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A tourist enjoys the view of the Hong islands from the infinity pool of a resort on Koh Yao Yai island in the Andaman Sea. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)

Thailand’s long-term ‘high potential’ resident visa fee to be halved to ฿50,000

May 10, 2022
by Hathai Techakitteranun
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Thailand’s cabinet decided to cut the long-term resident (LTR) visa fee by half on Tuesday, to 50,000 baht, for foreigners who have “high capability or potential” and want to stay…

Visa, Mastercard suspend operations in Russia

March 6, 2022
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Card payment giants Visa and Mastercard announced Saturday they will suspend operations in Russia, the latest major US firms to join the business freeze-out of Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. “Noting the…

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic rides in car as he leaves a government detention facility before attending a court hearing at his lawyers office in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. (James Ross/AAP via AP)

Australia leaves door open for Djokovic to play at next year’s Open

January 17, 2022
by Hathai Techakitteranun
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has left the door open for Novak Djokovic to compete at next year’s Australian Open despite the tennis superstar facing an automatic three-year ban from entering the country. The world number one player left Australia late on Sunday…

FILE – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after defeating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

Australian judge reinstates tennis star Djokovic’s visa

January 10, 2022
by Hathai Techakitteranun
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MELBOURNE (AP) — Tennis star Novak Djokovic on Monday won a court battle to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated against COVID-19, but the government…

Novak Djokovic denied entry to Australia, seeking injunction to stop his removal

January 6, 2022
by Hathai Techakitteranun
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Cabinet approves one-year visa for foreigners seeking medical treatment in Thailand

November 30, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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The Thai cabinet approved, in principle, the issuance of medical treatment visas at their meeting today (Tuesday). The visa will allow foreigners seeking medical treatment in Thailand to stay for…

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American academic who wrote about Thailand’s lèse majesté law granted visa

May 5, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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David Streckfuss, an American academic who has been involved in pro-democracy activities and written articles about the kingdom’s lèse majesté law, was granted a work visa on Monday (May 3)….

French seasteader blacklisted and has visa revoked

April 17, 2019
by sirrderd
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The Thai Immigration Bureau has revoked the non-immigrant visa of a French Polynesian and blacklisted him after it was discovered that he and his Thai wife had built a floating…

FM dismisses rumours of quota of visas for Chinese tourists

October 12, 2018
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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The Thai Foreign Ministry has dismissed rumours that Thailand is imposing a limited quota of visas for Chinese visitors to Thailand. The ministry had checked with the Thai embassy in…

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