New migrant workers will receive two-year work visas when they are sent to Thailand under the memorandum of understanding system, an official from the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security said.
“We have reached an agreement to issue new red passports for new migrant workers who will work [in Thailand] under the MOU system,” Myo Aung, director-general of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, told the media during a bilateral meeting on migrant workers, held at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Yangon on Saturday.
“In the past, [the migrant workers] only received one-year [work] visas to work in Thailand. With the new passport, they will not only receive a two-year visa but also only be required to pay 500 bahts,” said Myo Aung.
Both governments have also discussed opening one-stop service centres for Myanmar migrant workers, issuing documents for Myanmar citizens working in the Thai fishing industry, sending new migrant workers only through official agencies recognised by both countries, and issuing temporary passports to migrant workers.
The Ministry has opened offices to issue temporary passports for migrant workers in the border towns of Myawady, Tachileik, and Kawthaung. It sent more than 77,000 migrant workers to Thailand through 66 official agencies from June 2010 through September 2013.
The Ministry has also issued documents for more than 1.6 million Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.
source: Eleven Myanmar
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/national/3737-myanmar-migrant-workers-to-receive-two-year-work-visas-in-thailand
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