Mr. Somchai Morakotsriwan, Director-General of the Department of Employment, revealed that on March 29, 2024, the Royal Gazette website has published an announcement from the Ministry of Interior regarding granting permission to foreign nationals of Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar who come to work in the Kingdom. According to the memorandum of understanding regarding cooperation in employment or permission to work on fishing boats and having a boatman's letter according to the law on fisheries. or have received special permission to enter the Kingdom, able to travel outside the Kingdom and return to the country of origin To attend the Songkran tradition for the year 2024, effective from 1 April 2024 onwards.

During April - May every year. Thai workers and workers from neighboring countries will return to their hometown to join in the Songkran tradition or celebrate New Year together with family Therefore, in order to reduce the cost burden on workers, most of whom are low-income people. and has always been a cogwheel that drives the Thai economy. Therefore, workers of Cambodian, Laotian, and Myanmar nationality have been granted permission to return to their countries of origin to participate in the traditional Songkran festival. Without having to submit an application for permission to re-enter the Kingdom (Re-Entry Permit) between 1 April - 15 May 2024, which allows workers of 3 nationalities to not have to pay an entry-exit fee of 1,000 baht for each worker. that has been waived Must be a passport holder or a document used in place of a passport who have received a visa (VISA), temporary stay type (Non L-A Visa), including dependents who are children of such workers who are not more than 18 years of age and the period of permission to stay in the Kingdom Must have remaining life not less than 15 May 2024 in the case that the worker wishes to return to Thailand after 15 May 2024 or the exact date of return to Thailand is not yet known. The Re-Entry request must be submitted as usual, otherwise the person's permission to stay in the Kingdom will be terminated.

For more information, please contact Bangkok Employment Office Areas 1 - 10 or Provincial Employment Offices nationwide or at the Ministry of Labor hotline, call 1506, press 2, Department of Employment and the Department of Employment hotline, call 1694, and follow news from the Department of Employment closely. at the Department of Employment website doe.go.th

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