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.
Author: Scuba
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.
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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 month. The new visa is called “Non Immigrant O – A, where the “A” obviously stands for annual. You may […]
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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 your Thai wife might be your employer and get a Work Permit for you if you want to run a […]
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Visa Fees Thailand
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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 2017 it is already 220 Baht. This amount will be automatically added to the withdrawal amount. Example: You want to […]
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Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, has two major airports: the newer Suwarnabhumi International Airport and the older Don Muang Airport. Don Muang Airport used to be the only Bangkok Airport until the new Suwarnabhumi Airport opened in 2006. Nearly all international airlines, including flights from Europe and the US, land at Suwarnabhumi Airport, while Don Muang Airport […]
I just got an email from someone asking whether they could open an account in Thailand while they were on vacation in Thailand and staying in a hotel. The goal was to transfer small amounts of money to this account from time to time to build up the 800,000 Baht ballance that would be needed […]
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The Pattaya Airport
The resort of Pattaya does not have its own airport. But there is the Utapao Airport, which is actually a military airport and is often referred to as Pattaya Airport. It is located about 30 km south of Pattaya, and you can drive from there in about 45 minutes by minibus or taxi to Pattaya. […]