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Corona Virus in Thailand
Process & development of the Corona Virus crisis in Thailand. Effects on foreigners in Thailand, entry, visa & conditions. Updated daily as it happens. [read more]
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Thailand cancels “Visa on Arrival” for 18 countries
Thailand is pulling the reins of immigration rules again in the fight against the spread of the corona virus. [read more]
Living in Thailand
Additional control measures upon entry
Thailand will carry out further protective measures on entry (for foreigners) from Thursday, March 12th, 2020.
For example, the entry cards are to be expanded, with details of the mobile phone number and the email address. [read more]
Phuket
Phuket Plane Spotting
The Phuket International Airport is also a popular place for planespotting. The runway 09 ends or starts here directly behind the Mai Khao Beach, so that the planes fly over the beach only a few meters above the ground before they touch down on the runway shortly afterwards. [read more]
Thai Visa
The “Free Visa on Arrival” offer was extended until April
The government will extend the visa waiver fee for visa on arrival by another six months (untill April 2020) to increase the number of foreign tourists in the kingdom. [read more]
Living in Thailand
Health Insurance for Long Stay Foreigners becomes mandatory
The cabinet has already approved a new rule, that long staying foreigners now must have an Health Insurance for Thailand that covers at least 400,000 Baht of inpatient and 40,000 Baht of outpatient costs. [read more]
Thai Visa
One Year Visa for Thailand
For some time now, Thai Embassies in some countries have started to issue a real One Year Visa for Thailand, that allows you to stay in Thailand for one year, without doing visa runs every 3 [read more]
Business
Thailand Work Permit
To get a work permit in Thailand, you need an employer who hires you. That can be any Thai Company like a Hotel, Dive Center or maybe even the government as an English Teacher. Even [read more]
Thai Visa
Visa Fees Thailand
If you want to calculate your cost of living in thailand, you need to include the cost for your visa which you need for Thailand. Here is a short summery of the Visa Fees for [read more]
Finances
Thai ATM Charges
Since April 2009, almost all Thai banks charge an additional fee for withdrawing cash with foreign credit cards at Thai ATMs. This fee was initially 150 Baht, then increased to 180, 200 and in February [read more]