Category and eligibility assessment
Advice tailored to the legal, documentary and implementation requirements relevant to category and eligibility assessment.
Immigration & Visas
Long Term Resident Visa in Thailand
Eligibility and practical considerations for Thailand's temporary LTR programme for qualifying investors, retirees and professionals.
The legal position
Four principal categories apply different tests
The right LTR route depends on the applicant's finances, employment arrangements and plans in Thailand.
Each category has its own financial, investment, employment, income, qualification or expertise requirements. Health-protection requirements may be met through qualifying insurance, social security or a permitted bank-deposit alternative.
The programme may provide up to ten years, subject to continuing eligibility
The LTR programme provides for an initial five-year permission and a further five years subject to continuing eligibility and endorsement. It does not confer permanent residence or citizenship.
The visa is not unrestricted permission to undertake any occupation
Eligible LTR holders taking employment in Thailand must follow the digital work-permit procedure. Work-from-Thailand Professionals are approved for remote employment with an overseas employer, not local employment.
Tax treatment varies by category, income and compliance conditions
A qualifying Highly Skilled Professional may benefit from a 17% regime for eligible employment income, subject to employer, income and Revenue Department conditions. Other reliefs are category-specific and require separate assessment.
The process begins with BOI qualification endorsement
Applicants submit category-specific documents, complete BOI endorsement and then proceed through the designated Thai immigration service or embassy within the permitted period.
How SBC Law can assist
Focused support built around the matter and its commercial context.
Our role is tailored to the route, the evidence and the outcome required—not a standardised package applied to every matter.
Financial and health-cover evidence
Advice tailored to the legal, documentary and implementation requirements relevant to financial and health-cover evidence.
BOI endorsement and visa process
Advice tailored to the legal, documentary and implementation requirements relevant to boi endorsement and visa process.
Employment, family and tax considerations
Advice tailored to the legal, documentary and implementation requirements relevant to employment, family and tax considerations.
Discuss your objectives
Advice shaped around the objective and the operating context.
Tell us what you are planning, what has changed and where you need clarity. Our Bangkok team will help identify the relevant legal pathway.