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MYANMAR – Employment agencies reported that the junta council banned men between ages of 23 and 32 from finding work abroad and eased the restrictions of other age brackets starting May 7.
The junta council temporarily banned all males from leaving the country on May 1 then defined the restricted age brackets. An employment agent commented that the restriction will hurt the young men planning to find employment overseas but it is not yet clear if it will have any effects on those leaving the country on tourist visas.
“They didn’t issue any official notice. It was a temporary ban from the start. Now we are told to amend the name lists submitted for employment contracts, only submitting men under 23 and above 31 years old, via email. The men between 23 and 32, even if they already have an employment offer, will not be allowed to sign the contract for overseas employment. It will mainly affect those holding PJ (employment passport). It is not yet sure if it will affect those with PV (tourism passport),” explained an official from an employment agency.
This restriction will hurt those who already received an offer and those within 23 and 32 had to be removed from the approved lists. Previously, it was said that those who already received approval will be allowed to sign employment contracts but now all men between 23 and 32 are not allowed.
“The company doesn’t really have anything to change as the new demands (job offers) have been on hold. They have been approving only those who received cabinet permission and those extending contracts, for example, Thai. We have to go through the name lists so that it’s all people under 23 and above 31. Before, they said they will allow everyone who were already approved (to sign contracts) but now they restricted the age. So we had to remove those within that age bracket from the name list. They won’t be allowed to sign the contract,” said the employment agency official.
Regarding the restriction, and official from Pyae Paing Hmu employment agency confirmed that young men between 18 and 22 and those over 32 are allowed to go work overseas but all young men between 23 and 32 were banned.
A source from the junta council’s Ministry of Labour also said that the ban on young men between 23 and 32 from working overseas will be a permanent ban according to the current situation of the country.