Why doesn't Thailand do this? Digital nomad VISA

[cdnmatt]

Here, look at this:
https://govisafree.com/malta-digital-nomad-visa/

Be a non-EU citizen, prove contracts worth 2700 EUR/month, lease agreement, and medical insurance. Good to go, here's your 1 year residency VISA, renewable each year. After a while, they'll help you get a EU passport if you desire one.

That seems so simple and straight forward compared to Thailand. Why doesn't Thailand do that? They're missing out.

[christianpfc]

"prove contracts worth 2700 EUR/month" but don't digital nomads often freelance, or income varies from one month to another? And what about early retirees?

Thailand loses out on a lot of people because she doesn't have a suitable visa. E.g. I: under 50 (no retirement visa), not married (no marriage visa), not working (no work visa), all I can do is to weasel through with tourist visas which worked before Covid, but is not viable now.

Since the start of Covid, I spent 16 months out of Thailand, which I could have spent in Thailand if there had been a suitable visa for me. Many people I talked with in Cambodia spent years in Thailand, but got fed up with their visa and work regulations. (I have friends in Taiwan and Philippines for who the same applies).

[vnman]

she

I object to this pronoun in more ways than one. :))

Back to the thread!

[cdnmatt]

"prove contracts worth 2700 EUR/month" but don't digital nomads often freelance, or income varies from one month to another



I can't speak for others, but first, especially accelerated thanks to Covid, there's tons and tons of long-term remote contracts available out there. I don't generally take on clients that are going to be less than 6 months.

Every client worth their salt is going to require me to sign a contractor's agreement with them. I also require everyone to sign a client services agreement with me, and if they're unwilling to, I wish them a good day. It's a worker's market out there right now, so if I don't like one client, I can just move onto the next without issue. You're right, income varies month by month, but regardless, proving 2700 EUR/month isn't going to be an issue.

As for Thailand, I know what you mean, and have been complaining about thiss for years. For example, Chaign Mai is somewhat known to be an unofficial tech hub, but it's kind of all underground because everyone has to screw around with tourist VISAs, maybe get an education VISA and say they're learning Thai, etc.

I don't understand why Thailand doesn't just make a few rule changes, and transform Chiang Mai into an actual world recognized tech hub. They could so easily do that, and they just don't seem to give a shit.

[goji]

Whatever a "Digital nomal VISA" is (sic), I imagine it's targeted at educated literate people.

[gerefan2]

Whatever a "Digital nomal VISA" is (sic), I imagine it's targeted at educated literate people.

Or maybe people with screen readers that don’t make constant spelling mistakes??!

[cdnmatt]

Or maybe people with screen readers that don’t make constant spelling mistakes??!

Some of you have yourselves worked up into such a delusion, it's just stupid now.

A screen reader that doesn't make spelling mistakes, eh? Do you even hear yourself? It's a screen READER, keyword there being reader. It doesn't write.

[gerefan2]

But it does read back what is (mis)typed....

[cdnmatt]

But it does read back what is (mis)typed....

If I have it read back to me, yes. I'm posting on SGT though, not writing a thesis that will be published.

[goji]

Or maybe people with screen readers that don’t make constant spelling mistakes??!

Hilarious :)

Meanwhile, when an actual Digital Nomad tries coding, all it needs is one wrong digit to b*gger it all up.

[vnman]

If I have it read back to me, yes. I'm posting on SGT though, not writing a thesis that will be published.

I am sure one of the mods can make that small correction.

[cdnmatt]

I am sure one of the mods can make that small correction.

And I'm also sure some old retired folks can find something better to do with their time then get all worked up because a blind guy made a typo on the internet.

[bkkguy]

Meanwhile, when an actual Digital Nomad tries coding, all it needs is one wrong digit to b*gger it all up.

I suppose it depends on where exactly you insert that digit

[christianpfc]

Thailand loses out on a lot of people because she doesn't have a suitable visa.

I object to this pronoun in more ways than one. :))

Back to the thread!

Quick search on the internet shows that countries can be referred to by feminine or neutral pronouns:

https://www.quora.com/How-do-we-know-the-gender-of-a-country-if-we-are-going-to-mention-it-with-a-pronoun-she-or-he-instead-of-the-country-name-repeatedly

Except we forget that the English language, which dumped most of this gender-ization process nine or ten centuries ago, still retains a special case — which, notably, to most English speakers is optional. It is held onto by traditionalists and specialists. The rule is that “she” can optionally apply to:

a ship at sea
another kind of vessel, such as a train (rarer)
a country or a continent

Again, note the “optional” nature of this oddity in the English language. If I call I ship an “it,” few people are going to conclude I don’t speak correct English. However, if I’m talking to an “old salt” or someone who’s spent their life in he Navy or around boats, then yeah, they actually will care and they will correct me.


I am sure one of the mods can make that small correction.
Yes. Done.


And I'm also sure some old retired folks can find something better to do with their time then get all worked up because a blind guy made a typo on the internet.
There we go again (Hitler/Gitler). I have been touch-typing for 22 years, and (not at the same time) could touch-type in Dvorak, QUERTY, Cyrillic and Thai, and am dabbling with DaYi graphic input for Chinese, but it is unfathomable to me how you can confuse l and d.

[vnman]

Quick search on the internet shows that countries can be referred to by feminine or neutral pronouns:



True, but since it's optional, I rather not link Thailand to anything female. :p


One of the weirdest demands for Digital Nomads is that they have to be well educated. Like one would need a university degree to run a YouTube channel or make money dropshipping.