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There will be new travel restrictions on people entering Thailand, including Chinese. Last TNT for the year and a recap of the biggest stories and a look at trends for 2023. Tell us what you think and join in - everyone is welcome. Best wishes for your happy new year, wherever you are.

ASEAN NOW NEWSLETTER IS UNDER MAINTENANCE Our Newsletter is taking a pause over the new year due to system maintenance. It's always a limited amount of news published over Christmas and New Year, so some members of our News Team is on a short holiday break. News will be posted as usual in the News forums, but to a limited extent. Newsletter will resume at some point next week. In the meantime, please follow our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, IG and here in "Thailand LIVE" Thanks for your understanding. Have a great end of 2022. -- ASEAN NOW 2022-12-31

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There is currently a crackdown, or at least a lot more checking, into visa applications coming through the Royal Thai Consulate in Penang. The consulate is a popular destination for foreigners in southern Thailand and usually receives hundreds of visits and applications each day in their newly refurnished consulate offices and residence of the Thai consul general. The following applies to the Penang consulate and MAY not apply to other consulates or embassies outside of Thailand at this time. There has been a large increase in activity at the Consulate, partly because of the Covid restrictions being removed in Thailand, expats returning for work and additional tourist and business activity. Additional, the influx of Russian visitors into Thailand, in particular, is causing a spike in visa applications so that they, including many families, can extend their stays in Thailand. The Penang Consulate is only accepting 50 visa applications per day with the queues building up from 7am in the morning, even through the applicants aren’t permitted to enter until after 10am. Those who aren’t accepted in the first 50 are then sent away to return, presumably tomorrow or the next day. Consul staff, at the pleading of some of the visa agents in Penang, have accepted a few additional applications. Today there were 120 people queuing to apply for a visa to return to Thailand. With Russian arrivals peaking at the moment – the most numerous arrivals into Thailand each day – the situation for visa extensions – the Thai government is going to be caught between wanting to take them in as tourists (along with their tourism money) and having no way to legally extend their stay in Thailand beyond the current visa rules. (Russian people can arrive for a 45 visa-exempt stay, extendable for another 30 days). The cap on applications is applied locally and other Thai Consulate and Embassies around the region may apply limits on visa applications to cope with the sudden surge of applications. Additionally, Consular staff are checking documentation much more thoroughly than in the past, including calling offices and staff mentioned in application documents and authenticating photos taken of offices and signboards (a frequent requirement for B Visas for example). In the case of 60 day tourist visas, consular staff are currently requiring proof of paid accommodation for your entire trip AND a flight out of the country before the end of the 60 days. The Consulate is also frequented by the large number of Thai citizens who live and work in Penang. For Penang, at this time, Phuket Go would recommend using a visa agent to double check your documentation before applying for your visa. ALL applicants must now apply in person, even if you use the services of an agent to organise your travel, accommodation and check your documents. All applicants must also wear a face mask at this time when visiting all Royal Thai consulates or embassies. — Phuket-go.com 2022-12-13

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Villa Market New Store @ Bukis Phuket On the 9th of December, 2022, Villa Market opened a new store in the heart of Phuket on Chalermprakiat Ratchakan Thi 9 Road, just north of the Darasamuth underpass. (Click on the map to see the store’s location in google maps) https://goo.gl/maps/Z21byVCXYA3kmFuW6 Our new Bukis store opens from 9:00am to 9:00pm every day! All of your Villa Market favorites are now available at Villa Market Bukis, including a number of ranges that are exclusive to Villa Market, including: Monoprix Woolworths Iceland Birds Eye Walkers Chips Cellini coffee Cheetos Young’s frozen foods Sunridge Farms Co-Op The Apple Press Cheez-It Athenos dips Raley’s frozen fruit McCain frozen foods To name a few! Our Bukis Phuket store is a full service supermarket with all product categories available including Fresh & Frozen Foods, Beer, Wine, Spirits, Grocery items and all your household needs. Everything you need, in one place. Free GI Burgers! For the month of December, we’re offering a special promotion to the first 50 customers in our Bukis store each day that spend THB 1,000 or more = a free GI Burger! Our GI Burgers have been loved by Villa Market customers for nearly 50 years and are made using only the best steaks & the original recipe developed by our Founder & President Khun Surapong. Our shop online service is also operating from our Bukis store, so if you’re in the Bukis area, you can order from shop.villamarket.com and have delivered same day. We’ve also got some welcome gifts for new users of our Shop Online service, you can choose from the following coupons for your 1st order: DDAYFREE (Free delivery, minimum spend THB 1,000) NEWME200 (THB 200 discount, minimum spend THB 2,000) so please check out https://shop.villamarket.com/promotions/8000000404 for more information. You can contact our Bukis Store through any of the following channels: Phone: 02-502-7385 Line App: All Villa Market stores have their own Line App service that allows you to chat directly with our staff in that store and even order products for delivery if you would like. Scan this QR code from within Line App and you will be connected with our Bukis Phuket store.

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Established on Valentine's Day in 1997, is Pattaya's best venue for great food and a huge selection of all your favourite beers, spirits and wines. Enjoy a true British pub atmosphere. All the major sporting events are shown on our large screen TVs. There is a free slate bed pool table for our customers. We have daily food specials & promotions including our famous Sunday all you can eat carvery. Every Thursday is our popular quiz night and Fridays we have an all you can eat Pizza, Pasta & salad Buffet. Please explore the website to discover some of the great things that await you here at the Sportsman. Web:: https://sportsmanpub.com/ Google maps: https://goo.gl/maps/DNApGXyCQTjdtt1L8

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PLEASE HELP THE CHILDREN IF YOU CAN ❤️ https://www.volunt2thai.com looks after around 100 children in the area of sports in northern Thailand alone. Sport connects in the most positive sense. Many of these children love football, especially in light of the current World Cup in Qatar. HOWEVER, THESE CHILDREN MISS a ) sportswear b ) footballs c ) volleyballs Please donate and support these Thai children by sending soccer balls and volleyballs 1 football approx 270 THB in MACRO. If you can donate 1, please take a picture with you plus ball, send this picture to +66613162411 (Mr. Rainer) please. And please send the ball by KERRY to Udon Thani *** betreut in Nordthailand alleine circa 100 Kinder im Bereich des Sports. Sport verbindet im positivsten Sinn. Viele dieser Kinder lieben den Fussballsport, gerade im Zeichen der derzeitigen Fussballweltmeisterschaft in Quatar. JEDOCH FEHLEN DIESEN KINDERN a ) Sportbekleidung b ) Fussbaelle c ) Volleybaelle Bitte spenden und unterstuetzen Sie diese thailaendischen Kinder und schicken Sie Fussbaelle und Volleybaelle *** s'occupe d'environ 100 enfants dans le domaine du sport rien que dans le nord de la Thaïlande. Le sport se connecte dans le sens le plus positif. Beaucoup de ces enfants aiment le football, surtout à la lumière de la Coupe du monde en cours au Qatar. CEPENDANT, CES ENFANTS MANQUENT a ) Vêtements de sport b ) ballons de football c ) ballons de volley-ball S'il vous plaît, faites un don et soutenez ces enfants thaïlandais en envoyant des ballons de football et de volley-ball Contact : Raimund Wagner Raimund Wagner Postal address: 48/1 Moo 5, Ban Nong Phong, Tambon Ban Lao, Amphoe Phen, Udon Thani, 41150 Thailand Phone: 0814068380 คุณ ไรมูนด์ วากเนอร์ 48/1 หมู่ 5 บ้านหนองผง ตำบลบ้านเหล่า, อำเภอเพ็ญ, อุดรธานี, 41150 ประเทศไทย Thailand - COME TOGETHER - NETWORKING on Koh Samui we support this social activity

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