Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara will soon visit Japan to hold talks regarding reports that Japan may cancel the visa-free privilege for Thai travelers due to the increasing number of Thais overstaying their allowed time.

 

He said today that, while he is concerned about the reports, Japan has the right to revoke the visa exemption for Thais if many of them break their laws, in the same way as Thailand revokes the visas of foreign tourists who do so when in Thailand.

 

As far as he knows, the foreign minister said, only a handful of Thais have broken the law while in Japan and he will ask his Japanese counterpart not to cancel visa exemption for Thai travellers.

 

Regarding the European Union’s Schengen visa, the foreign minister said that talks are still under way and he has no idea how long it will take for an agreement to be reached.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-03-29

 

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When the little ghosts run off to join the underground economy in Japan who employs and pays them. Thai people?

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara will soon visit Japan to hold talks regarding reports that Japan may cancel the visa-free privilege for Thai travelers due to the increasing number of Thais overstaying their allowed time.

Don't forget to pack the knee pads, they may come in handy later.

I'm only surprised any country would allow Thais in Visa free

15 hours ago, JoePai said:

I'm only surprised any country would allow Thais in Visa free

I’m surprised Thailand lets westerner people in visa free lately based on the bad behaviors 

15 hours ago, JoePai said:

I'm only surprised any country would allow Thais in Visa free

I would say its only fair to reciprocate a countries visa entry, if a Thai needs a visa to enter a foreign country then its fair that the nationals of that foreign country would also need a visa to enter Thailand.