Nordiske rømmer fra Thailand

Kilde:
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1109181-tougher-immigration-rules-sees-large-number-of-nordic-expats-leave-thailand/?tab=comments#comment-14299130

Nordic people moving out of Thailand
by Gregers Møller 
 

 
The number of Nordic businesspeople in Thailand and the number of Nordic people on retirement visa or visa linked to their Thai family have been declining during the first five months of this year. This is the first decline in 12 years. If the trend continues, there will only be 861 Nordic people on a business visa left in Thailand by the end of the year.
 
In 2018, 435 Nordic businesspeople renewed their business visa during the first five month of that year. This year, only 395 businesspeople renewed their visa. While some new businesspeople may have moved in, more must have decided to move out, leaving a net decline in Nordic businesspeople in Thailand of 40 people or 10 percent.
 
The downward trend is stronger than the total for all foreign nationalities in Thailand, where the decline in business visa renewals went down 2 percent during this period to a total of 5536 renewals.
 
Nordic people on retirement visa or visa related to their Thai family also declined. Last year, 3837 Nordic people renewed their O-visa during these first five months of the year. This year during the same five months, only 3788 people renewed their O-visa. The net decline was 49 people.
 
The category “others”, which includes students on E-visa declined 89 people from 1174 last year to 1085 this year. A decline of 7.5 percent.
 
Even renewal of tourist visas went down with 65 renewals to 11,752 renewals.
 
Danes had the largest decline
 
In the business communities, not all Nordic nationalities declined in equal proportions.
 
The number of Norwegian male business visa renewals went down from 40 to 39 men, while the businesswomen renewals went up from 5 in 2018 to 12 in 2019, giving a net increase of 7 business people renewing their visas.
 
The number of Finnish businessmen and business woment remained unchanged with 47 men and 13 women renewing their visas.
 
The number of Swedish male business visa renewals went down with 10 from 176 to 166 while the businesswomen renewals went down equally with 10 from 47 to 37, giving a total decline of 20 or 9 percent.
 
The largest decline was in the Danish nationality. The number of Danish male business visa renewals went down from 70 to 66, while Danish business women declined from 18 to 11. The net decline of 11 business visa renewals equals 12.5 percent.
 
The number of Icelandic businesspeople went up with 3 males and down with 1 female renewal to a total of 4 Icelandic people – doubling the 2 Icelandic people who renewed their visa during the first five months of last year.
 
Making the same comparison regarding people on O-visa also shows also an unequal pattern.
 
The Norwegians went down 21 O-visa renewals.
The Finns went down 11 O-visa renewals.
The Swedes went up with 37 O-visa renewals.
The Danes went down with 92 O-visa renewals – the largest drop of 14.5 percent in these categoeries.
The Icelandic people went up 3 renewals.
 
Full story: https://scandasia.com/nordic-people-moving-out-of-thailand/


Kommentar:

I have followed now  for 1 year where i see more and more foreigners selling everything and leaving Thailand.

High baht , higher el bill, higher cost so it easy now not so nice to be in here anymore.
Cost to stay and now you have to pay for medical insurence (forced.)

Admin think about leaving to. But i will wait for a while.


Read also:
https://thethaiger.com/news/business/bank-of-thailand-tackles-surging-thai-baht
 

Det nærmer seg valg i Norge. Stem i tide.

https://valg.no/kommunestyre--og-fylkestingsvalget-20192/forhandsstemme/her-kan-du-forhandsstemme-i-utlandet/

Stemme må avgis her i Thailand

Foreigners now need to keep 800k in Thai bank for three months AFTER retirement extension is granted

New rules for retired people in Thailand.


Reason is that many embassy has stopped giving income letters.
And thailand answer with this. It is really it is because our own Country want stop men from marriny thai woman and thake them with to their home or ?


https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1081671-foreigners-now-need-to-keep-800k-in-thai-bank-for-three-months-after-retirement-extension-is-granted/

British Embassy Bangkok to Stop Certification of Income Letters

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1061149-british-embassy-bangkok-to-stop-certification-of-income-letters/

 

Income statement letters from embassies no longer required, confirms Phuket Immigration

https://www.thephuketnews.com/income-statement-letters-from-embassies-no-longer-required-confirms-phuket-immigration-69438.php#2vzqd8ADCtFiJhdP.97


Also:

Its Official..US Embassy no longer providing income verification letters for Thai Immigration Jan1.

Attention Americans in Thailand...
Message from US Embassy Bangkok

U.S. Mission in Thailand to Cease Providing Income Affidavit

October 26, 2018

Bangkok, THAILAND

As of January 1, 2019, the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok and the U.S. Consulate General in Chiang Mai will cease to provide the income affidavit for the purpose of applying for Thai retirement and family visas and will not notarize previous versions of the income affidavit.

The Royal Thai Government requires actual verification of income to certify visa applicants meet financial requirements for long-stay visas.

The U.S. government cannot provide this verification and will no longer issue the affidavits.

Please consult the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C. and Royal Thai Immigration Bureau websites for information on how to meet the requirements for a Thai retirement visa or extension

See also:
https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/notaries-public/income-affidavit/

http://www.pcecnews.com/tmpNL/INCOME%20LETTER%20INFO.pdf

Read file above:

The full text of the reply is below:

"The decision was made by the British Embassy following a meeting with immigration in May in which they confirmed that they expect the embassy to verify all sources of income of British Nationals requesting an income letter. Consular officers are not verification experts and therefore cannot fulfil (sic) this requirement. We also cannot verify income from every income source in every country of the world. Thai Immigration is able to verify the income in a Thai bank account, therefore British Nationals 
should show evidence of minimum funds for their visa type by showing a Thai bank statement and/or bank book. This is not a new requirement and has always been an option for foreigners renewing retirement and marriage visas in Thailand".

 

War on smokers: Smoking outside condos, public buildings officially BANNED

New rules in Thailand for smokers.


Source:

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1082317-war-on-smokers-smoking-outside-condos-public-buildings-officially-banned/

Asia spoiled kids and their habits

Today i would like to share a post that i see also is happening in Thailand too.

This is the post:

https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/7l83yV/Kinas-unge-mer-bekymringslose-enn-ungdommer-i-Vesten-bruker-60000-i-aret-pa-luksusvarer

I translated this by google. But go in this article and see for yourself.

And the reason is that nowadays Thai also do this. They buy a ferrari or a really expensive car. And from this the kids brags about this on facebook.

See here:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-23/chinas-flaunt-your-wealth-challenge-goes-viral/10404202


The trend is that they take a picture where they fall out of the new ferrari and on the ground they have money gold, best phone and so on. And then do this in a contest, where then try to have more and more gold or money then the other rich kids.

Is this a health way?

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Translated article : But go to the source and see too.

Meet China's generation Z. As a single child, they have been pampered by their parents and grandparents, and they live on a great footing compared to their cautious and conservative peers in the West, according to a new study.

They are fond of the future. They don't worry about future career prospects or international politics, not even for the commercial war going on right outside their doorstep.
- Spends more and saves less

It is a survey conducted by the company OC & C Strategy Consultants, which uncovers attitudes and lifestyle among young adults in China. The findings also help to shed light on why the world's major brands in the luxury segment are so dependent on the continued buying party in Asia's largest economy.

- This is a generation that has never known worries. Thus, they spend more and save less, says Adam Xu, partner in OC & C, who is based in Shanghai.

"We do not know if they will grow up and become successful, but we know that they already have a purchasing power group that consumer brands must address," says Xu.
A man carries a teddy bear in Beijing's famous and busiest shopping street, Wangfujing. In the street are both western luxury brands and traditional shops that have been here for hundreds of years.
Thomas Peter, Reuters / NTB scanpix
Didn't need to share with siblings

China's generation Z ended up in the middle of the butterfly. Due to one-child policy and astronomical growth in the 1990s and 2000s, they never needed to share with anyone and experienced only growth in wealth.

This contrasts with peers in the US and Europe. The lived-in financial crisis of 2008, has recorded record high student debt, may not earn enough to enter the housing market and apparently become more politically conscious than before.
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Uses large share of money

The study defines generation Z as persons born in 1998 and later. 15,500 were asked from China, France, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Poland, Turkey, UK and USA. Almost 2000 of them were from China.

China's generation Z accounts for 15 percent of its household consumption - approx. one seventh. In the United States and the United Kingdom, the consumption of peers constitutes 4 percent of their families' purchases. Although most of them do not yet earn their own money, they are large consumers.

Get 3000 kroner a month at home

Jasmine Wang (22) admits that she is weak for perfume. The departure student from Shanghai has 20-30 bottles of fragrances in limited edition from brands such as Guerlain, Tom Ford and Chanel. Such costs often cost well over 2000 kroner bottle.

She gets approx. NOK 3000 in monthly money from their parents. In addition, she can use their bank cards, and she gets money gifts - so-called "red envelopes" - from her grandparents on both sides.
Think western families are struggling more

"I think it's harder for families in the West, since universities are so expensive, and they usually have more than one child," Wang says.

Her parents got away with approx. NOK 6000 the semester when she studied at the Fudan University in Shanghai, a highly-rated educational institution.

In another survey from the same consulting company, it emerged that half of China's generation Z last year spent more than NOK 60,000 on luxury goods. This is more than the young adults before them, the so-called millennium generation.
Deer sneakers

The slowdown in China's economy hangs like a dark cloud over everyone, from American farmers to Apple and the casinos on Macau at Hong Kong. But lower growth in China's national product does not seem to have dampened the interest of generation Z to buy neither Adidas Yeezys shoes nor expensive skin creams.

Consultant Adam Xu sees two disturbing trends:

    Young people in China seem to turn their backs on a habit their predecessors have cherished, namely savings.
    They are willing to take out loans to fund their purchases.

Will always be more expensive

Jasmine Wang says she is trying to save. Still, she often uses more than she had thought about Singles Day, a giant sales and consumer party, the Chinese big company Alibaba is behind.

- In some way it always ends up that I buy for 20-30 percent more than I had thought, she says.

Bangkok Pollution

So you plan to go to Bangkok. Well right now it is not the right time. Today it was 35.7 degrees and the air pollution has been extreme the last days.

I would recommend to go to other places. Hua Hin is said to have nice air now.But if you go to Bangkok read this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bangkok Residents Told to Stay Inside as Pollution Reaches Dangerous Levels

 Thailand seeks to make it rain as pollution chokes Bangkok

Smog blankets Bangkok as experts warn of serious threat to public health

Bangkok in the Top 10 cities in the world with the worst air pollution

Bangkok air pollution warning, children asked to stay indoors

Pollution Bangkok

Live pollution report and pollution forecast in Bangkok

 Bangkok Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index (AQI)

 

 

Bangkok Pollution Survival Guide

 

 

 

New source of info:
https://www.thaiexaminer.com/

Dust pollution in Bangkok area again exceeds safety level

So yesterday i come home and it look like fog. It was so thick that i had problem see my own street.

Well now i know why.


https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1607494/dust-pollution-in-bangkok-area-again-exceeds-safety-level

No wonder i need to go to doctor for allergy all the time.
I Norway i never seen this.

What is strange is that next morning it all was gone. Where did i come from ?

update Former PM Yingluck reported to have Cambodian passport

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1608254/former-pm-yingluck-reported-to-have-cambodian-passport

Prayut rejects call for detente with Thaksin

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1607690/prayut-rejects-call-for-detente-with-thaksin

Cambodia denies having issued passport to ex-PM Yingluck

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30362026

Keeping up with the Shinawatras: Ex-Thai PM now chairwoman for Chinese Port Co.

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/keeping-shinawatras-ex-thai-pm-now-chairwoman-chinese-port-co/

 

Former PM Yingluck has Cambodian passport, may have used it to flee: report

https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/former-pm-yingluck-cambodian-passport-may-used-flee-report/

 

 

2019 - 3 years has pasted since i write anything on my blogg

Hi.
There have been 3 years since i wrote anything on my blogg.
The reason is that when you live in Thailand then you need to be careful what you write on a blogg.
I have been careful since military started to monitor what was written about them on the web.

And i not wanted any problem.

But as the years go by i have learned a lot. There are many facebook pages that the info now are shared. Something that not was before when i started this blogg.

To day i share a place where you find a lot of news that sometimes is not known for "farange"

The link :
https://www.thaivisa.com/