Alien Work Permit Act

Alien Work Permit Act B.E 2521 and Penalty for Employers and Migrant Workers Burmese, Laos and Cambodians if Adopted Laws are Broken

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Penalty or acts concerned on penalties Type of Penalties Sentence
Section 22 Employer
Appointment the aliens who have no work permit
(or) without following up according to fill the data
in the form
Section 39
Employer
At least three years imprisonment (or) 60,000 Baht
fine (or) both can be punished.
Section 23 Employer
Appointment the aliens (or) forcing the employees
to work outside from the limited work site (or)
absence to forward report to authorities telling
about the alien workers who stepped down from
the jobs
Section 40
Employer
At least 1,000 Baht fine.
Section 7 Employee
Working without work permit by illegal migrant
Section 34
Employee
At least three months imprisonment (or) 5,000
Babt (or) both can be punished.
Section 21 Employee
Working another job without doing in limited
work or moving and working in another job
without doing limited work place.
Section 21
Employee
One month imprisonment (or) 2,000 Baht fine or
both can be punished.
Section 37 Employee
Work is being carried on after
the work permit was expired.
Section 37
Employee
At least three months imprisonment or 5,000 Baht
fine or both can be punished.
Section 63 Employer
Trafficking illegal migrants from other nations
into the country is opposing law and providing
shelter and protection on alien workers.
Section 63
Employer
Maximum prison-term for 10 years and 100,000
Baht fine.
Section 64 Employer
Various supports such as sheltering, covering are
allowed for illegal migrants turning into blind-eye.
Section 64
Employer
Maximum prison-term for 5 years and 100,000
Baht fine.
Section 81 Illegal migrant worker
Living in the country without permission or living
continuously after target date on work permit is
expired or holding the work permit that is expired
date.
Section 81
Illegal migrant worker
Two years maximum prison-term or 2,000 Baht
fine or both of imprisonment and fine can be
punished.