Four one-stop service centres set up to process migrant workers who registered

Another 179,227 have made it through the first step in registering to work in Thailand, and the Labour Ministry and related agencies are proceeding to move the workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia through the “second phase”, Labour Minister General Adul Saengsingkaew said yesterday.
The Cabinet had allowed migrant workers from three neighbouring countries to register by March 31 with the ministry’s “one stop service” centres and other designated offices to begin the steps for “legalisation”. 
Adul said a total of 479,299 workers did as required. Among them, 300,072 workers have completed the nationality verification process (120,692 in Bangkok and 179,380 in other provinces). The remaining 179,227 workers need to continue through the process (37,319 in Bangkok and 141,908 in other provinces), he said. 
With those workers’ permission to stay running out on June 30, the Labour Ministry has set up a central coordination centre at its head office in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district. It also has set up four One-Stop Service (OSS) centres in Bangkok, one of which is located in the ministry compound, and one SSO centre in each province, totalling 80 OSS centres. These OSS centres will begin processing applicants on April 23 and continue through to June 30.

For the 300,072 workers who have completed the nationality verification process, the OSS centres would proceed with issuing non-Thai identification cards and work permits for 127,429 workers, while other 140,770 workers must undergo a medical check-up and submit the resulting medical certificates to the OSS centres to receive the required document. The OSS centres will also help the 31,873 workers whose permits expired on March 31 and are requesting renewal.
Meanwhile, the 179,227 workers who have not yet made it past the first step registration must now undergo the nationality verification process before moving on to the other steps. 
A migrant worker must pay Bt6,180 to work through the process. This includes a Bt500 health check-up fee and Bt3,200 for health insurance with the Public Health Ministry, a Bt500 immigration fee, Bt100 work permit request fee, Bt1,800 two-year work permit issuance fee, and Bt80 non-Thai identification card issuance fee.
The OSS centres in Bangkok are at the Labour Ministry office in Din Daeng district, Tang Hua Seng mall on the Thon Buri side of the Chao Phraya River, Sirindhorn Hospital on Soi On Nut 90 and in the Sampheng II area. 
Those wishing more information can contact at the Department of Employment’s provincial branch offices or the Labour Ministry’s hotline 1506.