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C4 · Long-Term Resident

Long-Term Resident Visa (LTR) — 10 Years

The LTR is a 10-year visa endorsed by the Board of Investment for four eligibility tracks. We match your profile to the right track, prepare the wealth or income evidence, and manage BOI plus Immigration lodgment.

  • •Wealthy Global Citizen (USD 1M assets)
  • •Wealthy Pensioner (USD 80k+ income)
  • •Work-from-Thailand professional
  • •Highly-Skilled Professional
  • •Digital work permit included
  • •Spouse & children add-on
Pricing: contact us for a quote · Fees: ask our team for a quoteTurnaround: assessed on your documentsLegal basis: BOI Announcement & Immigration Act
Pricing: Request a quoteTurnaround: assessed per document

A working guide to long-term resident (ltr) visa in Thailand

Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa is one of the standing service lines that corporate legal departments, embassies, foreign universities, HR compliance teams, and immigration bureaux route their highest-stakes files to. The institutional posture — as opposed to a freelance translator or a generalist firm — is the deliberate reason receiving offices treat the deliverable as finished, not draft. Every high-net-worth, retirees, and remote professionals settling in Thailand matter is scoped by a senior specialist on LINE Official @Thainotary or by email at contact@thainotary.co.th before any file moves.

The document set most often audited on high-net-worth, retirees, and remote professionals settling in Thailand matters here includes passport, USD 500k investment or USD 80k income proof, health insurance USD 50k coverage, clean criminal record, employment contract (professional tracks), family relationship proof. Deliverables are formatted to the acceptance criteria of the Board of Investment (BOI) LTR unit and Immigration Bureau.

How the workflow runs end-to-end

For matters that touch multiple counters — Amphur District Office, DBD, DIP, BOI One Stop, or the Criminal Records Division of the Royal Thai Police — a dedicated runner sequences the visits in the correct legal order, so the client is not sent from one office to another chasing missing signatures.

Who this service is for

Foreign missions in Bangkok and international bodies on framework contracts receive a dedicated key-account manager, standardised invoicing on 30-day net terms, and monthly consolidated statements that meet their internal audit format — no bespoke translation project management on their side.

Coverage, fees, and timing

Same-day express is offered for filings tied to a flight, hearing, or academic deadline, subject to counter availability at MFA Chaeng Watthana and the destination embassy. The surcharge is quoted before work begins and is not applied retroactively.

Quality assurance and confidentiality

Every certified translation ships with a translator's declaration on our headed paper carrying the linguist's full name, credential number, and dated signature — the format immigration officers, university registrars, and consular staff are trained to accept without follow-up questions.

Start your Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa matter today

Reach iLC on LINE Official @Thainotary, email contact@thainotary.co.th, or phone 094-8958999. Please book an appointment in advance at our Bangkok office (Lat Phrao 95) or Khon Kaen head office; in every other province our freelance partners can meet you at a shopping mall or another convenient place. Fees: ask our team for a quote. Timing is assessed for your documents, and you receive a required-documents checklist tailored to your destination country. The initial consultation carries no obligation to proceed with your high-net-worth, retirees, and remote professionals settling in Thailand matter.

Local Expert Insight

Expert perspective: Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa

“The Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa files we see most often are ones the applicant filed themselves and got rejected for an outdated template or a passport-name mismatch — that's why we audit every document before touching translation.”
กองบรรณาธิการ iLC
Legal Documentation Editorial Team

Cost ladder

Service tierFee range
เอกสารเดี่ยว / Single docAsk our team for a quote
แปล + Notary / Translation + NotaryAsk our team for a quote
MFA legalizationAsk our team for a quote
Embassy chain / สถานทูตAsk our team for a quote

Timeline (Day 1 → Day N)

  1. Day 1Intake, document audit, written quote & timeline
  2. Day 2-3Certified translation + two-tier QA by NAATI/MoJ translators
  3. Day 3-4MFA Chaengwattana legalization queued & retrieved
  4. Day 5-7Destination embassy filing & EMS/DHL return to client

Case snapshot (anonymized)

A corporate client (name withheld) needed Long-Term Resident (LTR) Visa on a tight embassy deadline. iLC closed the matter in four business days without a re-file, saving the client roughly two weeks versus a DIY route.

Last reviewed: · Cross-referenced against MFA Consular practice + Lawyers Council of Thailand

Go deeper on Visa application document certification

Our advisory team has run these certification chains for 15+ years. Two references we keep updated for clients:

Not sure which route applies? Send us the scan — LINE @Thainotary · 094-8958999 · contact@thainotary.co.th

Documents usually required

  • Freshly issued original Thai civil or corporate record from the issuing office
  • Complete English translation of every page, with the translator's statement of accuracy
  • Copy of the document holder's passport or Thai national ID card
  • Power of attorney with ID copies of both parties if someone else files on your behalf

Common reasons a bundle is rejected

  • Each embassy publishes its own checklist; follow the destination's list, not a generic one.
  • Supporting evidence should cover the exact period stated on the application.
  • Spell every name exactly as it appears in the passport, across every document in the same bundle.

Prefer not to handle the chain yourself? Send the scans and we run every step for you, from translation to the final endorsement.

How the process runs — Visa application document certification

  1. Obtain a freshly issued original from the office that produced the record and check that every page is present.
  2. Prepare a complete translation with the translator's statement of accuracy attached.
  3. File for legalization at the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the original and the translation together.
  4. Complete the next certification layer required by the destination country — Apostille, or legalization at that country's embassy in Thailand.
  5. Collect the finished bundle, scan a full copy for your records, then submit it in the format the receiving authority specifies.

Fees and processing times are set by each authority and vary by document and destination — confirm them with the responsible agency.

Handling it yourself vs letting iLC run it

AspectDoing it yourselfWith iLC
Working out which steps applyYou read each authority's rules yourself, and usually learn a step was missing only after the bundle is refused.Our advisers review the documents before work starts and sequence translation, notarisation, MFA, and embassy in one pass.
Time spent filingRepeat trips to each office, queueing and collecting in person.We file on your behalf; you send scans and receive the finished set by post or courier.
Risk that the translation is refusedAgency names, job titles, and the certification wording often do not match what the receiving office accepts.We use terminology and certificate formats the receiving authority has accepted before, with two-stage proof-reading.
If the bundle is rejectedYou diagnose the cause and refile yourself, losing a full cycle.We identify the cause, correct it, and refile without you starting over, with progress reported along the way.

What clients typically use this for

  • Visa applications at embassies
  • Residency and extension filings
  • Sponsor and support evidence

An advisor, not only a document processor

Before any work starts, our team assesses how many certification layers your document actually needs, which authorities are involved, and the correct order for the office you will really file with. One step out of order usually means restarting the whole bundle. More than 15 years of cross-border document work means we recognise how each authority rejects files and prevent it up front.

  • The certification route is matched to the receiving authority before work begins.
  • Rejection risks are checked, from name spelling to document validity windows.
  • The filing sequence is planned around the deadline you actually have.

Consult us at LINE @Thainotary · 094-8958999 · contact@thainotary.co.th

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