Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Thailand as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Thailand: Medical check-up

A new provision agreed by the government will require employers to undertake a medical check-up on all those hired for risky jobs …

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Thailand: Visa on arrival for free until April 2020

Until April 2020, visitors from 18 countries, including China and India will not need to pay the visa fee of 2,000 baht (US$65) whilst visiting Thailand …

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Thailand: Personal Data Protection Act passes into law

Back in September 2018, we reported that Thailand’s GDPR-modelled Personal Data Protection Bill had been issued for public consultation …

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Thailand: Cabinet approves mandatory health insurance for long-stay visas

Mandatory health insurance requirements for Non-Immigrant Visa “OA”, also known as “retirement visas” were approved by the Cabinet in April 2019 …

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Thailand: New Labour Protection Act

The new Labour Protection Act (No …

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Thailand: Ukrainians, Maldivians to travel to Thailand without visas from April 2019

With effect from the 14th of April 2019, citizens of Ukraine and Maldives will be able to travel to Thailand without visas and stay for a period of up to 30 days …

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Thailand: Cabinet approves April 12 as additional holiday

Friday April the 12th has been declared a one-off non-working public holiday …

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Thailand: Songkran Thai New Year becomes five-day public holiday

The Thai new year (or Songkran) happens is on April 13th each year and April 14th is “Family Day” …

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Thailand: What you need to know about employee retirement payments

It is now just over a year since the Labour Protection Act (BE2560) came into force – obliging employees to retire at 60, unless they voluntarily agree to continue working …

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Thailand: New draft personal data protection bill issued for public hearing — Substantial changes following GDPR

An amended draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill has been published by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society and issued for public consultation …

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Thailand: Thousands of illegal foreign workers arrested

A further crackdown is being made on workplaces to prevent the employment of illegal workers …

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Thailand: New law protects Constitutional Court from criticism

Companies operating in Thailand should warn their staff not to make any public statements (including on social media) that strongly criticises the Constitutional Court …

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Thailand: Employers are now desperately short of labour

A clamp down on illegal foreign workers last June encouraged 150,000 workers voluntarily to return back to Myanmar alone …

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Thailand: 4-Year ‘smart visas’ available starting Feb. 1

Commencing the 1st of February 2018, two to four-year “smart visas” will be issued for high-income-earning professionals to work in certain targeted industries – automotives, electronics, medical tourism, agritech and food technology, robotics, aviation and logistics, biochem, digital technology and medical services, equipment and pharmaceuticals …

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Thailand: Minimum wage is set to rise

The minimum wage is set to rise across the economy for the first time in five years this April …

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