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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

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

2 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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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.

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This visa doesn’t lead to 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.
  • Same as the pensioner LTR: ten years of residence that does not count toward permanent residence.
The law behind these dates
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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.

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Start today.

  1. Check eligibility and apply through Thailand’s LTR visa portal.Open ltr.boi.go.th ↗
  2. 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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Postern can run this for you.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.One membership, the whole family. Bank accounts and help putting your plan into action are included.

Postern runs it for one insured adult US remote employee of an overseas publicly listed company, lawfully in Bangkok on tourist permission or applying from a permanent home in any US state, DC, Puerto Rico or US Pacific territory through its Thai mission, with USD 80,000 average yearly income in the last two years: BOI endorsement, TIESC or US consular visa, actual five-year stay stamp and Bangkok host notification for US arrivals, annual reports and second-five-year requalification within the original ten-year term; no Thai employer, Thai clients or family applications.

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. Opening your bank accounts there is included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Government fees, record fees and other costs you approve are extra.

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