Minimum pension
$6,667/mo
per month
Stay
120
months, renewable
Application fee
$1,500
Tax
17.0%
LTR flat 17% on Thai employment income
Path to staying
- Residence permit120 months
- Renew120 months at a time
- Permanent residency
- Citizenship
- Dual citizenship allowed
Overview
- Country
- Thailand
- Program
- Thailand LTR Visa (Wealthy Pensioner)
- Local name
- Long-Term Resident Visa
- Type
- Retirement
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 120 months
- Renewable
- Yes (120 mo)
10-year residency for retirees aged 50+ with $80,000+/year pension or passive income, with flat 17% tax on Thai employment income.
Financial requirements
- Pension requirement
- $6,667/mo
- Net worth required
- $250,000
- Application fee
- $1,500
Eligibility
- Minimum age 50+
- Criminal record check required
- Health check required
- Health insurance required
Work rights
- Employment allowed
- Self-employment not allowed
- Own a business not allowed
- Work permit included
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
- Spouse included
- Yes
- Parents allowed
- Yes
- Extra per dependent
- $1,500
Benefits and mobility
- Bank account can open
- Property purchase allowed
- Public healthcare no access
Tax
- Tax regime
- Special
- Tax rate
- 17.0%
- Regime name
- LTR flat 17% on Thai employment income
- Regime duration
- 10 years
- Foreign income taxed
- No
- Capital gains taxed
- No
How to apply
- Method
- online
- Processing time
- 21–60 days
- Apply from abroad
- Yes
Notes
Requires $80K/year pension/passive income, OR $40K/year with $250K+ in Thai assets. No minimum stay. Digital work permit included. Foreign income not taxed.
Also in Thailand
Thailand also offers a digital nomad visa for remote workers