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Long-Term Resident visa — Wealthy Pensioner. A 10-year Thai visa for retirees 50 and older with steady passive income, whose foreign-sourced income is exempt from Thai tax.

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Long-Term Resident visa — Wealthy Pensioner

A 10-year visa (issued as 5 plus 5 years on re-verification), multiple entry, annual instead of 90-day immigration reporting, and a digital work permit if the holder later wants to work.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

3 questions, from the program’s own rules.

How old are you?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Income
At least $6,667 a month, steady and documented.
Age
50 or older.
Time
6–12 weeks: about 20 working days for the Board of Investment endorsement, then visa stamping.
Cost
About $3,000–8,000: the THB 50,000 (about $1,400) government fee covers the full 10 years, plus health insurance, document preparation and typical agent fees.
The hard part
Documenting USD 80,000 a year of genuinely passive income (or the lower income-plus-investment combination) in a form the Board of Investment accepts.

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

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This door stops short of a passport.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    5 years, renewable for 5 years at a time.

  2. 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.
  • Ten years (five, then five more), but permanent residence needs three years of one-year extensions on an ordinary non-immigrant visa, so LTR time does not lead there.
  • The Nationality Act has no clause requiring applicants to give up their old citizenship, but I found no official statement either way; your home country's rules may still end it.
  • That 'domicile' means five years as a permanent resident is how Thai practice reads section 10(4), not the wording of the Act.
  • No official decision time found; the Minister's approval then needs Royal Assent.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
None required to keep the visa itself; only annual reporting to immigration.
Tax
180 or more days in Thailand in a calendar year makes you a Thai tax resident, but LTR Wealthy Pensioner holders are specifically exempt from Thai tax on foreign-sourced income remitted into Thailand — the main reason families choose this over Thailand’s ordinary retirement visa.

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

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Start today.

  1. Check eligibility and apply through Thailand’s LTR visa portal.Open ltr.boi.go.th ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • 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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Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

15 steps, from the first paper to every renewal. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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