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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  […]

Thailand’s Visa extensions approved under previous amnesty to be upheld until 30 November 2020 Foreigners who had already paid B1,900 and been approved an extension to stay of 30 days from Sept 27 under the previous ‘visa amnesty’ will be allowed to stay in Thailand until Nov 30 at no extra cost. “Right now in […]

Foreigners stranded due to the Covid-19 situation can stay in Thailand until 31 October 2020 The cabinet has allowed foreigners unable to return to their home countries due to the Covid-19 situation to stay in Thailand until Oct 31. The cabinet approved the Interior Ministry’s draft notification to allow foreigners to stay in the country […]

USA pays Bt8.8bn for new US Consulate General building in Chiang Mai By THE NATION US ambassador Michael George DeSombre, Consul General Sean K O’Neill and Chiang Mai governor Charoenrit Sanguansat jointly presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the new US Consulate General building in Chiang Mai on Friday. The new US consulate will be […]

Thai Cabinet approves long-term tourist visas for Thailand for up to 270 days Quarantine compulsory, 90-day renewable stay The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to allow in foreign tourists who agree to 14-day quarantine and stay for at least 90 days, to help the flagging economy. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said after the cabinet meeting that […]

Tourism Authority of Thailand vows to eliminate dual pricing, considers introducing expat ID card Expatriates may not be able to join tourism stimulus packages, but the government pledges to end dual pricing as soon as possible. Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said the We Travel Together stimulus campaign is carried […]

Bangkok Lighthouse Club Networking Evening – September 9, 2020 – sponsored by Hafele Please see the invite for the networking September event. Once again the mighty “Volker” from “Hafele” will sponsor this event at the “Hafele” command center. [the event is not at Clubhouse] This is a very well sponsored event in a large space […]

Thailand’s 90 day Immigration reporting must be done by the end of today (31 August 2020) during the visa amnesty By The Thaiger Today is the last day to update your 90 day report if you haven’t been doing the reports during the visa amnesty Thai immigration has set the end of today as the […]

Four out of five Thais want country opened up says survey A major survey conducted by a group of foreign companies suggests that the great majority of Thais want their country opened up to tourists as soon as possible. And it suggests that many other Asians’ first thoughts in a post Covid19 world are trips […]