{"id":107117,"date":"2019-05-15T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mainland-chinese-take-a-shine-to-thai-residence-scheme-for-wealthy-buyers-entrepreneurs\/"},"modified":"2019-05-15T08:08:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T01:08:51","slug":"mainland-chinese-take-a-shine-to-thai-residence-scheme-for-wealthy-buyers-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mainland-chinese-take-a-shine-to-thai-residence-scheme-for-wealthy-buyers-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mainland Chinese take a shine to Thai residence scheme for wealthy buyers, entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThailand\u2019s Elite Residence Programme, which is designed to \u00adattract entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals, saw a sharp uptick in interest from mainland Chinese applicants last year, with more than 700 submissions \u2013 a rise of nearly seven times in three years.The surge in applications comes as mainlanders face barriers to traditionally favoured immigration destinations such as Australia and Canada, while Thailand has highlighted its temperate climate and elite treatment for qualifying\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/hong-kong-china\/article\/3010190\/mainland-chinese-take-shine-thai-residence-scheme-wealthy\" target=\"_blank\">Mainland Chinese take a shine to Thai residence scheme for wealthy buyers, entrepreneurs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Thailand\u2019s Elite Residence Programme, which is designed to \u00adattract entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals, saw&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-rRH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69252,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/thai-developer-expects-brisk-home-sales-to-mainland-buyers\/","url_meta":{"origin":107117,"position":0},"title":"Thai developer expects brisk home sales to mainland buyers","date":"October 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sansiri, one of Thailand\u2019s top property developers, said it expected to be kept busy by Chinese investors looking to diversify their assets by buying Thai properties for both personal use and investment. 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