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Migrants get 6 more months to register

Migrants get 6 more months to register

Negative Covid test result needed to renew work permits

Migrant workers visit the one-stop service centre at the Labour Ministry in Bangkok in 2018. (Bangkok Post file photo)

The Labour Ministry will ask the cabinet to extend the registration period for migrant workers who risk losing their legal status during the pandemic for another six months.

Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin on Wednesday said an extended registration period for migrant workers would help maintain the legal status of those unable to submit documents required for work permit renewal, particularly a health certificate with Covid-19 test results, in time.

“Over 1.7 million migrant workers will lose their legal working status this year if they fail…

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