@Paul ******

- exactly - not only that but you can't even apply for a WP while in status of a 'retirenent' visa/extension - Even when it is fully and clearly stated that you are also applying for a B Visa

The procedure varies.. The WP.3 Application for a WP is stamped as successfully submitted (stamped as a receipt). This WP.3 in Krabi had to be trurned into the Labor Ministry by a Visa Agent or the Employer.. The stamped / receipted WP.3 App form is given back when shown photos of the Applicant's Thailand exit stamp and entrance stamp into another country are seen. The Labor Ministry also issues an official transmittal letter - issued 5 days later... Both these documents sent as a original by courier (DHL, etc) to the Applicant. Some Labor Ministry offices such as in Bkk hand over the Receipted WP.3 and Transmittal letter the time of application.

It must be the policy of the Labor Ministry Office you are dealing with

It can depend on your current Visa status. Example: last year I began the WP process using the WP.3 form while under an Extension of Stay base on a Non Immigrant O Visa (over age 50). I think the rules read that I could not apply for the Work Permit under this status. I had to leave Thailand without a reentry permit thus cancelling my Extension Status - and prove I was out of the country.

The O-A Visa is Multi- Entry in the First Year but not in the Second Year

Documents I provided:

- Completed WP.5 Application Form 4 pages.

-Original WP booklet

- Copy of the WP Booklet -signed

- Passport

- Copy of Passport - all pages and signed all pages

- Completed Form of Employment Certification (part of the Form WP.5)

- Employment Contract - usually one page signed by employer and employee (I hired myself 😁 )

- Original Medical Certificate signed by the Doctor with an original of the Blood Lab report

- Business Certificate (has large green or red graphic)

- Company Certificate - not more than 6 months old (from DBD)

- Copy of latest Social Security Fund payment with Receipt (company employees)

- Copy of year end of year Financial Balance Sheet (a type of Audited Company Profit / Loss Report)

- Copy of PND 91 for year - Tax Statement.

- Copy of Company Tax Certificate (a small yellowish stamp) from the Revenue Dept.

- New Photos not needed.

The form I was given to use is WP.5 " Application for a Renewal of a Work Permit under Section 23" ... Actually this form did not seem to be some kind of new issue.. Butcquite honestly I don't know for sure either way.

Graham Dempsey - Don't know but my docs are the same as your employer could provide - most all of them Company Specific

I just finished my 1st. Year Work Permit and applied for the second year 5 days ago. Which actually will be awarded as a two year WP good until September 2020.

The new form is called a Renewal and has an option for 2 years... @ 3000 baht per year. The amount of documentation is somewhat abbreviated (fewer documents).

Now - I don't know if this will apply to everyone as my status is Share Holder Director of my own Thai Registered Company.

For Foreigns who are company employees, I do not know if this applies.

@Darren *******

- I was only writing about how the Thai Immigration and Consular Services see it. They are only concerned about the applicant being over age 50.. The source of money could be Investment Dividends, a Trust Fund or most any source including a Pension.