Posts Tagged ‘ rules ’

Confusion surrounds new Thai visa-overstay policy reports

By | September 25th, 2010 | Category: Tourists, Visas | 4 comments
Confusion surrounds new Thai visa-overstay policy reports

Following yesterday’s widely reported story of a shift to hardened policy regarding punishments for visitors overstaying their visa end-date in Thailand, several new stories have surfaced that try to rebut the original claims, and a war of credibility has broken out between the kingdom’s foreign-language media services.  Unfortunately too, the official sources have damaged their [...]



Expat Work-permit Fees Rise, Application Rules To Change

By | January 6th, 2010 | Category: Work, Work Permits | No Comments »

Effective 21 December 2009, the application fee for a work-permit in Thailand rose by 600%. There are two fees to be paid for a work-permit in Thailand, an application fee, and a successor issuance fee.  The former is controlled and set by the Work Permit Section of the Employment Division of the Ministry of Labour.  [...]