Hi all,
I got the LTR - Work From Thailand Professional category very recently. This thread helped me in many ways to get an idea about LTR visa and background process. I'd like to show my gratitude by registering as a new member and provide any support for fellow expats aka Farangs.
I'm working for a publicly listed company in US so I only had to get employment verification letter from employer and letter was not addressed to LTR unit or any other gov org in Thailand. It was just a general letter.
Let me summarize my experience which might help future applicants.
Processing time : 1 month - due to year end holidays, Police report and Insurance waiting time, etc
Applied : Mid Dec 2022
Received BOI approval : Mid Jan 2023
Application summary : * Writing steps taken from the timeline poster attached to this post which is also displayed in https;!! ltr,boi,go,th below the Qualification endorsement section.
Step 1 : Fill in the form and submitted online with all scanned documents via portal (visa,boi,go,th replace comma with dot ???? )
Step 4 : Requested police report and insurance which was notified via email + notification bell on the portal page if you login to portal (top left)
Step 5 : Qualifications approved, which was notified via email + notification bell, Requesting to make an appointment (choose from drop down list of )Thai embassy/country or OSS @Bangkok. Chosen Thai embassy of a neighbour country where I was holidaying. You can choose e-visa option if your passport is allowed to apply online (www,thaievisa,go,th)
Step 6 : BOI approval letter which is addressed to the above Thai embassy to issue the LTR visa, Status in the portal changed to 'Complete' and the approval letter can be viewed by pressing 'view' button.
No Steps 7,8,9 as Visa will be issued outside Thailand.
Next : Make an appointment to the Thai embassy asap to apply visa (to secure the earliest date)
Print BOI approval letter
Next : Go to Thai embassy on Appointment date/time with passport + printed BOI approval letter. Take a Visa application form and fill it in, paste passport sized photo on application and hand over to Embassy counter with visa fee in cash (50k Baht or equivalent). Get the visa collection paper which has a collection date is printed.
Next : Visit embassy and collect passport, Check Visa sticker and make sure Visa is LTR Type T with 10yrs later ending date.
Next : Reached immigraiton at land crossing border checkpoint, Filled the arrival card (filled the departure section slip (T.M.6)as well in capital letters), None of the officers knew how to process, escorted to the Supervisor inside a room and he called someone internal and was given some instructions. Officer stamped passport page opposite to Visa sticker with permission to stay with a date of 5years. Asked me to keep departure card (T.M.6) has to keep securely and escorted me out of the immigration gate.
Next : Take bus to hotel and start work from Thailand.
https;!! ltr,boi,go,th home page shows as 'Tax exemption for overseas income' for WFT Professional.
I'm still searching about paying tax and Permanent Establishment confirmation. I hope I don't need to pay inome tax in Thailand or double tax, because there is a DTA already in place with my country. I have to stay more than 183 days in Thailand and see what will happen.
If you have questions pls and happy to answer them whenever I can. Let's help each other Farangs. Cheers and good luck for your application!
