How can I obtain Thai nationality as a foreigner?

May 10, 2024
7 months ago
How can I Get the Thailand 🇹🇭 Nationality

Anyone Guide Me

Thanks
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Obtaining Thai nationality is acknowledged to be a complex and lengthy process that typically requires a minimum of 5 years of residency, stable employment, and financial contributions to the Thai economy through taxes. Notable requirements include having a legal work permit, a non-B visa, and fluency in the Thai language to navigate the citizenship application effectively. However, many respondents emphasize the challenges faced by foreigners, including the difficulties of the application process, with various humorous and sarcastic remarks noted in the comments.
Micheal ********
Dream
Nathan ***********
Franky ******
Plastic surgery and a fake passport .
Aake **********
Forget it.
Ghazanfar **************
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@Aake *********
it's difficult but as you say, I'll try to forget her
Aake **********
Franklin ********
Wow there are some miserable men in these comments. I can see why they make it so hard to become a citizen.😂💀
Andy ******
If you are single or not married to a Thai then you have to be 3 years in Thailand working to get Permanent residence with work permit and also certain salary high enough to apply for it ,then after holding PR for 5 years you can apply for the Thai citizenship
Alexander ********
Yes be reborn out Thai pussy all best good luck.
Sasawan **********
First step is you have to be fluent in Thai language.
Wipa ********
Steve **********
Don't bother, it takes years, millions, and no benefit.
Damien ********
Die

And come back as a Thai !

Easy !
Jim *********
Get pregnant with a ladyboy
Christopher ********
….🙄
Winplus ************
It involves having many consecutive years of a work permit and non b visa without a lapse of any kind. Best of luck.
Stan ************
I need one dad and one mom and u need then to make u
Mike *******
Difficult
Paul ********
Be born in Thailand
Sergio *****
ANOTHER STUPID QUESTION!!

GOOGLE IT.
Sergio *****
Sergio *****
Why you want that???
Ghazanfar **************
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@Sergio ****
Actually, I am a writer of liberal and secular ideas, and I am against the injustice, and ignorance, sectarian extremism in our society and I speak against this ignorance and extremism on social media and on various forums and platforms and I am a free speech advocate, that's why some ignorant people want to kill me, and I don't have a sponsor from America, Europe or Canada to send me there and get me a job so that I can get my family out of this hell, and Thailand is also nearer to my country and also a bit cheaper to travel, that's why I made such a post
Marco ***********
Ashvin ************
Invest 10m baht
Ghazanfar **************
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@Ashvin ***********
but i have little bit shortage, unfortunately I have only 10K Bhat 😜
Ashvin ************
All the best
Ashvin ************
Oliver ********
Live here for a long time, pay income taxes, don't commit any crimes, and learn Thai language.
Chris ******
Can anyone recommend a good tour group I’d like to book some resorts and activities when I’m in Thailand? Thanks
Philip *****
Don’t. The heat will kill. You
Martin *********
You would need to check their website
Roger **********
Need more information…
Ryan ********
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This guy has done it with a detailed video of how
Fred ****
Start with getting a thai girlfreind thai driving license that will help alot if u marry it will go even further but the thai driving license will help u getting a bank acc
Simon ************
Wtf
Peter *********
Send me all details your bank account I can do
Mike *******
Be born in Thailand. 🤔
Mark *******
But in all seriousness in regards to the post. It’s very hard and lengthy to get Thai nationality, I’m not sure what country you’re from but this is just a suggestion maybe you should go to your local Thai embassy and ask them this question, because this is too much of a complex question to ask all of us professionals in this group.
Ghazanfar **************
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@Mark ******
Dear,

Sometimes any work or talk can be done to give entertainment to people, brother
Nicolas ********
Trust me , that bar girl does not really love you . Her sick buffalo does though ... 🤣
Anthony ************
Easy send me 50,000,000 Rupees and I will sort it for you.
Ghazanfar **************
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@Anthony ***********
dear which country are you from? OK you send me yours country Visa, I mean work visa, I will give you 15k US dollars 💵 after reaching there and I will give you 15% from my salary by every month,

Actually there is no freedom of speech and extention on my speaking on My writing,
Vlad *******************
It’s same easy and straightforward as most countries in Europe

First you have work permit and non-b visa for three consecutive years, and that allows you to apply for permanent residency. The application review process can take up to 2 years though, and you have to keep maintaining visa and work permit

after this just keep working and paying taxes for another five years maintaining work permit (no need for visa at that point anymore) and you’ll get passport

It’s easy, but takes long time
Nomi ******
Not difficult much just come to Thailand and go to the 7-eleven and just buy a nationality that's it 🙏😂
Peter *******
First you need to learn to spell

Nationality!!!!!
Hasan **************
It’s not about what you know it’s about who you know.. I wouldn’t speak to people in this group as they all think they own Thailand 😆
Steve **********
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1. Marry with Thai girl and have children together

2. Report income 100k THB / month and pay the tax for 4-6 yrs

3. Pay the fee
Jason ***************
They sell it in
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👍
Shaughn ***********
Integrity Legal had a video of this on their YouTube channel just a day ago.
Marek ******
Ghazanfar **************
ORIGINAL POSTER
Friends, I am very thankful to all of you for all the nice and funny comments. Actually I am a cricketer and a coach and also write the truth, against child labor and abuse of women in my society and against general social oppression, against communal extremism, so I shift to a free and liberal society. I continue my efforts to be, and whatever the opportunity or platform, I must present my position,
Luigi ***********
@Ghazanfar *************
I understand your issues, but, if i were you, i would do a thorough and appropriate research in which country would be most feasible for my wishes. Thailand is not sustainable for your wishes.

A country where you are always precarious with an expiry date like foods.

Think about it very carefully !
Ghazanfar **************
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@Luigi **********
My respected friend I understand this very well and I also know that America, Europe and Canada would be better for me, but I don't have enough resources or sponsors to help me reach those countries. May I work for the welfare of humanity, and may I do so with freedom
Lynnette *******
@Ghazanfar *************
perhaps come to Thailand on multiple entry visa or a long term visa. Live here a while. See if it's right for you. UK, USA might not be that good.
Joseph *********
All I know from talking to Thais in Immigration is that it is difficult and depends on where your are from.

The number is limited to the same as the reciprical.
Terary **********
Well in Buddhism if you live a good life then you may come back to a better life...
Mike ******
@Terary *********
well funk off.wanker
Terary **********
@Mike *****
And how did you want come back?
Todd **********
@Terary *********
Im all for that
Mike ******
If you wear yellow socks .it's free
Mike ******
Takes about 2 days...but you have to pay..
Mathias *******
Go to immigration and ask very kindly. Good luck
Todd **********
Go ask immigration
Luigi ***********
What would be the valid need to become Thai Citizens. 🤔🤔

I assiduously read questions that I find shocking.

Applying to become a Thai citizen is like going back to the Middle Ages.🤠
Neale **********
Why do people go on Facebook for answers to these questions? This is the last place I would look. I would go on the Thai embassy website
Jonas ********
Easy. You die in your country and reincarnate in Thailand later. Here you go!
Jacobus **************
Dear Mr. Ghazanfar Amin Abbasa, you gave me a reason to start the weekend with a smile. Thanks...
Brad *******
About 10 years of dedicated learning Thai , writing Thai , reading Thai and singing the national anthem at your Thai government test!! Good luck!!
Moon ******
Be born again in Thailand
Jeroen ***********
Not
Bhavesh ******
First, be prepared to deal with the fat bald idiots who sit on Facebook all day talking shit 😂
Mike ******
Bhavesh Shah I can see your pants...2 week holiday
Stephenie **********
The question is , why would you want to be thai?
Martin ********
Go and ask the chap in an orange jacket, that's hanging on the corner of the soi
Jean-Francois ***********
Never will
Trevor *******
First, you learn how to spell 'nationality'....
Bhavesh ******
@Trevor ******
can you speak fluent Thai?
Trevor *******
@Bhavesh *****
I've been here forty years, so my Thai, conversation, reading and writing, is pretty reasonable.

Why do you ask?
Bhavesh ******
@Trevor ******
in 40 years I'd be fluent mate 🤷‍♂️
Trevor *******
@Bhavesh *****
I'm modest!!
Kool *******
You must work, and pay Thai income tax for at least three years, on a wage of at least bt80,000, plus other requirements. After this is approved then working and paying taxes for another 5 years, you can apply for citizenship. If you do not work legally then nothing else matters, as that is the basic requirement.
Otto *********
First: You need many years time...
Daniel *****
Just get an elite visa, next best thing.
Robert **************
*****
00usd
Jake *****
Born again in Thailand
Robert *********
Its on google ask it the same question. It is doable
Peter **********
With only a couple of exceptions the replies here sick, crass or insulting - or all of these.

Why does the Admin of this group allow sick old trolls like that to remain as members of this group. It is degenerating to the extent that decent folk will simply leave and the group become a just as trashy as eg Asia Now forums.
Mike ******
Peter Morrison please leave..it is easy
Mike ******
Peter Morrison forum police again..we are sorry
Mike ******
Funk off and join your own group
Anders *********
Read on this webiste:
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%20foreigner%20who%20would%20like,approve%20or%20deny%20an%20application.
Marc ********
Yes can , my friend paid 200 K
Michael ********
Marc ********
@Michael *******
we worked here for 20 plus years , he had a good lawyer, it's possible,he is Thai now , Thai passport
Kool *******
@Michael *******
that is basically the fee when the application for the first step, permanent residency, is approved, you pay bt195,000. The initial application fee is bt7200.
Michael ********
@Kool ******
Yes for PR i know the fee, but guy was asking about citizenship. Just checking what he was posting about for 200k
Kool *******
@Michael *******
getting PR is the first step if not married.
Steve *********
Reincarnate as a Thai.
Echo *****
@Steve ********
lol I was going to say the same 🤣
Michael ********
See this website.

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David *******
Why!
Wayne **********
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Gray *******
LTR visa. I will give you a real answer, or an elite which costs $
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Luis **********
Please don't, stick with yours
Bonnie *********
@Luis *********
You, too.
Kevin ******
Are you serious?
Neil *********
What benefits do you think you gain by having Thai citizenship?
Nigel *********
@Neil ********
able to work in any occupation, no requirement for work permit, no requirement for visa, no 90 day reports, for scome countries (Israel springs to mind) a thai passport would help them visit Malasia and Indonesia. House book
Nomi ******
@Neil ********
manistory of living in Thailand 😂🤣
Ghazanfar **************
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@Neil ********
a girl with whom ILove 😍
John **********
@Neil ********
owning land hahaha
Mark *******
@Neil ********
local prices 😂😂😂😂
Steve **********
@Mark ******
a drivers license and respect gets you local prices.
Mark *******
@Steve *********
more times than often I’ve been given the local prices because I always treat people with respect.
Graham ******
@Mark ******
555 you wish
Brandon ************
@Neil ********
don't need a visa. Can own land.
Lothar *************
@Brandon ***********
you can make a company for the land
Neil *********
@Brandon ***********
would you have to give up your primary citizenship in your other country? 
Brandon ************
@Neil ********
Thailand doesn't require that. Some countries will not allow you to hold 2 citizenships. You would need to check with your own country on their policy.
Scottie ***********
I heard a young British guy got Thai nationality, lived and worked legally in Thailand for 17 years. Also he needed to prove that he completed school at the highest level. He also learned to read and write fluent Thai
Jeab *******
3 years marriage with thai wife, 3 years workpermit, speak thai for do normal conversation. Cost 10.000 baht. I busy now start up.
Christian ********
@Jeab ******
Why do I have to be married with a tree ?

I always thought three years marriage should be with a thai lady ?
Jeab *******
@Christian *******
Sorry papa... i go not do anymore.... 🤣 😊 😋 😂 😂
Dave **********
@Jeab ******
Speak Thai?? Looks like you cannot even speak English!
Jeab *******
@Dave *********
No. Need this for you?
Martin ********
@Jeab ******
not a chance you will get it for 10,000 baht
Kool *******
@Jeab ******
you haven't done this have you. After you've legally worked for at least three years, paying Thai income tax, and making at least bt80,000 a month, plus other requirements, you can apply, with a bt7200 application fee. After the few years it takes for the application to go through the approval process, and it is approved, then you pay a bt195,000 fee. If you are married to a Thai then that final fee is just bt95,000.
Jeab *******
@Kool ******
I know from a police officer from special branch, i not do it with an office. Offices ask many more.
Kool *******
@Jeab ******
the special branch is where it is done at.
Brandon ************
@Jeab ******
a lot more than 10,000 baht
Mikkel *******
@Brandon ***********
nope. Permanent residency will cost a total of around 200K all in. Citizenship application cost 5K. So with all the fees for legalizing documents etc, 10K sounds about right for that.
Brandon ************
10,000 DOLLARS sure, 10,000 baht not a chance.

You can't get citizenship without getting PR first, so the cost is going to be high.
Mikkel *******
@Brandon ***********
if you want to check it out, see here:

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Owner has a Facebook group too by the same name Thai citizenship group

You won't find more accurate information of that matter than there.

Validated by lots of people who have already gone through it.
Mikkel *******
@Brandon ***********
if you are married to a Thai national, you can skip the permanent residency part entirely, which is the costly part.
Nigel *********
@Brandon ***********
not quite,, if you're married to a thai then no need pr OR to speek thai,,, pay tax 3 years, be on the same visa extension for 3 years, married to thai 3 years. thats about it for that route...
Vlad *******************
@Brandon ***********
no, baht. Citizenship application fee is 10,000 baht
Lars **********
In the good old days, you had to sing the Thai national song, in front of the King. 🎶
Andy ***********
you do need to sing the Thai national anthem in thai for both Thai residency and Citizenship
Vlad *******************
Marc ********
@Lars *********
BS. Cannot be bought
Steve **********
Marc ********
@Steve *********
It is. But you cannot buy citizenship just like that.
Steve **********
@Marc *******
No you can't, and benefits are zero.

Bragging rights proving your foolish.

If farang with Thai citizenship, you spend your life proving its real to no avail.
Sasi ************
One of my Facebook friend, a foreigner , single father and a sole/primary custodian of TWO Thai boy, owing business, pay taxes and living in Thailand for decades, he finally got his Thai ID.
Pattaya ****
@Sasi ***********
did he speak Thai ?
Ghazanfar **************
ORIGINAL POSTER
@Pattaya ***
ฉันรักผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งในพัทยาซอย 6
Sasi ************
@Pattaya ***
Fluently
Sasi ************
I have gone through getting my American citizenship and have seen my colleagues getting their Thai , I have to tell you this ; mine was sooooooooo much easier.

Thai is among country that hard to get , referring to the Korean coach Choi Young-seok. Google his name if you like .
Sam ********
@Sasi ***********
must be a Biden lover!
Sasi ************
@Sam *******
Such a narrow minded 🤣🙄

Read again ; I was granted citizenship about three decades ago. Most importantly; if you can’t refrained from discussing political get out of this post and starting your own. By the way; Religion, politics are the subject that intelligent people do not discuss with a stranger.
Andy ***********
this post is about Thai nationality … not some Arizona backwater . . Maybe start your own post avoid cluttering this with irrelevance.
Todd **********
@Sasi ***********
Anyone can in America! Biden has let millions in the last 3
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yrs!
Robert ***************************
@Todd *********
besides that they all receive money when they get here
Todd **********
@Robert **************************
these people are so ignorant. I drive Uber and have for 4
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yrs. I’ve picked these illegals up from hotels the govt puts them up in on our dime! Not to mention they have papers and a plane ticket to wherever they want to go in 45 days. These children that come over are put in centers from Cali to Tx. They come over and will be with someone that says there the uncle when in fact it’s not and get sent to foster parents, (some are vetted and some aren’t then they go to school at a center everyday once again paid for by us! I could tell so many stories it’s ridiculous and many of these kids are sold into sex slavery. I have a friend retired DEA and some of the stories will curl your hair! It’s disgusting! The Cartels own that border lock, stock and barrel plus the govt! Mush like ours! These ignorant citizens of this country haven’t a clue what’s going on but they soon will!
Todd **********
Amy Baron that’s the thing with you libs! The truth is right in front of you and you deny it! Get out of the Kingdom please before you fools ruin that country too
Sasi ************
@Todd *********
Wrong!!! Millions want to be in America but they can’t.. by the way I was granted Americans citizenship over three decades ago. Employment base , if you’re wondering 🙄

lMAO
Ray ******
@Sasi ***********
@Todd *********
Is another Fox News droid that believes everything on TV. SMH.
Todd **********
@Ray *****
You really have no clue what’s going on and by looking at your FB page your the problem with this country not the solution! Where is your evidence of anything?? You sound like a sounding board of the lowing media! What a shame you are to this country
Todd **********
@Ray *****
Ignorant
Todd **********
@Ray *****
Listen and pay attention I can take you here in phoenixto several locations! Your ignorance is overwhelming! I get my facts from the street and people that work in these facilities on my tax dollar! It’s people like you that really haven’t a clue what’s going on and that’s what’s sad! If the media would tell you the truth then you’d know! How many examples would you like me to cite you on this because no matter what I would tell you and what I see you people don’t believe anything but that’s OK. You gotta live with this shit Ray not me. I’m out of the country in about seven months, but when they start taking all your jobs, they overwhelm your school or maybe one of them are drunk and take one of your kids that maybe you understand ! You people are very naive
Todd **********
@Sasi ***********
you couldn’t be more wrong. I live right here here in Arizona. There’s been about 8 to 10,000,000 just in the last 3
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years. It came right across this border so don’t tell me I’m wrong. OK I’m here. I know what’s going on I’m sick of these fucking illegals.
Sasi ************
@Todd *********
Here we go!!!

There are Thai, a millions at least, trying to get visas to The United States of America. Yes, I will tell you , YOU ARE WRONG to say that everyone ; underline everyone , as your first response, can be in America!!!
William ******
@Sasi ***********
if they can get to Mexico and get over the border they're in
Todd **********
@Sasi ***********
you haven’t a clue! And my GF is Thai and I will be moving there in less than a yr! You know nothing of what’s going on with our southern border! So STFU
Mac ****
Obtaining Thai nationality is easy - just like climbing Everest in flip-flops!
Kev *********
@Mac ***
is it that easy? Should be a cinch with Global Warming. They even have Global House!
Peter *****************
Make a thai blood transfusion.
Andy ********
That will be a huge brown envelope ✉️
Lee ********
Do the lottery if you win you might have a chance 😂
Andy **********
I spit out my drink lol
Brandon ************
You can't. If you're asking on a Facebook group you're nowhere near being able to qualify which takes over 5 years.
Greg ***********
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