retirement visa

[jaidee669]

One item that I cant find any help with. I want to apply for a retirement visa and qualify for most requirements ( I know that this is not necessary so, where rules and attitudes often change). But I have no idea about requesting a spouse visa to go along with my own for a Myanmar national of 35 years old. Can anyone advise please?

Thanks   

[ubonjoe]

It was answered in another topic you posted.

See my reply here.

 

[travel museums]

Hi, 

Apologies if this has been answered recently, but I gave the last 357 pages a quick scan and couldn't see a list of requirements, costs, and approximate time for obtaining residency visa AND Thai passport for foreigners. 

 

A friend in the Philippines had residency visa canceled in the wake of Covid-19. He's allowed to stay but will have to apply again. I encouraged him to look at Thailand since there's an actual path to citizenship. He didn't believe it was possible anywhere in Asia. I told him the only other Asian country I ever met a passport waving foreigner in was Japan. A woman there got hers after working in Japan for a whopping 15 years. 

 

I told him I've occasionally met foreign retirees in Thailand who waived their Thai passports to prove to me they got it. From talking to them it seemed like a 6 year process. 

 

He likes to travel and I told him one of the main benefits is no more visa runs for all the ASEAN countries such as Indonesia which has terrible restrictions for exit. 

[ubonjoe]

23 minutes ago, travel museums said:

Apologies if this has been answered recently, but I gave the last 357 pages a quick scan and couldn't see a list of requirements, costs, and approximate time for obtaining residency visa AND Thai passport for foreigners. 

To apply for permanent residency requires the applicant to of been working with a work permit and paying taxes for 3 years of consecutive extensions of stay.

Unless married to a Thai the applicant for Thai nationality requires a person to of been on permanent residency for 5 years and of been working during that time.

[travel museums]

You missed my point. I'm not asking about a working visa.

 

As I said, I met foreign retirees in Thailand that showed me their Thai passports.

 

They were never working in Thailand. When I asked they said they had first gotten their retirement visa then after years of living in Thailand became Thai citizens. 

[zzzzz]

they lied to you

[KarenBravo]

You also need to read, write and speak Thai. Be able to sing the National anthem. Have a Thai citizen to swear that you're of good character and know some of the "approved" history of Thailand.

 

You sure they weren't waving their Tabien Baans at you?

[Salerno]

On 5/16/2020 at 5:30 PM, travel museums said:

couldn't see a list of requirements, costs, and approximate time for obtaining residency visa AND Thai passport for foreigners. 

 

[Malawi]

8 hours ago, travel museums said:

You missed my point. I'm not asking about a working visa.

 

As I said, I met foreign retirees in Thailand that showed me their Thai passports.

 

They were never working in Thailand. When I asked they said they had first gotten their retirement visa then after years of living in Thailand became Thai citizens. 

Not possible