Migrating To Thailand

[salz]

I read about migrating to Thailand and I'm totally confused by all I had read.

So many red tapes.

Basically, how do a foreigner became a permanent resident of Thailand and finally being naturalised?

[dr_Pat_Pong]

Give us a bit of information about yourself would you. It'd help.

[lopburi3]

You obtain a non immigrant visa and extend your stay by meeting specific requirements for three continuous years and learn Thai; then apply for permanent residence (PR) and pass tests/selection process and later apply for citizenship. As with most countries it is a long and somewhat paper rich process. In reality few persons from foreign countries are likely to be granted citizenship.

[khonthai]

You obtain a non immigrant visa and extend your stay by meeting specific requirements for three continuous years and learn Thai; then apply for permanent residence (PR) and pass tests/selection process and later apply for citizenship. As with most countries it is a long and somewhat paper rich process. In reality few persons from foreign countries are likely to be granted citizenship.

hi.. lopburi

that means that i have to stay in thailand 3 continuous years without break. if i stayed 2 years, then move back to europe for 3 years, then return back to thailand, so i have to start again with zero years. is this right?

[paulnuek]

Was speaking to a man from Sweden (i think) who had stayed in Thailand for over 3 years and claimed to be "Thai".

He did show me a Thai ID card but of course I have no way of knowing if it was real....

His name was Stig Olsen and he claimed to run a travel agents with his thai wife....

According to the wife,he spoke Thai with no accent whatsoever...

[lopburi3]

That could be true as there are foreigners who have become Thai citizens. But it is not a fill in the blanks type process. Every case would be unique and it is not something that happens on a whim.

[paulnuek]

That could be true as there are foreigners who have become Thai citizens. But it is not a fill in the blanks type process. Every case would be unique and it is not something that happens on a whim.

You just have to have a look at all the different Visas.

They don`t make it easy.

But if they did i suppose most of the UK would be living here now.........

I would agree that I would not be a "fill in the blanks type process" but if someone wanted to go down this route it should not be a hardship to try and learn the language.