BKK’s ME launches mobile teams for PJ passport issuance to CI holders on 9 March

The Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok has launched the issuance of PJ passports to Myanmar nationals with Certificate of Identity (CI) cards at Thailand’s factories and worksites through mobile teams since 9 March.
Applicants are required to submit an original CI booklet to convert to a PJ passport, an issued stay permit (visa), a work permit, an original citizenship scrutiny card and a copy of the household register.
With all these five complete documents, Myanmar workers can obtain PJ passports even in Thailand, and the Labour Attaché Office will coordinate with the respective factories and workplaces for these PJ passport holders to be included in the list of MOU workers, the embassy announced.
PJ passports will be issued to approved applicants within 45 days from the date of data collection, as the embassy needs to communicate with relevant departments in Nay Pyi Taw to verify the collected data according to the procedures.
Passports will not be issued to those who have provided false particulars, including citizenship scrutiny card numbers. Therefore, interested factories and worksites can fill in the prescribed forms and discuss them with the consular section of the Myanmar Embassy. — MT/ZN/ED