Imibiko evela emithonjeni esemthethweni yaseThailand kanye ne-Bloomberg iphakamisa ukuthi izicelo ezingaba ngu-400 noma amazwi okuthakasela asemukelwe kule minyaka eyi-10 entsha. Ama-visa e-LTR (Okuhlala Isikhathi Eside).. Izicelo zangempela zisingathwa yiBoard of Investment (BOI), nakuba izikhulu zakhona zingakaphawuli esidlangalaleni. Imibiko yangaphambi kokwethulwa ibonise ukuthi imibuzo ingenziwa kumahhovisi abokufika noma kumanxusa ase-Thai aphesheya, kodwa impendulo ibiyindlala. Ucingo oluya kunombolo yocingo yabokufika lucacise ukuthi imibuzo “yahlakazeka.”
Cishe uhhafu wezicelo selokhu kwethulwa ngoSepthemba 1 bezivela e-United States, China nase-UK kanti asebethathe umhlalaphansi yiqembu eliyinhloko. Inqobo nje uma beneminyaka okungenani engu-50 ubudala, inqubo yokufaka isicelo iqondile inqobo nje uma bengakwazi ukufakazela iholo elivamile okungenani lama-80,000 baht (amaphawundi ayizinkulungwane ezimbili) njalo ngenyanga. Ezinye zezinzuzo zabelwa i-visa ye-Elite, edumile kwasebethathe umhlalaphansi, okuhlanganisa nokusheshisa ezikhumulweni zezindiza. Kodwa i-LTR kuphela enganikeza inkululeko ekungeneni kwezinsuku ezingu-90 kanye nemvume yokusebenza yedijithali, kucatshangwa ukuthi lokhu okulandelayo kuyadingeka kuleli qembu.
Ibhodi Lokutshalwa Kwezimali belilokhu licabanga ukuthi ochwepheshe abasebenzayo bazoba yiqembu elikhulu okuhloswe ngalo.
Okukhangayo okubalulekile izinzuzo zentela ezivela emsebenzini eThailand - amaphesenti angu-17 ajwayelekile azuzisa amaflaya aphezulu - ukukhululwa enteleni emalini eningi yaphesheya kwezilwandle kanye nokuqedwa komthetho omdala wemvume yokusebenza owawudinga isilinganiso sabasebenzi abane base-Thai kumuntu wangaphandle oqeqeshwe kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, okungenani abantu bakwamanye amazwe abayi-1,600 base bebhalisele i-Smart visa yeminyaka emine, eyethulwa ngo-2018, engadingi ngisho nemvume yokusebenza.
Abahamba ngedijithali noma izisebenzi ezikude zingelinye iqembu okuqondiswe kulo, kodwa i-LTR idinga ukuthi babe nezinkontileka ezibhaliwe nabaqashi abangenazo, noma abazifunayo. Kungenzeka ukuthi imihambima eminingi izoqhubeka nokuthembela kuma-visa ezivakashi e-Thai, ngaphandle uma i-immigration Bureau ishintsha inqubomgomo yayo yokuma, noma izokhetha amazwe anezithiyo ezimbalwa zokuphatha kanye nezinzuzo ezibonakalayo njengepasipoti yesibili noma inkululeko ezintela. Iqembu lokugcina yizakhamuzi zomhlaba wonke ezicebile, uhlobo olungaqondakali, iziphathimandla zase-Thai ezibabona njengamakhasimende nabatshalizimali benani eliphezulu.
I-LTR ngokuqinisekile inikeza izinzuzo ezithile ezingatholakali kwezinye izinketho ze-visa. Inkinga ukuthi ingabe anele ngokwanele yini ukuthi abhalise abayisigidi abalindelwe. Ngenkathi i-visa ye-Elite iqala ngo-2003, ukukhanga kwayo ekuqaleni kwakuwukuvumela ubunikazi bendawo eyodwa yamahhala ye-rai, umbono owavalwa ngokushesha futhi wachithwa. Izimangalo ezifanayo zenziwa ekuqaleni kwe-LTR, kodwa lokhu manje sekukhawulelwe kubantu bangaphandle abatshala imali engu-40 million baht isikhathi esiyiminyaka emithathu. Kungase kube ngu-2026 ngaphambi kokuba ababhalisile bokuqala bathole ngokuqinisekile ukuthi yini abangayenza ngempela.
Uhulumeni uthe uthemba ukuthi izinyathelo zakhe zakamuva zokukhuthaza ukutshalwa kwezimali, okubandakanya ne-visa yokuhlala isikhathi eside eyethulwe kule nyanga, izodonsa abatshalizimali bangaphandle abaningi ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Izicelo zokutshalwa kwezimali sezizonke kulindeleke ukuthi zehle ngo-22% ziye ku-500 billion baht (US$13.76 billion) kulo nyaka ngemva kokwehla kwesigamu sokuqala.
I-Thailand ibilokhu ikhuthaza imikhakha yobuchwepheshe obuphezulu futhi isekela izimoto zikagesi ukuze zigcine isimo sazo njengesizinda sokukhiqiza okuzenzakalelayo kwesifunda. NgokweBhodi Lotshalomali (i-BOI), izithembiso zokutshala izimali zaseThailand nezangaphandle esikhathini sikaJanuwari-Juni zehle ngo-42% zaya cishe kuma-baht ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-220, ngenxa yephrojekthi enkulu yokuphehla ugesi ngonyaka odlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The key attractions are tax benefits from employment in Thailand – a standard 17 percent which benefits high flyers – tax exemption from most overseas income and abolition of the old work permit rule which required a ratio of four Thai workers for one highly qualified foreigner.
- It is likely that many nomads will continue to rely on Thai tourist visas, unless the immigration bureau changes its stand-off policy, or they will choose countries with fewer bureaucratic hurdles and more concrete advantages such as a second passport or freedom from taxes.
- According to the Board of Investment (BOI), Thai and foreign investment pledges in the January-June period slumped 42% to about 220 billion baht, due mainly to a large power plant project last year.
