บต.32 (WP3)
Work permit application by an employer for a foreigner outside Thailand · คำขอรับใบอนุญาตทำงานแทนคนต่างด้าว ตามมาตรา 60 วรรคสอง
Also written as Bor Tor 32, WP.3, WP.32, WP 32, บต. 32
Last reviewed 28 September 2026
บต.32 is the application a Thai employer files with the Department of Employment for a work permit on behalf of a foreigner who is still outside Thailand; English speakers, and Thai embassies abroad, still call it WP3. The employer files it before the foreigner travels, at DOE or through e-WorkPermit.
The approval letter the Department of Employment issues is what Thai embassies ask for with a Non-Immigrant B visa application for work: the Thai missions in Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City list it as the WP3 or WP.32 letter. It is not a work permit: the foreigner may start work only once the work permit itself is granted.
The facts
| Belongs to | Department of Employmentกรมการจัดหางาน |
| Where to get it | The employer files it at DOE’s Office of Foreign Workers Administration in Bangkok, a Bangkok area or provincial employment office, or online through e-WorkPermit (eworkpermit.doe.go.th). |
| Source | Government Information Center (info.go.th), DOE procedure: work permit application on behalf of a foreigner under Section 60 paragraph two (Thai) |
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Who files this for you, and what it costs
WP3 is part of visa & work permit. What Thai firms publish for that work: 7,900 to 40,000 per person (baht), every figure linked to the firm that published it on the visa & work permit price page.
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