StayinThailand2much

Correct, as the '60 days' scheme is announced as "temporary", and 'visas tailored for digital nomads' (e.g. Destination Thailand Visa) having application conditions that are as clear as mud...

The above mentioned seems to be a new visa (in the pipeline). The only requirements for an application that I could find, are: 1. be at least 20 yrs. old 2. part with 10,000 baht for the fee, and 3. "(...) must present proof of funds of at least THB 500,000 throughout their stay in Thailand." Is this for real, and how is the 'proof of funds throughout their stay' even possible, unless they require you to actually extend this at an Immigration office once, or more often?

Yeah, you're right... 😆

Thank you for the sound advice. However, living in a different part of the world, then having to travel thousands of miles to one's home country just for a visa application is just °^ו`

What a moron. What did they do? I found Cambodian officials always courteous and helpful.

Please advise of a location in the region where I can apply for one. (I'm living in SE Asia, but are not a local citizen.)

Not having followed the news as much recently, is this limited in time, say for a year, or meant for a longer time?

Finally! Does that mean that we won't be reading every other week about the wait for the subs anymore? 🤔

Really hope, they have enough taxation bureaucrats who are fluent in Swedish, Greek, and Korean to check all the double taxation agreements...

Same here. They still owe me about 11,000 baht. Their booking system doesn't accept their vouchers, and my card-issuing bank doesn't let me book on their website. There is virtually no customer service, and their staff is incompetent (even at their head office in KL). Not to mention frequent flight cancellations with no refunds...

I've read some last year, but, yes, if you see politicians with $ signs in their eyes, it's because they hope to milk those 'dirty foreigners'...

Thank god, I left Thailand, only planning to go there for a couple weeks a year in the future.

Wonder, whether they will compensate by raising visa fees by a few 100 percent, like they did at their embassy in NZ... 😆

Well, in addition to standing in a queue outside the consulate, you'll now be able to spend extra time to book an appointment on their more or less working website. Okay, perhaps queues will get a bit shorter...

The more computerised Thai government offices are, the longer they need to process any applications... Anyway, good for Laos, as visa tourists will spend more money there. 😆

because it was on day 85 or something like that Will be interesting, with longer durations and easier/longer possibilities to extend, how embassies and airlines will handle return-ticket dates...

The eternal struggle between greed and xenophobia. Nothing changed in 20 years...

Why do the top five countries make up barely half of the tourist arrivals, and where did the other 7 million tourists come from? Not one Western country mentioned. Wonder, how many of the tourists came from the rich neighbouring countries (Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia)...

Leading once more, but, probably, not being allowed into office, due to the elite being afraid to lose part of their overwhelming power and dominance...

True. Supposedly, they've got a large number of tourists, and a huge income from tourism, but, at the same time, they're targeting small fish, like small minorities, tourism from Bhutan, Kazakhstan, etc.

Those Thai executives really know the world, it seems. Guess, unlike others, she didn't go to school overseas. Well, as long as they don't deliver the goods by ship to the Arabian Peninsula, before finding out, searching Google, about Bhutan's actual location... 😆

Why not watch one of the numerous clips on social media about fake gold bars and jewellery being sold to customers in China...

That's right. Thai logic: 1US$ = 36-37 baht, 1Y = 5 baht, so let's use the yuan instead, because it's a better deal. Perhaps they will buy Chinese gold online next... 😆

Gaming - I doubt that Thai students need any help, or instruction about that...

If they wait long enough, they can have the talks with Beijing, as China has already gobbled up 1/8 of Bhutan's territory in recent years.