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Thailand’s new 60 days tourist visa selling “like hot cakes” Ever since Thailand revamped its 60 days (single entry) visa late last month, embassies throughout the world have been reporting a gigantic interest by foreigners desperate to get away for the harsh winter or to escape their coronavirus-infected homelands. Its uniqueness is that it offers […]

Leisure tourist Brits now have a visa route back to Thailand The Thai embassy in London has now amended its website to show that British and Irish nationals can now apply for a 60 day tourist visa which can be extended at Thai immigration offices for 30 days more. The same information appears on the […]

Single Entry Tourist Visa to Thailand now requires foreigners to show funds of THB500k Foreigners who wish to apply for a Single Entry Tourist Visa (SETV) to Thailand are now required to provide 6 months worth of bank statements showing a bank balance of at least 500,000 THB. The jaw dropping new financial requirement has […]

Thailand develops three scenic tourist routes offering picturesque road travel Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is delighted to announce that the Department of Rural Roads, Ministry of Transport, is currently developing three scenic routes for tourism in the South, centre and Northeast of Thailand. These are the Southern Coastal Road or ‘Thailand Riviera’ route connecting […]

Society Of Professional Engineers In Thailand (SPET) Meeting 26 November 2020 Please find attached flyer for our next meeting. Please note the date is a week later on Thursday November 26th. The venue will be in The British Club but at the new Silom wing which is adjacent to the swimming pool, on Thursday 26th […]

Bangkok Lighthouse Club Networking Evening – November 11, 2020 – sponsored by PromechResources It’s been a long long year, we are very proud to announce our final networking event for the year, we would like to say a big thank-you to Promech and their team for allowing us to proceed with this event. We would […]

Majority of Thai’s in poll disagree with reopening the country to foreign tourists for fear of a second wave of Covid-19 A majority of people disagree with reopening the country to foreign tourists for fear of a second wave of Covid-19, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida […]

Chinese gaining on Japanese expatriates living in Thailand as largest expat population Japanese expatriates living in Thailand, comprising the largest expat population at 18% of the total, declined this year while Chinese and Filipino expats are on the rise, according to real estate consultancy CBRE. Chinese expats increased in line with Chinese manufacturing moving to […]

Society Of Professional Engineers In Thailand (SPET) Meeting 15 October 2020 Please find the attached flyer for the next meeting to be held at the British Club, Soi 18, Silom Road, Bangkok at 6.30pm on Thursday 15th October 202. “The Implementation and Development of Remote Controlled and Autonomous Equipment in a modern Container Terminal” By  […]