What are the best long-term residency options for expats in Thailand?

your location?

If you’re in Pattaya-Go to Manareet Visa- Soi ( Soi Post Office.See NAN.You will be well taken care of

Get an immigration agent and organise retirement visa I have been told that after 3 years on retirement visa you can get residency in thailand

Bro just get the dtv

You will have to explore the nuances of each option. I am currently getting my Non-O retirement visa while here on a tourist visa. I tried the "wealthy pensioner" route but the Thai Board of Investment doesn't acknowledge IRA withdrawals as passive income. strike 1. I have sufficient Social Security income to qualify for the Non-O but the U.S. Embassy here no longer will validate that income source. strike 2. Tried to open a Thai savings account with tourist visa. strike 3. Started looking for visa attorneys to assist and found Thai Visa Centre in Bangkok. They charge a decent amount but know how to work the system. I had to go to Bangkok from Koh Samui but it only took one day and I had my bank account and visa. They will also handle the "retirement" extension to add the 12 months to my current 3 month Non-O. Totally worth it for my situation. YMMD.

DTV holder here - super easy, super cheap. Downside is - you can’t apply for it while in Thailand.

In my experience getting the Thai bank account was the biggest hurdle. Working with immigration is easy. They seem to really want to help.

Thailand is requested to relax these silly 90 days reporting. Yes, it has every right to control and vets who gets admitted into its territory , but once they legally do, stop these reporting. The country needs desperately legit expats as it has over 50 billion dollars parked in empty real estate.

AGENT?

get a LTR visa, not difficult, annual reporting (unless you travel) Fast track at airport and all overseas income is tax free...

Legal Residency won't happen... But you can buy a 20 year Thai Elite visa 👍

Depending on the country you come from, I advise checking the implications for your self, tax wise in your home country if you get a retirement visa.

Look into the retirement Visa or the DTV Visa

Before we got our business related visas. We had Thailand privilege.

Pay and stay, almost no requirements other than money.

The new bronze Visa is relatively cheap, and offers you more access than the DTV, 5 year's for around $19,000 if you break it down yearly is not bad

Visa options are on your local RTE website..

If you have MONEY go for the 10 year LTR visa Thailand

You can forget about residency. Just look for longer term visa.