In order for the Myanmar Migrant worker who will complete 4 years stay permit visa and would like to extend their visa and work in Thailand, their related company and employer must prepare the following documents and submit to the Myanmar Embassy through Thai employment office at least 6 months in advance.

• Demand letter of Myanmar workers
• Name list of the worker
• Employment contract between the worker and the employer
• Power of attorney
• Job application form
• Copy of the work permit (page include Thai employer’s name)
• Copy of the worker’s temporary passport
• Documents related to identification of the citizenship
• Police Information Division form
• Immigration and national registration form  

The Myanmar embassy will forward the filled-up Police Information Division form and Immigration and national registration forms to the Police Information Division and Immigration and National Registration Department in order to verify the nationality. Once the nationality is confirmed, the information will be send back to the embassy for issuing the ordinary passport. After the worker received the confirmation letter, they can proceed to Myanmar embassy, ordinary passport issue department together with their original ID and household registration document to collect the passport.

The confirmation list will also be sent to Thai employment department in order to inform the employer and their workers to go to the one –stop – service center at either Mae Sai, Mae Sot and Ranong. The worker must bring inform letter from employment office and demand letter together with them. Once they arrive at the center the employer and worker to sign the employment agreement contract and the worker will receive the Myanmar overseas worker ID card.  Then, proceed to apply and obtain stay visa permission from Thai immigration department and temporary work permit. After they received stay permit visa from the border center, they must apply for the work permit at their district employment office where they work.

For those temporary passports still valid for more than 2 years, the Myanmar worker must fill the form and send to ordinary passport issue department, Myanmar embassy for verification of their nationality. However, they can extend their stay permit visa at the OSCC without waiting for confirmation of the nationality. The worker must bring the letter from Thai employment department and demand letter to one of the OCSS at Mae Sai, Mae Sot and Ranong they has chosen.  Once they arrive at the center the employer and worker to sign the employment agreement contract and will receive the Myanmar overseas worker ID card.  Then, proceed to apply and obtain stay visa permission from Thai immigration department and temporary work permit. After they received stay permit visa from the border center, they must apply for the work permit at their district employment office where they work.

The expenses for the process from Myanmar side will be 1,600 baht (note – the replacement fee for lost or damaged of ordinary passport is 900 baht. The fine to be 3 time of the passport fee 2,700 baht. The service fee is 700 baht. Total 4,300 baht will be collected).

The fee for those temporary passport validity remain more than 2 years but do not change the passport to the ordinary passport is 700 baht.

Please be informed that by using brokers service could be cheated and fill up different or incorrect information will not be able to get the passport.

For more information, please contact Myanmar Labour Attaché (phone – 0066 8677 468 25) and migrant labour department in Myanmar (phone 067 – 430183 or 067 – 430185).
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Welfare