Workers

Laws

Health check-up expenses and health insurance for foreign workers and dependents

Foreign workers who come to work in Thailand must undergo a medical examination and take out health insurance before being registered.

Procedures – Health check-up for foreign worker dependents who are children, and for sea fishing crew

At present, the number of foreign workers coming to work in Thailand has continued to increase

Issuing a medical certificate – Reporting results of foreign workers’ health check

When a foreign worker is given a mandatory health check-up, there is a process for issuing a medical certificate. It must be a medical certificate in the prescribed form.

Changing a medical facility, in accordance with the right to health insurance for migrant workers

After foreign workers and their dependents have had health

Foreign workers and dependents – Registration for health insurance

To legally work in Thailand, foreign workers must have a health checkup and health insurance before being registered.

Foreign doctors may work in Thailand only for consultations – Passing the legal certification criteria

Medical personnel and the public health system are very important

What are the steps in the event that a foreign worker enters Thailand and wants to apply for a work visa change?

Foreigners who have entered Thailand but wish to change their visa to work in Thailand must submit an application to change their existing visa to a Non-Immigrant Visa “B,”

Do foreign workers working in Thailand have to pay taxes?

Currently, 2,685,063 foreign workers are working in Thailand legally (data as of October 2022), of which 246,269 are skilled workers.

Seven cases in which foreign workers are protected while working in Thailand: Social security

Foreign workers who come to work in Thailand will be protected by basic human rights and principles, as Thais are covered.

What are the penalties for foreign employees working illegally?

Regarding foreigners who come to work in Thailand by means of smuggling or human trafficking to work without a work permit or work other than their right to do so.