Thread: Work Permits

I can confirm that there is a draft revision to the Work Permit rules being circulated for review at the Ministry of Labor that includes an increase from 100 baht to 1,000 baht for work permit applications, and from 3,000 baht to 20,000 baht for approval of one-year work permits.

Our company received a copy of the draft rule.

Oddly, it did not address any fees for work permits shorter than one year. So - it did not appear to be a completed proposal. And - the source at MOL who gave it to us indicated that it was just a proposal, and still a long way from being finalized.


Steve Sykes
Managing Director
Indo-Siam Group
Bangkok

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I can see that 3000 baht relates to admin costs, but 20,000? More foreigner-creaming.

I can never understand these people at times. Why don't they just get to the point and say fluck off!

Hi

The company lawyer came by and during our conversation stated that CM now can do 1 year work permit renewals and that the office does not need to sync the wp and Visa any longer.

He didn't mention anything about increases in prices.

Mark

Originally Posted by Reaper

I can never understand these people at times. Why don't they just get to the point and say fluck off!

They are too polite to say it straightforward.

^No, just to busy working out scams and ruses raise dosh to get to the point...

I used to see this practice in the legal field a lot in Thailand and it really used to piss me off.

A lawyer/advisor/solicitor would, unsolicited, send a bunch of clients an email stating that certain laws (which they knew to be relevant to the clients' business) were under consideration for change. At least one client would email back and ask what effect these changes would have on their business. At this point the lawyer/advisor/solicitor would then tell the client this would advisory work and there would be a charge of THBxxx [insert sum]. Client would say - no problems, give me the advice as I need to be on top of my game. Lawyer/advisor/solicitor would provide the advice according to the so-called changes. Three months later the client would ring up and asked if the changes to the law were made. And nearly always the answer would be along the lines of the fact that the government had decided to drop the changes because there wasn't enough time in this parliament session - or like excuse. Three months later - during a quiet period - lawyer/solicitor/advisor would send out another round of emails about another change - and the clients would all be rushing to the fountain of knowledge for advice.

Have to say, in all my years in Thailand - when it came to paying advice - if clients asked me about such changes, except on one occasion, I would always say "let's see if the changes get Gazetted" "If they get Gazetted, I'll give you my read on the changes the same day or next day". The only time I didn't follow that rule was with the proposed changes to the Foreign Business Act - and look what as mess that turned out to be. I should have stuck to my rule.

Originally Posted by William

A lawyer/advisor/solicitor would, unsolicited, send a bunch of clients an email stating that certain laws (which they knew to be relevant to the clients' business) were under consideration for change. At least one client would email back and ask what effect these changes would have on their business. At this point the lawyer/advisor/solicitor would then tell the client this would advisory work and there would be a charge of THBxxx [insert sum]. Client would say - no problems, give me the advice as I need to be on top of my game. Lawyer/advisor/solicitor would provide the advice according to the so-called changes. Three months later the client would ring up and asked if the changes to the law were made. And nearly always the answer would be along the lines of the fact that the government had decided to drop the changes because there wasn't enough time in this parliament session - or like excuse. Three months later - during a quiet period - lawyer/solicitor/advisor would send out another round of emails about another change - and the clients would all be rushing to the fountain of knowledge for advice.

sounds fool proof!