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What are the new visa measures announced by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and how will they affect expats?

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July 14, 2024

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Frank-Steven ***********

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Official updates by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the new visa measures (including the DTV). Looks like it is really happening within the next days.

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The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially announced new visa measures, including the Digital Nomad Visa (DTV), which will come into effect soon. Users discuss the effectiveness of the provided official link to the updates, with several noting difficulties in accessing it. There are also inquiries about existing visa procedures, such as the 90-day reporting requirement and the implications for taxation under the new regulations. The community anticipates the legislative approval to confirm these changes and their applicability to various nationalities.

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@Frank-Steven **********

please check your private messages, I dropped you a line. Thx

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Clive ********

Wot about if I've a thai child wot visa can I obtain?

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Darrel *********

500k instead of 400k?

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Ivan ************

it was always 500k, nothing changed there.

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Darrel *********

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oh for marriage extension its 400k

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Ivan ************

yes and retirement is 800k but this is a different visa. It looks like they just want to see 500k once at visa issuance too, it doesn't seem like there is any ongoing requirement to keep showing it.

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Chris *********

Any news on it

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Peter *********

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supposed to be today but nothing has happened so far ?

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Juha *******

TIT 😂😂😂

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Jody *******

Welcome to Numptyland! :D ;)

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Leslie *******

can not open link

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Gregory ********

Link cannot be opened

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Gregory ********

Not signed off by prime minister or gazetted yet it starts today—15 July🙈🙈🙈

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Todd *********

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anyone seen confirmation that people are being stamped in for 60 today

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Gregory ********

nothing yet Todd

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Todd *********

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thx. Seems likely it isn’t happening today then

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Gregory ********

not sure never know with these guys🙈🙈

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Tin **********

Wat u do after 60day

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Chaminda ********

Couldn't access the mfa link .. pls check

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Luc ************

Lets wait until tomorrow and the Royal Gazette.

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Christopher *************

Still needtopay tax this year onwards

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Michael *******

@Christopher ************

only if you are not paying tax in your home country, or there is no DTA in place .

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Christopher *************

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the DTA only means you will get a tax credit in Thailand for the tax you payed in your own country that's all. If anyone has real ,legal and factual information about this would be interested to hear it ,

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Michael *******

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that’s correct, effectively income will be taxed here, or in your home country, not much different to other countries I have lived, with exception of Dubai.

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@Michael ******

yep , so regardless people still have toget a tax ID and do an annual return

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Michael *******

Yip got my tax ID last year very straightforward I have done a return for last two years as I earned interest on deposit account which had tax deducted at source - it was refunded as my income fell below threshold , under old rules - new regime next year, unclear at the moment how they will deal with DTA when tax years don’t match - my UK tax year is April-April - all will be revealed in Jan I guess

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Jo **********

@Christopher ************

no, not all

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Frank-Steven ***********

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@Christopher ************

Details of that subject are equally unknown, still. But if you want to avoid all taxes for sure, go with the LTR visa which comes with a Royal tax exemption.

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Christopher *************

@Frank-Steven **********

on earnings yes , but people on the elite visa have been conned

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Jia ************

Thanks for sharing

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Frank-Steven ***********

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Couple of still unanswered questions come to mind: 1) what about 90 day reporting - hopefully gonna be waived (or extended to 180 days). 2) will the DTV be available to all nationalities as long as they meet the requirements? We will see.

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@Frank-Steven **********

what’s the 90 day reporting got to do with tourist visas ? 90 day reporting is for long term residents 🤔 don’t see any reason for them to waive this

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Jim ********

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The DTV isn’t a tourist visa 🤷‍♂️

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Graham ******

so they'll do 90 day reports just as someone on a Non-OA does who enters with a 12 month stamp

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Eliza **********

Mexico es in 2 places: VOA & Visa Exemption

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Nongnuch ********

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that's OK, Mexican citizens just now have both options

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Tom ********

Link does not work!

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Frank-Steven ***********

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Thai misconfigured IT. Copy and paste it into a new browser. See my comment above.

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Steven *******

Thumbs up 👍

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Jim ******

The link doesn't work - I get an error message

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Frank-Steven ***********

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Thai and IT don't always go hand in hand too well. The error occasionally happens because of the way Facebook does links and amaneds its attributes to it. You can try and remove everything after New_Visa_Measures_July_2024.pdf from the URL (including the questionmark). But it is basically just the pdf of what I converted into images here.

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Jim ******

Maybe they will get round to it this week!

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Jim ******

Yeah. I know that only too well from previous visits. Still doesn't seem to be in the Royal Gazette and it is still showing 30 days on ThaiEvisa application page.

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Max *************

Just wait for it to be officially approved.

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Frank-Steven ***********

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@Max ************

For sure. But at this stage that is likely to actually happen. From experience, there is a big difference between a concept published by either the PR or the tourism TAT department - or like now, by the MFA.

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Max *************

@Frank-Steven **********

Like I said, wait for it to be officially approved.

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Wendy *********

@Paul *********

Good news

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