Can Lao Nationals Work in Thailand Without a Special Visa or Work Permit?

*work visa

Lao, Cambodians, and Myanmar nationals have 2 different passports they can get. One allows them to work, the other allows them to visit only. There are also 2 different working passports (for people from Myanmar at any rate, but I assume the same is true for Laos and Cambodia from what I've seen my friends do). One is obtainable from their embassy in Bangkok, the other has to be obtained in their home country, but is "better". I'm not sure exactly what is better about it. Perhaps longer permitted stays. It takes about a month for them to process that one.

They may have a work permit, but not a visa. ASEAN members can enter repeatedly without penalty. Visas aren't always easy to get, but work permits are.

They may have non b visa but that's not a work permit

Yes it does hence the term visa run.

Balogh Krisz Kovacs or England's Americans.

There's many farangs working here illegally and none ever seem to get caught. They even gloat about it, and also Piss me off,as those who are wanting to do the right thing feel like doing it themselves in the end. I have a Son in this position whom I taught to do the right things here,and in general.

They can work legally under the migrant labour scheme.

@Han *******

That's the reason why it is suspended till Jan, to give them all the time to register themselves and get the papers in order.

Those are maximum fines... I doubt if they get caught they get a maximum sentence. Same as everywhere in the world really...

If they would put all illegal workers -specially from Burma- to jail, well all jails would be full and the heavy dirty work not done!

And the Prime Minister used his article 44 to extend this amnesty, if remember correct till 1 of Jan 2018. Don't kill me if wrong please.

There was a 120 day amnesty starting on June 23rd.

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If the employer is willing to help, it is easy for them.

Most people think the risk is small, they do not want to read news papers or Facebook with list of fines of the risk they take. And they all think the chance of getting caught is small

Correct. and the one that make them working will be sued & heavily fined.

BUT officers are not alaways make "correctly the job they are paid for"...