Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin visited the Social Security Office to monitor the progress for the first day of online registrations to the “Section 33 We Love Each Other” program. Over 5.6 million registrations were submitted. The SSO has arranged for service staff on the 1506 hotline, press 1, and is confident that the database is ready and will not fail for sure. He emphasized that eligible persons must be insured under Section 33 before February 15, 2021, and should hurry to register via the www.M33WeLoveEachOther.com website before the end of March 7.
On February 21, 2021, at 11.30 hours at the Social Security Office, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin reported the overview of online registrations for the “Section 33 We Love Each Other” program via the www.M33WeLoveEachOther.com website that opened for registration today as the first day, starting at 06.00 hours. From the start to 12.00 hours, there are over 5.6 million insured persons who registered online. Eligible persons must be an insured person under Section 33 before February 15. For the convenience of insured persons, the Social Security Office now has staff available to provide information via phone, in case any insured person has problems with registration or needs to ask for more details about the project. Users can call the Ministry of Labour’s 1506 hotline and press 1 for the Social Security Office.
Mr. Suchart said that the “Section 33 We Love Each Other” project was approved by the Cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha. The government will pay a 4,000 Baht relief for eligible persons. The Ministry of Labour, under the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister General Prawit Wongsuwan, was assigned to expedite the program. Today, the Labour Minister followed up on online registrations’ progress to the program, as today is the first day that the Social Security Office started the applications. Because the Social Security Office has an information database on insured persons by employers and employees, it is confident in its accuracy. The Labour Minister has emphasized that insured persons under Section 33 meet all of the required conditions to apply. Qualifiers must be of Thai nationality, be an insured person under Section 33, not have a state welfare card, and did not receive rights to the “We Win” program. Qualifiers must not have over 500,000 in deposits as of December 31, 2020, and must register via the www.M33WeLoveEachOther.com website. They can register from today until March 7, 2021, from 06.00 hours to 23.00 hours. The banks will check the information and process screening from March 8 to 14, 2021. Applicants can check the status of the eligibility via the www.M33WeLoveEachOther.com website and confirm their identity through the ‘Pao Tang’ application on March 15 to 21, 2021, to receive the credit limit through the ‘Pao Tang’ application of 1,000 Baht per time, totaling 4,000 Baht on March 22 and 29, and April 5 and 12, 2021. Users can use the ‘Pao Tang’ application to pay for products and services with merchants from the “We Win” project from March 22 to May 31, 2021. To review rights, those who do not qualify will be able to request a review through the www.M33WeLoveEachOther.com website from March 15 to 28, 2021. The banks will check the information and process screening from March 29 to April 4, 2021. Users can check the eligibility status via the www.M33WeLoveEachOther.com website and confirm their identity through the ‘Pao Tang’ application from April 5 to 11, 2021. They will receive the credit limit through the ‘Pao Tang’ application on April 12 and 19, 2021, of 2,000 Baht per time. Users can use the ‘Pao Tang’ application to pay for products and services through shops/operators/services that use the “Money Bag” application for the “Half Each” and “We Win” projects from April 12 to May 31, 2021.
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Division of Public Relations
21 February 2020
