Workers urged to get docs
The Ministry of Labour on September 12 reminded an estimated 380,000 Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand who hold temporary work permits – also known as pink cards – to apply for more permanent documents when registration opens online later this month. In its letter, the ministry reminded workers who do not yet hold a passport, Overseas Cambodian Worker Card or travel documents, to apply for them online starting September 26, and to collect them at three locations in Thailand at a cost of about $18. Workers are also required to obtain a permit that grants them a two-year stay in the country. “Only workers who hold pink cards and obtain their passports through Thailand’s labour [system] can request stay permits,” Labour Ministry spokesman Heng Sour said in a message on September 13, adding that the roughly 200,000 workers who have applied for their passports could receive them from Cambodian officials in Bangkok, Chonburi and Pathum Thani.
