Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Thailand as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Thailand: Social security levy cut to ease virus jolt
The financial contributions paid by both employees and employers into the Social Security Fund have been reduced from 5% to 4% for six months – until the end of August 2020 …
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Thailand: The Revenue Department has stimulated economy by allowing 250% tax deduction for new machine
Businesses investing in new machinery between January 1st – December 31st 2020 may deduct 250% of the cost as a tax allowance …
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Thailand: Deadline for renewal of work permits
The deadline for renewal of work permits will be March 31st 2020 …
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Thailand: Police clearance required for most visa applicants from Africa
Visa applicants from 47 African countries applying for long-term visas to Thailand must now obtain THAI Police Clearance Certificates before having their applications processed …
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Thailand: Extra public holiday on December 30th 2019
A new one-off public holiday on Monday, December 30th 2019 has been declared by the government …
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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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