All This must be coming from the new ministry of “ getting a laf” 

11 hours ago, madmen said:

What's the bloody point when both elite card and condo owners ARE NOT ALLOWED IN! 

So pointless, not allowed in and you could fly there anyway. !

11 hours ago, steven100 said:

    does it ever stop    .....      good luck with that one Yuthasak ... lol

elite my rear end the elite dont need or want penny dangling 

It's time Thailand realised that the very wealthy might like to come to Thailand but don't "need" to. All these very expensive offers are a waste of time. Without a reopened border, as it used to be - but easier, Thailand will utterly destroy it's own tourist industry and the attractiveness of the country as a destination. So sad.

2 hours ago, Sammyinla said:

I am an Elite card holder and I have FINALLY received approvals to come back to Thailand. Finally!! Of course now I have to get an ASQ hotel, repatriation flight, and insurance for a year before I can get a COE. Then I have to test negative for covid 72 hours before my flight or else I have to do this all over again. What a pain, but at least there seems to be a way back now. 

Unbelievable, I think it's over for me now after ten years. They have no idea.

With Thailand going down the "gurgler" at such a rate of knots, what makes anyone think that a shrewed businessman who has accumulated money, be prepared to gamble it all away by investing in Thailand.

 

Who the heck is going to want to invest 10 million THB  into this country, all for a better visa with the danger of them just changing the rules again overnight? ????

 

A lot less talk & a he  l of a lot more action & less yak yak would be a good start

I have seen people selling property last month in samui stating 5 year visa included with the property . Of course they just add it to an already high property price .

Do TAT know that you can open a company and get a work permit for about 60,000 bht ....no need to invest 1 million dollars ????????and yearly renewals for work permit are 3500.  Bht

 

the offer should be automatic pr status and limited land ownership allowed for 1 million usd.

16 hours ago, madmen said:

What's the bloody point when both elite card and condo owners ARE NOT ALLOWED IN! 

your  sooooooooooooooooo negative, anyone  can  see  what  a  wonderful opportunity  this  is????

In honor of Thai consistency in matters and the OP, I think the following quote is appropriate.

 

'The angle of the dangle is directly proportional to the swing of the thing.'

Is it really a 5/20 year visa or is it just a one year visa that you must renew an extension every 12 months and report every 90 days like the existing one? 

23 minutes ago, biggles45 said:

Is it really a 5/20 year visa or is it just a one year visa that you must renew an extension every 12 months and report every 90 days like the existing one? 

You need to make distinctions.

 

The Thailand Elite membership is 5-20 years. You get a plastic credit card thing with the expiry date on it.

The PE (Privileged Entry) visa is valid until end of membership, or until expiry of passport (You'll get a new one in the new passport, max. until expiry of the TE membership)

Upon entry with a PE visa, you get a 1y permit to stay stamp. You can extend that every 12 months at the immigration, or simply do a "visa run" for another 1y stamp.

 

This is for the Easy Access at least, the older versions of Thailand Elite had another type of visa I think?

 

90 days reporting is regardless of the visa/extension type, applies to all temporary stays.

How desperate they think foreigners are to be in Thailand?

 

A registered capital of 2 Mio. THB will make a company including one year non immigrant type B visa and a work permit and they talk about millions of US$

7 minutes ago, Prince77 said:

How desperate they think foreigners are to be in Thailand?

 

A registered capital of 2 Mio. THB will make a company including a work permit and they talk about millions of US$

They can easily set the quota for a work permit to 10000 Thais for one farang to get what they want, if they feel so. Many ways to skin a cat, the trap has been set for decades now.

22 hours ago, meechai said:

Now lemme get this straight
You put the lime in the coconut, you drank 'em bot' up?? ????

Sorry, I meant a smiley.

20 hours ago, thairookie said:

An elite card will not make you an elite in Baan Nok (village).  You are still behind the cow and ox in the pecking order.

and the dog!!!!

Woooow I was just waiting for this opportunity. Haha