In Thailand the Personal Data Protection Act (the “PDPA”) has been in effect since 1 June 2022 and several subsequent clarifying notifications have since been issued by the Personal Data Protection Committee (“PDP Committee”) regarding preparation, maintenance, and security of …
Since 2003, Thailand Elite, an organization supported by the Thai government and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (“TAT”), has offered the opportunity to eligible foreigners to obtain a Thailand visitor visa for 5, 10 or …
Congratulations to highly-skilled professionals whose Long-Term Resident (“LTR”) visa is approved and stamped in their passport. Those LTR professionals with potential eligibility to pay personal income tax at a 17% flat rate may however now have questions about how this …
EMPLOYMENT: WORKING FROM HOME Amendment No. 8 to Labour Protection Act, 1998 On 3 January 2023 Thailand’s Parliament approved Labour Protection Act (“LPA”) No. 8, which now awaits publication in the Government Gazette before coming into effect. It will add …
An Act Amending the Civil and Commercial Code (“Amendment”) by introducing changes to corporate governance and transactional rules in private limited companies, as well as by introducing a two-part merger concept to replace the former amalgamation concept, was published in …
The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) came fully into effect on 1 June 2022, and four new regulations under the PDPA have recently been issued and took effect on 21 June 2022. We understand that more regulations are expected soon. …
IMMIGRATION UPDATES The Notification on Conditions for Aircraft Permission to Enter Thailand (No.2), effective from 3 July 2020, eases restrictions for entry into Thailand for 11 groups of people: (1) Thai nationals. (2) Exempted persons, persons invited by the Prime …