Expat exodus: fewer Nordic expats renewing Thai visas

[buksida]

The number of Nordic business people 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 business people renewed their business visa during the first five month of that year. This year, only 395 business people renewed their visa. While some new business people may have moved in, more must have decided to move out, leaving a net decline in Nordic business people 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.

Source: https://scandasia.com/nordic-people-mov ... -thailand/


This seems to be precisely what the current regime wants, fewer expats, more Chinese lemmings.

[Big Boy]

TAT will counter with true figures later