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What does 'foreign talent' refer to in the context of Thai immigration?

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Feb 21, 2025
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I was wondering… What is meant by ‘foreign talent’ in this regard?

The designation seems a bit vague
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'Foreign talent' generally refers to individuals with specialized skills or expertise that may include professionals across various fields, such as fitness trainers, musicians, and other highly skilled individuals as defined by immigration categories like the BOI (Board of Investment) and LTR (Long-Term Resident) Visa. The term may appear vague but typically aligns with the criteria used for immigration purposes.
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Clare ******************
How it was defined on the extension information.
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Last year I attended a two day event hosted by Fitness first (one of the large gym franchises in Bangkok). They hosted a large fitness event in an indoor event centre to promote some new fitness programmes that are produced by a global brand called Les Mills. Anyway they had some rather famous international guest fitness trainer stars from this industry attend the event as presenters to perform on the stage along side FF’s best trainers. Since they represented a global brand they would now qualify as foreign talent for DTV
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Daniel *********
What does it matter?
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@Daniel ********
 … I’m trying to understand the definition, to ascertain whether or not I qualify.
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@Ēad ******
 are you a professional pole dancer
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Daniel *********
@Ēad ******
 do you work for a foreign none Thai company?

Can you get the documents they want and have the funds?That’s all your need to prove.
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"Clean" foreigners. A rarity in Thailand.
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@Nick *****
 … what do you mean by ‘clean’?
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@Ēad ******
 well, according to Anutin Charnvirakul (Ministry of Interior), all foreigners are physically/biologically 'dirty'.
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If you had to guess what would you guess? Smh
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Ēad *******
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Anonymous participant 864 …

Well, being a vague definition, a person might guess several things … which is the reason I ask the question.

Maybe someone has specific knowledge, here in a group dedicated to topics relevant to the DTV.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask.
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 Well I'm pretty sure it's vague because it covers many different subjects. That's just a guess though.
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James *******
Male porn star
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Tim *****************
Good looking foreigners I guess 🤷‍♂️
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Pyae *********
Its mean like musician etc..
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Greg ********
Probably along the same lines as BOI define it for some of their visas and LTR. They usually use the term "Highly Skilled Professionals" though. "Foreign Talent" term used more in Singapore. This is an immigration document after all.
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Perfect, thanks
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