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‘Thailand Pass’ registration scheme to be lifted from 1 July 2022 for foreign nationals At the point of entry into Thailand, travellers will only need to show proof of either a certificate of vaccination or a negative RT-PCR or professional ATK test result within 72 hours of travel. Thailand’s Centre of COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) […]

Hong Kong remains world’s most expensive city for expats City becoming ‘less attractive’ than regional rivals Hong Kong has retained its title as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates to live in for the third year running, with the firm behind the rankings saying the city’s high cost of living combined with tough coronavirus […]

Do you want to help to save 10,000 street dogs in Thailand? Came across and really look forward to reading Niall Harbison’s daily twitter updates where he’s doing wonderful stuff feeding 80 street dogs every day, caring for them, sterilizing them, etc. Apart from his daily help, he has some great ideas how to push […]

UK Government responds no plans to uprate UK pensions for UK retirees in Thailand Many of you signed the UK Government petition regarding our UK pensions being indexed linked. Having reached over 10,000 signatures the UK government had to respond. Here is their response received this week. The Government has responded to the petition you […]

Bidder pays 18.5 million baht (US$ 549,583) for ‘luckiest’ car licence plate in Thailand Thailand’s first-ever auction of “special licence plates” saw stiff competition among bidders on Thursday, with a top price of 18.5 million baht (US$ 549,583) paid for the most auspicious plate. The Department of Land Transport (DLT) has auctioned off the so-called […]

Two people per hour are dying on Thailand’s roads Encouraging Thais to wear face masks has been easy – getting them to wear helmets is quite another matter https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/313982Thai PBS had a report about the appalling state of the Thai Roads. And they did the math with the help of a safety expert about the […]

Give U.K. pensioners living abroad increases with parity as those in the U.K. Give all the U.K. citizens living abroad, who have paid the necessary National Insurance Contributions, the right to receive the same State Pension payments as those resident in the U.K. U.K. citizens living abroad do not receive annual increase in pension payments. […]

Thai Government Explains Official Name Change for Bangkok Thailand’s government recently provided new guidance on how the official name of the capital, Bangkok, would be used internationally. The guidance, however, caused some confusion. Some people thought it meant that English speakers would need to start calling Bangkok by its longer, local name, Krung Thep Maha […]