BANGKOK, Oct 7 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s labour Minister, Suchart Chomklin, said on Tuesday that, he had decided to grant grace period to migrant workers, whose employment are to expire next month.
The decision, reached by the migrant workers’ policy management committee, chaired by Suchart, was intended to assist migrants in returning to their homelands, where COVID-19 is surging.
The minister, however, did not say how long the grace period will last. He made it clear the issue will be proposed for cabinet to consider.
Eligible for the grace period are migrant workers whose four-year employment contracts end starting from next month, until the end of Dec next year.
Suchart also said, migrant workers, who had returned to their homelands and are thinking of returning to Thailand to work, will have to go through the 14-day mandatory quarantine upon arrival.
Altogether 131,587 migrant workers from Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia will see their working permits expire between next month and Dec next year, according to the Labour Ministry.
Suchart said, those eligible will need to submit a formal request, to remain in the kingdom, along with a health certificate. They will also have to pay a fee for the special visa granted to them during the grace period.– NNN-TNA
