News Forum - Younger Chinese expats the main applicants for Elite Visa

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s Elite Visa set its sights on attracting wealthy people to stay long-term in the kingdom. Chinese expats are taking the most advantage of it, but officials are surprised to see the average age of those applying for the long-term visa is dropping. About 20,000 Elite Visas have been approved so far to allow people to stay long-term in Thailand, with 7,350 have been from Chinese nationals, according to Nation Thailand. In the past, long-term visas were most popular for expats over 50 years old. But the average age of the new Elite Visa applicants from China has fallen to […]

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[Poolie]

Well, well, are these all 'zero-baht' tourists, as goes the popular myth?

[ChrisS]

It seems changing the name of the visa to elite criminal visa might be appropriate.

[palooka]

"Rats leaving a sinking ship", springs to mind for some reason.

[Poolie]

49 minutes ago, palooka said:

"Rats leaving a sinking ship", springs to mind for some reason.

And the 13, 650 others? That's a lot of sinking ships...........

[Soidog]

1 hour ago, Poolie said:

And the 13, 650 others? That's a lot of sinking ships...........

And a lot of rats !