Thailand's Board of Investment has collaborated with the
Immigration Bureau and the Department of Employment to set up a new
process to allow BOI-registered companies to process work permit,
visa and renewal applications digitally. Though applicants will
still need to visit the specially set up centres to collect their
documentation, however, service users will be supplied with a
digital work permit, rather than the physical work permit booklets
that are currently the norm. Visa applicants will not be required
to queue to collect their visas.
The program is designed to improve efficiency in terms of the
application and pick-up processes for BOI companies. The scheme
will be introduced in phases over the next year.
