Start with an LTR eligibility assessment

Next Step Hua Hin helps qualifying applicants prepare for Thailand’s Long-Term Resident Visa. The LTR offers valuable long-term benefits, but the criteria are detailed and the application requires strong supporting evidence.

Contact our team before spending time collecting documents or making investments. We will assess whether your circumstances appear to fit an LTR category and explain what evidence would be needed.

Who may qualify?

The programme includes routes for wealthy global citizens, qualifying pensioners, work-from-Thailand professionals and highly skilled professionals. Eligible spouses and children may also apply.

Each category has different financial, income, investment, employment or professional conditions. Simply having sufficient savings or working online does not automatically make someone eligible.

How Next Step Hua Hin can help

LTR applications are submitted for qualification endorsement before the visa can be issued. Our assistance can include:

An initial category and eligibility assessment

Review of income, pension, investment or employment evidence

Identification of missing or unsuitable documents

Organisation of overseas and Thai supporting records

Assistance responding to additional-document requests

Preparation for the visa-issuance stage

No adviser can guarantee endorsement by the Board of Investment or visa issuance by the authorities. If the available evidence does not support an LTR application, we will tell you and discuss more realistic options.

Contact us about your LTR Visa

Speak with Next Step Hua Hin for a confidential initial review.

WhatsApp: +66 98 662 2512

Call: 098-662-2512

Or visit our Hua Hin office and bring details of your income, assets or employment.

Related frequently asked questions

Questions about long-stay eligibility, financial evidence or maintaining your status? Long-stay visa questions.

Understanding the LTR assessment

Thailand’s Long-Term Resident programme is designed for defined categories rather than every person seeking a long stay. An assessment may consider income, assets, employment, professional experience, investment, insurance and the applicant’s connection to an eligible employer or activity. Meeting one headline figure does not necessarily establish eligibility because supporting conditions and documentary proof also matter.

Building a credible evidence file

Applicants should prepare consistent identity, financial, tax, employment and qualification records covering the periods requested. Documents issued overseas may need certification or translation. Dependants require their own identity and relationship evidence. We can review the proposed category, flag missing evidence and organise documents before submission.

Planning beyond approval

Applicants should understand reporting, employment and family obligations associated with the chosen route. Changes in employment or family circumstances should be reviewed promptly. If LTR is unsuitable, we can discuss other long-stay visa routes, including DTV and retirement options.

LTR application: prepare for both approval stages

Start with the category assessment and the documents requested by BOI. Qualification endorsement and visa issuance are separate stages: do not make travel or employment commitments on the strength of an application receipt. After endorsement, follow the issuance instructions and the deadline in the official letter.

For Work-from-Thailand Professionals, check the overseas employer before preparing your personal file. BOI’s current criteria include a listed company, a qualifying private company operating for at least three years with combined revenue of USD 50 million over the last three years, or a qualifying wholly owned subsidiary. Being a remote worker alone is insufficient.

Health-cover evidence must match BOI’s conditions: qualifying USD 50,000 insurance, Thai social-security coverage or the prescribed maintained deposit alternative. Ask separately about each dependant’s evidence. Keep an ongoing eligibility file for investments, employment and cover, and a reminder for annual reporting. Compare the full requirements with the practical LTR guide before committing.

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Reviewed 1 October 2026 · Official information: BOI · BOI FAQ

LTR categoryQualifications, wealth and work permission
Wealthy Global Citizen
  • At least USD 1 million in assets.
  • BOI’s current Wealthy Global Citizen criteria do not include a separate minimum annual income requirement.
  • At least USD 500,000 invested in Thailand through qualifying government bonds, Thai businesses or Thai property.
  • Work permit possible: Yes. A separate digital work permit is required before employment with a Thai entity.
Wealthy Pensioner
  • Must be 50 years old or older.
  • At least USD 80,000 per year in pension or other passive income. Salary and self-employment income do not count.
  • Alternatively, passive income of USD 40,000–79,999 plus at least USD 250,000 invested in qualifying Thai assets.
  • Work permit possible: Yes, if taking permitted employment in Thailand; a separate digital work permit is required.
Work-from-Thailand Professional
  • Employed remotely by a qualifying, well-established overseas company.
  • Average personal income of at least USD 80,000 per year during the previous two years.
  • Applicants earning USD 40,000–79,999 require additional BOI-accepted qualifications, such as a relevant master's degree.
  • The overseas employer must satisfy BOI corporate-history and revenue requirements.
  • Thai work permit not available: This route is solely for remote work for an overseas employer. Holders cannot work for a Thai employer or earn Thai employment income.
Highly Skilled Professional
  • Professional or expert working in a BOI-targeted industry for an eligible business, university, research or training institution, or Thai government agency.
  • Normally requires average personal income of at least USD 80,000 per year during the previous two years.
  • Applicants earning USD 40,000–79,999 may qualify with additional credentials, such as a relevant science or technology master's degree. Some institutional and government roles receive different treatment.
  • Relevant expertise and, where required, professional experience must be demonstrated.
  • Work permit possible: Yes. This is the principal LTR route for qualifying professionals employed in Thailand; a digital work permit is required.

General requirement: Applicants must also satisfy the applicable health-insurance, Thai social-security or maintained bank-deposit requirement. Eligibility is assessed by the authorities and qualifying conditions must be maintained.

Not sure whether LTR is the right route? Use our free Thailand Visa Checker to compare LTR with retirement, DTV and other long-stay options.

Read next in the Hua Hin Survival Guide: Thailand LTR Visa · Work Permits for Expats in Thailand · Thailand Retirement Visa (O-A / O-X)

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