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The Best Beaches on Koh Samui

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The Beaches on Koh Samui are what makes up the flair of the whole island apart from the approximately 3 million coconut palms. The beaches are scattered around the island but only the beaches on the [read more]

The “Free Visa on Arrival” offer was extended until April

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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]
Health Insurance for Long Stay Foreigners becomes mandatory

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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]
One Year Visa for Thailand

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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]
Thailand Work Permit

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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]
Visa Fees Thailand

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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]