My nephew, studying at Ma Fa Luang, has recently finished his law class regarding immigration. They taught that there are some new relaxed rules regarding the ability of long-term non-residents of Thailand to apply for Thai citizenship. In Thai, the process is called: การขอสัญชาติไทย ในประเทศไทย แบบถาวร (apply for Thai citizenship in Thailand permanently).

It seems that in the new rules, if you are recommended by certain officials for approval based on your contributions to the well begin of the country, there is an expedited procedure which does not require a long wait (and can be based on previous stays). Does anyone have any details on this? My nephew is making further inquiries for me, but I wanted to see if anyone here knows about the new rules.

Second question, in the Thai Residency application as described elsewhere here, must the application be based on 6 years of O visas, or do B visas also qualify?

Thank you for your feedback.

You can apply based on B visa's also, as long as you have paid Thai income tax for a minimum of 3 years

The Tai PR Topic is here. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Camerata-s-G...ide-t74654.html