Since October 2025, we are witness of the digitalization of the works permits in Thailand. In this context of innovation, our immigration lawyers in Thailand at Herrera and Partners H&P have prepared a summary and some legal comments on the temporary work permits, a work permit category that is not well known even for many legal professionals in Thailand.
When it is required for an employer in Thailand to bring some foreigner to deliver some specific urgent works or tasks of no more than 15 days, then we refer to WP34, WP35 and WP.36 depending of the type of work. Of course, we are not referring to the WP10 which is for Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia’s citizen as labor workers under a MOU with Thailand.
The form WP.34 is used when an employer in Thailand needs to temporarily employ a foreign national to perform urgent or specialized work that cannot be postponed — without going through the full, long-term work permit process.
In other word the nature of this work permit is for short-term, emergency, or specialized assignments such as:
- Installation, repair, or inspection of machinery or equipment
- Technical work, training, or system maintenance
- Attending meetings or events related to technology or specialized equipment
Duration of Permission
Up to 15 days from the start date of work. If the assignment takes longer, the foreign worker must apply for a regular work permit
Government Fee
Usually around 500 THB per person (subject to current regulations).
There are different sections of works that can apply for this temporary work permit under Thai Law:
- Organizing meetings, training, seminars, exhibitions, or trade shows
- Special academic lectures
- Aviation administration
- Occasional internal audits
- Monitoring and troubleshooting technical problems
- Product or product quality inspections
- Manufacturing process inspections or improvement
- Inspection or repair of machinery and electrical power generation equipment
- Machinery repair or installation
- Electric train system technician work
- Aircraft or aircraft equipment system technician work
- Consulting on machinery repair or control systems
- Machinery demonstration and testing
- Film and still photography work
- Selecting workers for overseas employment
- Skill testing for overseas employment
Based on the experience of our immigration lawyers and labor lawyers in Bangkok at Herrera and Partners H&P, in practical the law is interpreted in a strict sense. Meaning it should refer to “necessary, urgent, or ad hoc work as specified in Section 2 must be completed within 15 days”.
If you are a company in Thailand and want to apply for a temporary work permit for a foreign employee, please contact our Immigration and labor lawyers in Thailand at [email protected]
