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Thailand BoI Long-Term Resident Visa approvals (Sep 2022-Nov 2024)
10,000+ approvals
The Thailand Board of Investment confirmed in November 2024 that the Long-Term Resident Visa programme had crossed 10,000 cumulative approvals roughly two years after its September 2022 launch, with the Wealthy Pensioner category the single largest cohort. The four LTR categories (Wealthy Global Citizen, Wealthy Pensioner, Work-from-Thailand Professional, Highly-Skilled Professional) carry a 10-year visa with multi-re-entry and a 17% personal-income-tax option for Highly-Skilled. The trajectory implies the cumulative count reaches 25K-35K by year-end 2026 on current approval cadence.
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The Thailand Board of Investment confirmed in November 2024 that the Long-Term Resident Visa programme had crossed 10,000 cumulative approvals roughly two years after its September 2022 launch, with the Wealthy Pensioner category the single largest cohort. The four LTR categories (Wealthy Global Citizen, Wealthy Pensioner, Work-from-Thailand Professional, Highly-Skilled Professional) carry a 10-year visa with multi-re-entry and a 17% personal-income-tax option for Highly-Skilled. The trajectory implies the cumulative count reaches 25K-35K by year-end 2026 on current approval cadence.
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What this tells you
The Thailand Board of Investment confirmed in November 2024 that the Long-Term Resident Visa programme had crossed 10,000 cumulative approvals roughly two years after its September 2022 launch, with the Wealthy Pensioner category the single largest cohort. The four LTR categories (Wealthy Global Citizen, Wealthy Pensioner, Work-from-Thailand Professional, Highly-Skilled Professional) carry a 10-year visa with multi-re-entry and a 17% personal-income-tax option for Highly-Skilled. The trajectory implies the cumulative count reaches 25K-35K by year-end 2026 on current approval cadence.
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Values in thousands of cumulative LTR approvals. Wealthy Pensioner is the largest single category.
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