BREAKING NEWS - Increase In Elite Visa Fee

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD 1,294]

Starting January 1, 2021, the Elite Visa Easy Access plan application fee will be increased from 500,000 to 600,000 baht for a 5-year visa with the following requirements:
 

1. For all applications submitted before December 31, 2020 and remitting the membership fee in full within 30 days of receiving the approval letter, applicants will be eligible for the current membership fee of 500,000 THB.
2. For all applications submitted after January 1, 2020, applicants will be required to pay the new price of 600,000 THB.

[ubonjoe 47,576]

Not really that new. It was reported at least a month ago in some posts on this forum.

[Pilotman 18,165]

sorry, but I just don't get the Elite visa.  Money down the drain in my view. 

[SCOTT FITZGERSLD 1,294]

1 minute ago, Pilotman said:

sorry, but I just don't get the Elite visa.  Money down the drain in my view. 

me too. i posted this as a jock.

the jock is that someone who do not care to throw away 500K baht for nothing,

COULD NOT care less about extra 100K.

[Jack Mountain 1,779]

Looks like the date in statement 2 is wrong? Must be 2021 i suppose ..

[DavisH 3,996]

Well, that will encourage more punters to live in Thailand during a world-wide pandemic  This is Thai economics 101 - if demand is low, increase the prices!

[Susco 5,466]

2 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

Starting January 1, 2021, the Elite Visa Easy Access plan application fee will be increased from 500,000 to 600,000 baht for a 5-year visa

 

Makes perfectly sense to me, because it with the continues increase in value of Thai baht against foreign currencies, the visa becomes cheaper for foreigners every day.......................Oh wait.............maybe I got my calculations in a twist

[ChouDoufu 4,869]

and all those elite visa holders who were stuck outside thailand.........money well spent?

[Caldera 3,342]

This increase is necessary to save Thailand from being swamped with applicants who cannot wait to make "Amazing TRUSTED Thailand" their second home.

[DrJack54 7,032]

3 hours ago, Pilotman said:

sorry, but I just don't get the Elite visa.  Money down the drain in my view. 

Excellent option especially if your under 50 and not married to a Thai. 

Money is a relative thing. 

[sammieuk1 20,054]

22 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Excellent option especially if your under 50 and not married to a Thai. 

Money is a relative thing. 

Relatively in short supply in my case 

[Pilotman 18,165]

11 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Excellent option especially if your under 50 and not married to a Thai. 

Money is a relative thing. 

maybe, but in the circumstances you state, no Thai family, under 50 but with funds to spare, why in hell would you want to be here?

edit. just to add, if I had no connection here, i have family etc, this is not a place where i would retire, or pay through the nose for a limited time visa. . Don't get me wrong, I am happy here and it is a good place to live, but there are many better alternatives around the World. 

Edited November 20, 2020 by Pilotman

[DrJack54 7,032]

16 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

. Don't get me wrong, I am happy here and it is a good place to live, but there are many better alternatives around the World. 

"Better" is subjective. I lived all my life in AU and that's a very nice place as I'm sure many countries are. I can afford to live anywhere and 100% my choice is Thailand.

[Pilotman 18,165]

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

"Better" is subjective. I lived all my life in AU and that's a very nice place as I'm sure many countries are. I can afford to live anywhere and 100% my choice is Thailand.

fair enough, horses for courses   

[Caldera 3,342]

28 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

maybe, but in the circumstances you state, no Thai family, under 50 but with funds to spare, why in hell would you want to be here?

Why not? I like it here. Just out of curiosity, what other country do you have in mind?