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Will these digital nomads pay tax?  If not, why should a Thai person, or Thailand resident who is working remotely pay tax on their earnings and a digital nomad not?

The article is misleading. The statement from the RT Embassy in London refers to the O-X visa which has been around since 2016. With an O-X visa, you CAN buy a condo, but owning a condo does not mean that you need an O-X Visa. 

10 hours ago, CLW said:

Nowadays it's a pain in the ass driving from Pattaya to Hua Hin on motorway because you have to cross Bangkok downtown.

Not nowadays. The outer ring road expressway #9 has been open for several years and joins Rama II in the south and the Buraphawiti Expressway and Bangkok - Rayong Motorway in the east.

"phenomenon". Yes, sure.

Most of the 150k or whatever the number is are not real 'tourists'. Most of all the real tourists have gone. Nearly all the people who are left here are long stay people who are here on a tourist visa. 

On 9/16/2020 at 6:19 PM, fredob43 said:

..... I am married to a Thai ..... but I'm not going to do 14 days in a Hotel Cell for anyone.

Not even for your own wife?

1 hour ago, polpott said:

International visa or not, your child won't receive a quality education in Thailand. Move to a country that can provide your child with a good, internationally recognised education. Why are you living in Thailand anyway?

And this information regarding not receiving a quality education comes from where? With an Ed visa they are at an INternational School. The standard of many International Schools is extremely high. My own child has gone through one and I know dozens of people who have successfully put their children through Thai International schools, many who have gone on to world class universities.

19 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

1200 tourists a month, but retirees etc are still not allowed to come back? .... 

Elite visa has a lousy quota of like 250 a month or so...

 

 

Absurdity. 

 

1200 tourists a month won't make a difference anyway... 

Of course retirees can come back. Get your 2,000 Baht visa, come here and convert it later.

When Thai people want travel overseas and apply for visas, they have to prove that they have adequate funds for the trip, or are supported in some form.  Just saying.

On 9/2/2020 at 9:47 AM, sungod said:

I passed through on a Tuesday evening, couple of weeks ago. Bar area was desolate, but more normal areas seemed not so bad.

Sure the bar area was desolate. It's for foreigners. Hua Hin has always been a Thai tourist town. That's how it started. During 2019, 3/4 tourists in HH were Thai.

You will get a very sensible answer from Google maps or Waze. Both work extremely well.

I've used Isaan Lawyers (look them up) they are extremely good and very reasonable. It was all done via email. 4 wills, bi-lingual, one standard and one living will for both me and my wife. I used them to update them when I became a Thai citizen too. Very professional and fast.

Right next to them is the site for the planned tallest building in ASEAN the Rama IX Super Tower that they have been mulling over for many years. Something tells me that that project will be a non-starter right now.

Who is asking for 60k? Immigration or an agent? 

So, you choose an island, like Samui. Does that mean that the tourists have to remain on the island? What about the locals and Thai people, are they then free to come and go? If a local gets infected, and travels, what happens then?

2 hours ago, Mak25 said:

Can I order by phone then? ????

Shh. Don't give the game away!

15 hours ago, bbi1 said:

This article is an absolute load of shtttt, first it says:

 

 

 

Then it says:

 

 

 

1. Thai Drivers license (Province of Resident is printed on the reverse side)

2. Resident card 

3. Valid work permit

 

What about experts living in Thailand that don't have any of things who are on Elite Visas, SETV, METV and can't get those type of documents?

 

Good news, this covers almost all of the non-tourist residents in Thailand.
The "T" in SETV and METV stands for "Tourist"
If you are daft enough to pay 500,000 Baht or more for an "Elite" visa then ..... sorry. But you do get your free rounds of golf and a pretty girl to greet you at the airport.

2 hours ago, gintis0604 said:

58 dead in Covid19 and they close down the country. 20000+ dead on the streets EVERY YEAR and they don't do anything! 

It's not 'and then'.   ONLY 58 dead BECAUSE they closed down the county. 

9 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

I didn't know that much rubber tapping went on during the night ...

The tapping process actually starts during the night, that's when the trees need to be cut, or the cuts cleaned of dried latex.

18 minutes ago, hydraides said:

 

That's a whole month salary compensation from the government

Minimum wage is 313-336 / day.  No government employee earns 5k a month.  30 years ago perhaps.