Embassy & labour attaché directory for domestic workers in Thailand
Bangkok contacts for Filipino, Burmese, and Lao domestic workers: the Philippine Embassy and Migrant Workers Office, the Myanmar Embassy and labour attaché, the Lao Embassy, plus Thai labour hotlines. Each entry lists address, phone, email, and what it does for you. Your embassy is free and works for you, not your employer or your broker.
- If an employer keeps your passport, that is illegal. Contact your embassy.
- Your embassy is free. No embassy or labour attaché charges a worker a fee for help.
- Filipino workers: the Philippine Embassy and the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Bangkok.
- Burmese workers: the Myanmar Embassy and the Myanmar Labour Attaché Office in Bangkok.
- Lao workers: the Lao Embassy in Bangkok.
- Any nationality: the Thai labour hotlines below take wage and contract complaints.
If you are in immediate danger — your passport is being held against your will, you are being prevented from leaving, you are being physically harmed — call 1300 (Thailand Anti-Trafficking, 24/7, translators available) or the MAP Foundation 24-hour hotline +66 81 862 3894. You can call your embassy afterwards.
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This page lists the missions in Thailand that help domestic workers from the Philippines, Myanmar and Laos, plus the Thai government labour lines that take complaints from any worker. For each one we list the official name, address, phone, email, website, and what it actually does for a domestic worker — contract disputes, repatriation, a lost or withheld passport, and abuse. Every contact has a source line so you can check it. Where a detail could not be confirmed from an official source, it is marked (verify) rather than guessed.
What an embassy can do for you. It can hold or replace your passport when your documents are lost or taken. It can speak to your employer or agency on your behalf in a wage or contract dispute. It can help arrange repatriation — a flight home — if you are stranded or unsafe. It can refer abuse and trafficking cases to the Thai authorities and to its own labour attaché. None of this costs you money.
Philippines — Embassy & Migrant Workers Office
Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Bangkok
For: Filipino domestic workers, nannies and carers.
- Address: 760 Sukhumvit Road corner Soi Philippines (Soi 30/1), Bangkok 10110
- Phone: +66 2 259 0139 to 40
- Consular section email: [email protected]
- General email: [email protected]
- Website: bangkokpe.dfa.gov.ph
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
What it does for you: Replaces a lost or withheld Philippine passport, issues travel documents for repatriation, and gives consular protection in abuse cases. For a workplace problem, the embassy works with the Migrant Workers Office below.
Source: Philippine Embassy Bangkok — Contact Us (official).
Migrant Workers Office (MWO) Bangkok
For: Filipino workers with a contract, wage or recruitment problem. This is the labour office of the Philippine Department of Migrant Workers. It was formerly called POLO / POLO-OWWA.
- Address: Rooms 910 & 911, Linuxx Serviced Offices, 9th Floor, Emporium Tower, 622 Sukhumvit Road, Khlong Ton, Khlong Toei, Bangkok 10110
- Hotline (LINE / Viber / WhatsApp): +66 83 137 6167
- Labour document email: [email protected]
- General concerns email: [email protected]
- Website: migrantworkersoffice.com
What it does for you: Handles contract disputes and unpaid wages, verifies your employment contract, intervenes against illegal recruitment and placement fees, and coordinates welfare and repatriation through OWWA. Bring any contract, payslip or message you have kept.
Source: Department of Migrant Workers — MWO Offices Abroad directory.
Myanmar — Embassy & Labour Attaché Office
Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Bangkok
For: Burmese domestic workers.
- Address: No. 110, Sathorn Nua (North Sathorn) Road, Bangkok 10500
- Phone: +66 2 233 2237, +66 2 233 7250, +66 2 234 4698
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: myanmarembassybkk.com
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (lunch 12:00–1:00)
What it does for you: Replaces a lost or withheld passport, issues a Certificate of Identity for repatriation, and gives consular help in abuse cases. For wage and contract problems, the embassy refers you to its Labour Attaché Office below.
Source: embassies.net — Embassy of Myanmar in Bangkok. Phone and email (verify) against the official site before sending documents.
Myanmar Labour Attaché Office, Bangkok
For: Burmese workers with a wage, contract or recruitment problem, and MOU questions.
- Address: Pan Road, Bangkok (verify)
- Phone: +66 2 003 0015 (verify)
- Email: [email protected] (verify)
- Find it: Search Facebook for "Myanmar Labour Attaché Office, Bangkok" (verify the page is official before sending documents).
What it does for you: Handles contract and wage disputes for Burmese workers, advises on the MOU legal route, and works with the embassy on repatriation and abuse cases.
Source: contact details surfaced via search of the Myanmar Embassy Bangkok labour pages; not confirmed against a live official page. Treat as (verify) until checked.
Laos — Embassy
Embassy of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Bangkok
For: Lao domestic workers.
- Address: 520, 502/1-3 Soi Sahakornpramoon, Pracha Uthit Road, Wang Thonglang, Bangkok 10310
- Phone: +66 2 539 6667 / 8 (verify)
- Fax: +66 2 539 6678
- Email: [email protected] (verify)
- Website: laoembassybangkok.gov.la
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00–11:30 and 13:30–16:30
What it does for you: Replaces a lost or withheld Lao passport, issues travel documents for repatriation, and gives consular help in dispute and abuse cases. For a workplace problem you can also use the Thai labour hotlines below, which have Lao-speaking support through the 1694 line.
Source: embassies.net — Embassy of Laos in Bangkok. Phone and email marked (verify) because the official site could not be reached.
Thai government labour hotlines — for any worker
You do not need to be a Thai citizen to use these. They take complaints from documented and undocumented migrant workers about wages, contracts and MR 15 violations.
| Line | Who runs it | What it does for you | Hours / language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1694 | Department of Employment, Ministry of Labour | Migrant-worker hotline: work permits, changing employer, recruitment and trafficking concerns. | Mon–Fri 8:30 am–4:30 pm. English, Burmese and Cambodian speakers. |
| 1506 | Ministry of Labour | Main labour hotline. Report wage, contract and recruitment violations, including for migrant workers. | Daily (extended hours; press for the labour menu). |
| 1546 | Department of Labour Protection and Welfare | Unpaid wages, illegal deductions, denied rest day and other MR 15 breaches. | Weekday and weekend hours. |
| 1300 | Anti-Trafficking hotline (government) | Passport withheld, forced labour, abuse, debt bondage. Confidential, 24/7, translators. | 24 hours. Translators available. |
Source: Ministry of Labour — 1694 hotline for migrant workers and the Thailand Ministry of Labour service lines.
How to use this directory if something goes wrong
- Find your country above and save the embassy and labour-office numbers to your phone now, before there is a problem.
- Keep proof. Photograph every page of your passport, visa, work permit and contract, and any payslip or message. Send the photos to a family member. If your documents are taken, you still have proof.
- Call the labour office first for a money or contract problem — the MWO for Filipinos, the Labour Attaché for Burmese, or the Thai 1546 / 1694 lines for any nationality.
- Call the embassy for documents or danger — a lost or withheld passport, or to arrange a flight home.
- For abuse or a held passport, call 1300 or MAP first, then your embassy. A held passport is illegal; you are not the one in trouble.
Frequently asked questions
My employer is holding my passport. What do I do?
Does it cost money to contact my embassy or labour attaché?
I am undocumented. Can I still call the Thai labour hotlines?
I am stranded and want to go home. Who arranges it?
I do not have a written contract. Is that a problem?
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