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Choosing a Visa
LTR Work From Thailand: who actually qualifies
The LTR Work From Thailand Professional visa lets you keep a remote job with a foreign employer while living in Thailand for ten years. Four things decide eligibility: the size of your employer, your two-year average income, your employment documentation, and your medical coverage.
Choosing a Visa
Who actually buys a Thailand Privilege Card?
Two groups buy it: people whose situation maps to no other Thai visa, and people who could qualify elsewhere but do not want what those visas demand. Membership runs from 650,000 baht for five years to 5,000,000 for twenty, with no income, insurance or investment test.
Paperwork & Admin
Thai visa validity vs permission of stay
A Thai visa's validity and your permission of stay are two different things. Validity is how long the visa lets you arrive at the border; permission of stay is how long the officer stamps you in for on any given entry. For most Thai long-stay visas they do not match.
Paperwork & Admin
How Thailand's 90-day report (TM.47) works
The 90-day report is an address notification to Thai Immigration, formally the TM.47, that most long-stay visa holders must file for as long as they live in Thailand. Despite the name it is not always due every 90 days, and two separate rules decide when yours actually falls.
Choosing a Visa
Non-O or Non-OA? Choosing a Thai retirement visa
Thailand has two retirement visas, not one. The Non-O and Non-OA share an age requirement of 50 and the same headline thresholds, but they are issued differently, treat pension income differently, and only one demands health insurance. The choice locks in obligations you live with for at least a year.
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