Hi guys, I am on the way to get my LTR visa wealthy pensioner. I started in December and get a request email every third day. I send the proper answer in the same hour. We are now in the stage of proofing 80000 income. As I am early retired with 50 and now being 62, I right now have no pension fund returns. But I showed yearly passive income from dividends of 200000 euros and another 120000 Euros from an investment fund. Nevertheless they still ask questions of showing more passive income from interest or rentals. On top they asked me to show tax withholding from the dividends.

I declared now that the country from dividend origin doesnt tax dividends and as I live nowhere longer than 4 months, I have currently no tax residency, therefore tax avoidance laws are not applicable.

Someone out there to know how much longer they ask questions?

I am looking into the LTR wealthy pensioner visa but can't find how they determine the $80k passive income. Is this income pre or post tax? If you have income which is tax free say from ISA's do you ( if the passive income is pre tax) add on the tax that would have been paid when demonstrating the $80 k income? I am unsure how you treat a pension income which is pre tax and other income which either post or no tax?

Hi asking for some advice, sor for a long post

I’m in the process of a divorce with my thai wife, we lived outside Chiang Mai near Doisaket so now have to start all over again, don’t really have much in Australia

I have to change visa’s as marriage visa no longer an option so considering this visa as a possibility but not sure

I work offshore on ships in Australia/ worldwide (mainly Australia) 4 on/ 4 off & want to stay living in Thailand as have been here for around 12yrs & have been seeing a doctor since August 24 for some serious health conditions (heart) & diabetes

Not sure if DVT or LVR is best? DVT is cheaper but not sure if I would qualify under workcation as technically I work remotely on ships in Australia or worldwide but not a digital nomad

Under soft options I could use my medical treatment but does the doctors need to be accepted/registered through /with this visa?

LTR initially 5 times the amount, 10 year visa, I meet the salary conditions under the “work from Thailand professional” can work for a Thai company, have health cover fo US$50K

Any advice if offshore would pass as work remotely or not for the workcattion & the soft option for my medical conditions & if any doctor can be used or if they have to be part of a conglomerate (BKK hospital or similar private system ect)

Looks like they're tweaking the LTR requirements a bit.

Remote worker: company needs to show 50 million in income over 3 years instead of 150 million.

Wealthy global citizen: no more monthly income requirement

Remove the cap on dependant LTR visas from 4 to unlimited.

They are also gutting the Smart visa program and completely getting rid of it except for the Startup category.

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Hi everyone. Im not sure if Im allowed to ask about this. But I want to obtain a long term visa in Thailand. Any agencies or person who can help with this?

Considering applying for the LTR visa from Washingtion DC.

Has anybody done this recently? How long did take to process? Everything was done electronically? Did you have to mail anything?

It's time to do a new visa.

I am considering the LTR or the retirement visa.

The appeal of the LTR, from what I understand, no taxes?

The visa is a little pricey but over ten years, the per year price is very reasonable especially if you consider it gets me out of doing any tax nonsense.

The appeal of the retirement visa is that it's cheap and there are a lot of "help" available.

Does anybody know the LTR is immune to taxation?

Any other opinions?

DTV is great but I fail to see how its better than the retirenment visa.

Hi

Where is the best company in Pattaya to do a long term visa.My friends are saying now they can get a 5 year visa for a fixed payment and the company sort everything I know they do but just wondering best place in Pattaya do.

Thanks

Update: thanks for all the helpful replies. I'm definitely sticking with the LTR visa and the BOI confirmed my wife will qualify for a dependant's visa once same sex marriage takes effect. I'm no longer using that visa agent and found a list of accredited agents on the BOI website to choose from.

Hi all, I'm looking for a little clarification on something. I'm looking to move to Koh Samui next year.

My original visa plan was to get an LTR visa based on working for a large off shore company. I meet all the requirements and have been working on gathering all the paperwork. I have a wife, and I was hoping once same sex marriage passed she could get a dependant's visa under me.

I spoke to an agent, and she told me that the LTR is prohibitively hard to get and that even though in January same sex marriage will be law that it will not validate for dependant's visas.

She suggested I get a DTV workcation visa and my wife get a DTV soft powers visa. She said Thailand will ask for my employer's tax fillings for LTR, which isn't something I can get. I was under the impression I wouldn't need that since it's publicly traded. Without the option for a dependant's visa, I guess my wife's only real option is a DTV visa.

My questions are:

1. Does anyone have experience getting an LTR visa working for off shore company? If so, how was that process?

2. Is it true that even after same sex marriage passes, it won't count for visas?

3. Are there any DTV accredited culinary schools in Koh Samui?

I get that Facebook probably isn't the best place to get concrete info; however, I'm starting to doubt my agent. If anyone can suggest an agent in Koh Samui for a second opinion, that would also be great.

We are married. For a retirement visa, do we both need to have 800k in a Thai bank (1600 total) or will 800k be sufficient for both of us. What are options if we don’t have the 1600k but want to stay for a year? TIA.