MYANMAR migrant workers in Thailand should avoid using agents for Certificate of Identity (COI) application, but they can do it themselves at 7-Eleven stores by paying 2670 baht and just choose the preferred COI station name and date, said the Department of Labour on 9 March.
C of I books have been issued at Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan, Surat Thani, Chiang Mai and Chonburi, in order to help Myanmar migrant workers to live officially in Thailand under the legal protection.
Migrant workers can complete the C of I application either on their own or with the employer’s arrangement, and they don’t need to hire agents; they just need to go to the C of I station on the desired date with the 7-Eleven receipt.
If they have any inconvenience in C of, I process, workers can contact the labour attaché office for help through the following contact numbers: call centre at 02 0030015, Labour Attaché (Bangkok) at 06 1810845, Labour Officer (Bangkok) at 06 52206952, Labour Attaché (Maesot) at 06 52206953, Labour Officer (Chang Mai): 09 45866607 and Labour Officer (Ranong) at 06 34818121. — MT/ZS
