Path to staying
- Visa60 months
- Renewup to 120 months
- Leads to residency
- Leads to citizenship
Overview
- Country
- Thailand
- Visa name
- Long-Term Resident Visa (Work-from-Thailand Professional)
- Local name
- วีซ่าผู้พำนักระยะยาว
- Program type
- Remote worker permit
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 60 months
- Max duration
- 120 months
- Income requirement
- $6,667/month ($80,000/year)
- Application fee
- $1,500
- Tax status
- Exempt
Requirements
- Health insurance required
- Criminal record check not required
- Proof of accommodation not required
- Proof of employment or clients required
- University degree not required
What you can do
- Work for local companies
- Freelancers eligible
- Employees eligible
- Work permit included no
- Bring dependents
- Multiple entry
- Open a local bank account
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
- Max dependents
- 4
- Dependent fee
- $1,500
Tax
- Tax status
- Exempt
- Tax regime
- LTR foreign income exemption
- Regime duration
- 10 years
- Foreign income taxed
- No
- Tax residency trigger
- 180 days
How to apply
- Application method
- online
- Processing time
- 20+ days
- Can apply in-country
- Yes
- Multiple entry
- Yes
- Can open bank account
- Yes
- Renewable
- Yes
Notes
Multiple-entry visa. Immigration first grants five years, extendable by five more if the criteria still hold; the second five years has no extra visa fee. Income must average at least 80,000 USD a year over the two years before application, or at least 40,000 USD with a master's degree or higher, full ownership of intellectual property, or Series A funding of at least 1 million USD. The employer must be a listed company, a private company in operation for at least three years with combined revenue of 50 million USD over those three years, or a wholly owned subsidiary of either. The holder works remotely for that foreign employer. BOI does not issue a digital work permit for this category and it cannot be used to earn income from a Thai employer. Issuance inside Thailand is 50,000 THB per person (about 1,500 USD), including each dependent. Dependents are a legal spouse, including a same-sex spouse, and children under 20, up to four. Health cover of at least 50,000 USD is required, or Thai social security, or a 100,000 USD deposit held for 12 months (25,000 USD per dependent). Foreign-sourced income brought into Thailand is exempt under Royal Decree No. 743 while the holder still qualifies. The 17 percent employment rate is only for Highly-Skilled Professionals.
Also in Thailand
Thailand also offers these long-term residency programs
- Thailand LTR Visa (Highly-Skilled Professional)
- Thailand Retirement Visa (Non-O)
- Thailand LTR Visa (Wealthy Pensioner)
- Thailand LTR Visa (Wealthy Global Citizen)
- Thailand Privilege Bronze
- Thailand Privilege Diamond
- Thailand Privilege Gold
- Thailand Privilege Platinum
- Thailand Privilege Reserve
- Thailand Retirement Visa (O-A)
- Thailand Retirement Visa (O-X)
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Source