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Creveling & Creveling protects its clients’ privacy. The following is a fictitious example designed to demonstrate the type of financial decision-making required to achieve financial security and does not refer to any specific case. Many working expatriates dream of the day when they can throw in the towel and retire on their savings, beginning to […]

A FISHING adventurer’s globe trotting days in pursuit of huge fish have reached the end of the line. Instead Bruce Dale, whose fascination for the water world began as a three-year-old outwitting newts in a pool on a Tyneside railway station, has become a pioneer in the land of the tigers. Bruce, 58, now no […]

 In response to the growing demand for visitor visas to the United Kingdom, the UK Border Agency and its commercial partner, VFS Global, have introduced two new premium visa services to provide customers with greater choice and flexibility, the UK Embassy in Bangkok announced today. A priority visa service is now available to eligible people applying […]

Passengers will soon be able to make calls, use Facebook and tweet about their meals. Just like being in the office, really Expect a surge of Instagram shots of airplane wings and inflight meals when Thai Airways launches its new on-board connectivity services later this year. Thailand’s flag carrier announced it has teamed up with airline communications […]

A senior executive has again raised an important national issue that deserves serious attention. Toyota Motor Thailand vice-chairman Ninnart Chaithirapinyo told a seminar on Thai labour that it is time to raise the retirement age from its current 60, to 63 or 65. While Mr Ninnart was addressing a specific problem of a labour shortage, […]

A senior executive has again raised an important national issue that deserves serious attention. Toyota Motor Thailand vice-chairman Ninnart Chaithirapinyo told a seminar on Thai labour that it is time to raise the retirement age from its current 60, to 63 or 65. While Mr Ninnart was addressing a specific problem of a labour shortage, […]

April 2 is fast approaching and with it the deadline for filing your 2011 personal income tax return and making any required tax payment.  So, what is new this time around? _ New Expat ID number: Expatriates filing their tax returns will have to use the new tax ID – the 13-digit identification number that came […]

Thailand’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) and the Airports of Thailand (AoT) have agreed to jointly hold a ceremony to officially reopen Don Mueang Airport on March 2 to show the facility’s readiness for commercial use after last year’s flood crisis submerged the airport’s runway, according to the CAD chief. Civil Aviation Department Director General Woradet […]

Thailand’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD) and the Airports of Thailand (AoT) have agreed to jointly hold a ceremony to officially reopen Don Mueang Airport on March 2 to show the facility’s readiness for commercial use after last year’s flood crisis submerged the airport’s runway, according to the CAD chief. Civil Aviation Department Director General Woradet […]

Immigration minister Damian Green has issued a written ministerial statement proposing an increase in visa fees, and an increase in UK-based visa application fees. The proposals will be laid in Parliament in 2 separate regulations and, subject to Parliamentary approval, the government hopes to bring the new fees into force from 6 April 2012. Damian […]