Thailand visas
Browse Thailand’s main visa routes, or answer a few questions to narrow down the options worth investigating.
Short visits
Work, business and remote work
Destination Thailand Visa (DTV)
The DTV route for remote work, qualifying activities and eligible family members.
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Non-B visa
The usual starting point for Thai employment and business, with work permission handled separately.
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SMART Visa
For founders of qualifying startups already established in Thailand and their eligible dependants.
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Education visa (Non-ED)
Compare ordinary ED study and training with ED Plus for full-time university degree students.
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Non-O family visa
Family and dependant routes for spouses, parents, children and eligible accompanying family members.
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Retirement visas
Compare the main age-based retirement and long-stay routes before choosing one.
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Long-Term Resident (LTR) visa
A selective BOI-run route for four defined applicant groups and their eligible dependants.
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Thailand Privilege
A paid long-stay programme for people who value convenience over keeping the cost down.
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Specialist visas
Routes for transit, media, research, religion, official work, medical treatment and other specific purposes.
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These are not visas, but they matter once you are travelling, working or living in Thailand.
Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC)
The online arrival form most non-Thai travellers must complete before entering Thailand.
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Work permits
Understand the separate permission to work, employer process and restricted-occupation checks.
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Visa extensions
How extensions of stay work and why the current permission and reason for staying matter.
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Changing visa status
When an in-country application may be possible and why timing and purpose control the route.
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Re-entry permits
Preserve an eligible current permission to stay when leaving and returning to Thailand.
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90-day reporting
The address-reporting requirement for qualifying long-stayers and the ways to complete it.
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Overstay rules
What to do about an overstay and the fines, detention and re-entry consequences involved.
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Permanent residence
Thailand’s quota-based permanent immigration status and its annual application process.
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Thai citizenship
An overview of naturalisation, marriage, descent and other routes under Thai nationality law.
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