@Graham *****

not true, you need a proof of residence. I have a retirement visa

Penang

@John *********

He is totally right... In the long run, you will for sure have a very different view of the country! I have been through that and I finally invested a lot here. I may not have done so during the first year...

@Hugh *******

some of these guys are limited... Forgive them 😂

Juste arrived with Émirates... Dubaï airport was a total mess. I have been VERY lucky... Avoid Emirates at all costs...

@Edward *******

In fact the owner of the restaurant kept his restaurant open (loosing money) to provide a salary for the employees waiting "forever and ever" they money... I went there on purpose to provide a bit of help (as customer).

@Edward *******

I know - they ran out of budget very fast... the original money allocated was far too low... several waitresses working for a restaurant I know have never seen a THB...!

I am afraid there is still some way down... we are not at the bottom of the pool yet.

@Oliver *******

There is no furlough scheme (nothing like what Europe does)... just an indemnity of 5000 THB/month that started in the Spring/Summer (for people with official contracts)... and was quickly running out of budget (there is a debt holidays tough). The 20% of GDP employs around 25% plus of work force. My motorbike drivers in Pattaya are queuing for food... they have zero other option... Pattaya has lost 300.000 people over the last six months - people went back to the farms in Isaan... that's the option B!

Only option is to speed up a i-visa based on vaccine and - from time to time - get some covid cases... The boss of the Minor group (Avani hotels...) - a major group that could disappear if nothing change - mentioned that covid cases are almost all detected during the first week. Anyway... 10 million jobs are on the line... (and most of them with low qualification).