Labour Dept allows sending MOU workers to Thailand via Yangon-Don Mueang Airport

The Department of Labour has informed that it is allowed to send MOU workers to Thailand via Yangon-Don Mueang Airport.
In order to be able to send MOU workers through Yangon-Don Mueang Airport, a meeting between the directors-general of Thailand and Myanmar was held on 3 January through video conferencing, and the two countries reached an agreement.
When sending workers through the airport, workers need to apply for a visa at the Thai embassy to Myanmar, and agencies can also send them by private or charter airlines.
If workers were sent by private means, it would not be necessary to notify the air traffic control department, but if they were sent by charter, it would be notified to Thailand’s air traffic control department.
Similarly, if it is sent by charter airline, it must be coordinated and notified to the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Upon arrival at Don Mueang Airport, the Thai immigration will issue a residence permit for two years, and the employer or representative must come and pick up the workers, undergo a medical examination in the relevant area, and submit them to the Employment Department, the statement said.
The trainees will be issued a work permit after submitting proof of medical examination and obtaining a visa. When sending workers by plane, the flight schedules must be sent to Thailand one week in advance, and the date of recruitment must also be submitted to the Thai Employment Department.
For agencies that want to send by airlines, they must submit their permission to the Department at least 10 days in advance except official holidays.
It is mentioned in the statement that the name list of the workers must be submitted along with the name of the airlines, the flight number and the flight time. — TWA/KZL