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Is the Investment Visa Better Than the Retirement Visa in Thailand?

Retirement Visa Investment Visa Long-Term Stay

Nov 3, 2019

6 years ago

Christine *****

ORIGINAL POSTER

Hi.. we have applied and approved of our retirement visa... before we applied months ago.. we were told that there’s another visa - Investment Visa.. where you invest in a property in Thailand that’s over 10 million. The Thai embassy in hk said they do only tourist and retirement visa and that investment visa is done in Thailand. My question.. is investment better in a long run ? Still need to show proof of 800k in bank ? Which is better retirement or investment?!

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TLDR : Answer Summary

The user is exploring whether the Investment Visa, which requires a property investment of over 10 million Baht, is a better option than the Retirement Visa. They seek clarity on whether maintaining 800,000 Baht in a Thai bank account is still necessary if opting for the Investment Visa, given their existing property purchase exceeding the investment threshold.

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Christine *****

ORIGINAL POSTER

We have bought a property that’s more than 10 million already. Can we use that as investment visa ?

We are not looking at elite visa

We are just looking at option of visa since we have already invested in a over 10 million property ( house) and with the mandatory health insurance and all ... just looking at options

6 years ago

Tod *********

Unless I'm wrong you needed to start the process LONG before you transferred the money into thailand and bought a property. I don't believe it's an "after the fact" thing.

6 years ago

Ivan ************

It has to be a new build development and you have to sort it out at the time. You can't get an investment visa on something you have already bought.

6 years ago

Mike *******

@Christine ****

I belive you can only obtain this visa from a specific buildingl company.and purchase there new property for 10mill.

6 years ago

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Mike *******

James ********

Good Luck. Instead of 800,000 Thai baht banked in Thailand, you need 10 Million deposited/invested in accordance with the rules set forth in the posted link above.

There is also the Thai Elite Visa which costs from 500,000 Thai baht to 2 Million Thai baht EACH which grants you 5 years to 20 years visa in Thailand. Its a Non refundable fee too.

6 years ago

Robert *******

Here you get all the information about the investment visa. Contact them and after that you can compare with the type of visa you have

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6 years ago

Robert *******

No, but as this organization is handing out the documents to apply for the visa, you need to contact them as I mentioned. And that info in not needed, the people visit them to invest not to find an easy way to stay long time in Thailand.

6 years ago

Martin *****

Did you actually find any information about the investment visa on the BOI page?

6 years ago

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Martin *****

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