Thailand

Long-Term Resident visa — Work-from-Thailand Professional. A 10-year Thai visa for remote employees of a substantial foreign company, with foreign-sourced income exempt from Thai tax.

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Long-Term Resident visa — Work-from-Thailand Professional

A 10-year visa, multiple entry, annual immigration reporting, and a digital work permit that lets the holder legally work remotely from Thailand for the foreign employer.

Who qualifies

Employed remotely by a company incorporated outside Thailand; personal income of at least USD 80,000 a year (averaged over the last two years), or at least USD 40,000 a year with a master’s degree, ownership of intellectual property, or Series A funding.
LTR Visa qualifications — Work-from-Thailand Professional
The foreign employer must be a publicly listed company, or a private company with combined revenue over the past three years that the Board of Investment accepts as substantial.
LTR Visa qualifications — Work-from-Thailand Professional
Health insurance of at least USD 50,000, or a USD 100,000 deposit held 12 months.
LTR Visa qualifications — Work-from-Thailand Professional

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Income: At least $6,667 a month, steady and documented.
Time: 6–12 weeks after documents (employer letters, income evidence) are assembled.
Cost: About $3,000–8,000: the THB 50,000 government fee for the full 10 years, health insurance, and typical agent fees.
The hard part: Proving the foreign employer is large or established enough for the Board of Investment’s revenue test, which has shifted between recent revisions.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

This visa doesn’t lead to a passport.

2027
First residence permit
5 years, renewable for 5 years at a time.
2032
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 5 years.

Language: Knowledge of Thai as set by ministerial regulation.
Time away: A domicile in Thailand for five consecutive years up to the application, which in practice means five years holding permanent residence. A regular occupation and good conduct are also required, and the Minister decides.
Two passports: It depends on the rules at the time and on your home country.

Time on this program does not count toward permanent residence or citizenship; the family would need to switch to one that does.
Same as the pensioner LTR: ten years of residence that does not count toward permanent residence.

The law behind these dates

Board of Investment — Long-Term Resident visa

Living there.

Time you must spend there: None required beyond annual reporting.
Tax: 180 or more days a year makes you Thai tax resident, but this LTR category is exempt from Thai tax on foreign-sourced income remitted into the country.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Check eligibility and apply through Thailand’s LTR visa portal.Open ltr.boi.go.th ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of steady income: at least $6,667 a month
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health insurance that meets the program’s rules

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