What is the process for annual reporting for an LTR visa holder in Thailand?

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Hi. In a couple of months I'll be coming up on one year in Thailand on my ten year LTR visa. I live in Pattaya. I know I have to report to immigration once a year, but have some questions about the process.

Is it possible to do this online or must it be done in person?

Is there a maximum number of days prior to the one year date that you are allowed to do the reporting? ( i.e. not earlier than one mouth out, two weeks out, etc)

And lastly, is there an immigration website in English that lists all the documents you need tobring with you?

Thanks.

Ask Thailand · Answer

The annual reporting process for LTR visa holders in Thailand must be done in person at a local immigration office, as there is currently no online option available. There is no specific information on the number of days prior to the one-year date when reporting is allowed; however, past experiences of other LTR holders suggest that contacting the Board of Investment (BOI) or local immigration staff is advisable for accurate details. It's also noted that exiting and re-entering Thailand can reset the one-year reporting requirement.

David ******** · Answer

Why don't you just go to Malaysia or some other country for a few days?

That will reset the one year report clock.

James ******** · Answer

Please report back on what you learned from contacting the BOI... THANKS 👍

Tod ********* · Answer

you could try contacting these people, (if the numbers still work) when they rolled out the LTR program these were the go-to people

Dave ********** · Answer

E mail BOI and they will give you a prompt detailed reply. On my third decade  here and and   with the LTR  no need to ask questions on Face Book as BOI is very responsive. Love my LTR.

Tod ********* · Answer

Sadly, (for you and every other LTR visa holder) I see a visit to the local immigration office in your near future OR a call to the LTR people at Cham Churi Square.. Just so we're totally clear this has been a huge failure compared to what they thought it'd be when they rolled it out. They sold just over 6k of these visas most in the wealthy pensioner category (people who just switched off O or OA visa/extensions) and the next category was trailing spouses OF an LTR visa holder 😮

Most offices have never seen an LTR visa holder or if they did, they've seen very few of them. Early on even the passport control officers at the airport didn't know what and how to deal with them 🙁

𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻?

Nope doesn't appear to be an online thing. Looks like it's an in person visit to the immigration office in the area where you live

𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴? ( 𝗶.𝗲. 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁, 𝗲𝘁𝗰) No one I know who holds an LTR (about 50 or more people) have the slightest idea about it

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

Contact the LTR support staff at Cham Churi Square where their main office is and see what they say

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To be completely honest all the people I know on the LTR have never had to do the one year reporting because it resets when you exit/re-enter the country, meaning that if you travel regularly you may NEVER have to do it

Sorry for the vague answer but believe it or not sometimes (more times than not) the real answer IS contact the immigration office OR in case of the LTR visa, the BOI division who issues them.

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