accounting and auditing but in practice they are blocked from these professions because their qualifications are not recognised yet and the local professional organisations have convinced the government to insist that ASEAN citizens in the 6 professions need to pass exams in Thai.

 

If you have a company, you may be able to put the Fililipina on the books in some other capacity, if she has some qualifications.  Otherwise you will have more luck legally employing a Thai or someone from a neighbouring country.