Rules for employing longtime resident foreigners clarified

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THE CABINET has approved in principle a ministerial regulation draft and two draft Prime Minister’s Office announcements that will be issued to clarify the Working of Alien Act BE 2551 (2008), a source said.

The ministerial regulation draft would waive a working permit fee, not including the application fee, for foreigners who had lived in Thailand for a long time and were granted special leniency to stay.

It would also include their children who were born in Thailand but did not receive Thai nationality, as well as foreigners awaiting the completion of a Thai nationality identification process.

The PM’s Office announcement drafts relate to the types of work that these three groups of foreigners could do under the Article 13 and Article 13 (2) of the Act.

The first announcement draft would allow them to work in all jobs suitable to their skills and capacity, while the second announcement draft would let Cambodian, Lao and Myanmar nationals work in their native tongues as language coordinators.

Full story: The Nation