Thailand guides

Know exactly when and how to submit your TM.47 address report, what happens after travel, and what to do if online reporting fails.

Decide whether Thailand's five-year DTV suits your remote work, qualifying activity or family; check financial proof, permitted stay and the right application route.

With a valid matching foreign licence, use the DLT conversion route; without motorcycle entitlement, apply for motorcycle testing. Ordinary car and bike fees start at THB 205 and 105.

Understand Thailand's 180-day tax test, foreign income earned from 2024, savings and principal, treaty relief, LTR exceptions and verified 2026 updates.

Plan resignation, redundancy or an employer change in Thailand: separate work permission from lawful stay, track responsibilities and avoid false grace periods.

Compare all four Thailand LTR categories with DTV: income, assets, employer rules, insurance, family eligibility, work rights and ongoing obligations.

Married to a Thai citizen? Understand Non-O family entry, spouse-based extensions, the applicable 40,000-baht income/400,000-baht bank tests and work-permit limits.

Prepare the foreign partner's marital-status certificate, translations and legalisation; learn what to take to an amphoe or khet office and what to do after marriage.

Choose a realistic Thai bank-account route, prepare identity and residence evidence, check mobile banking and PromptPay, and handle a refusal under 2026 rules.

Plan Thai permanent residence with the three-year Non-Immigrant history test, annual intake dates, category evidence, TM.9, interview, actual fees and next actions.

Keep an existing Thai permission to stay when travelling: find out whether you need TM.8, prepare documents, choose single or multiple re-entry and check your return stamp.

Compare Thailand retirement stay routes by age, nationality, financial evidence, insurance, reporting and work restrictions; plan the next legal step.

Pay supported Thai merchant QR codes without a Thai bank account: verified overseas-bank examples, the cash-funded tourist-wallet route, costs and payment failures.

Understand the Thai TM.30 24-hour accommodation notice, the landlord/host role, online reporting steps and proof to save after moving or checking in.

Chinese ordinary-passport tourists: up to 30 days per entry and 90 days total in any 180 days under the Thailand–China agreement. Check your passport and free TDAC.

Tourist visa, visa exemption, work or Thai family? Find the right extension route, prepare TM.7 and understand the permitted-stay date before filing.

How to reach Bangkok from Suvarnabhumi, choose between BTS and MRT, plan transfers, and avoid common first-day transport mistakes.

A foreign buyer's practical sequence: confirm legal freehold, foreign quota, transfer evidence, title and building debts before paying or registering a Thai condo.

Three days for one adult means 9 L of clean water and 9 ready-to-eat meal portions. See exact bottle counts for 1, 2 or 4 people, where to shop and what to carry if a flood forces evacuation.

Distinguish Thai land title, building ownership, registered leases, Thai-spouse purchases, condo freehold and narrow foreign land exceptions before committing money.

A property buyer's actionable investigation sequence before paying a deposit: Land Office ownership, encumbrances, survey, permits, contract and closing checks.

Know whether 2025 residential-lease protections apply to your landlord, what to check before signing and how to document deposit and utility disputes.

Choose Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Phuket housing with an all-in rental quote, move-in evidence and an accurate understanding of the 2025 OCPB tenant rules.

A licensed school can support a child’s Non-ED study visa; a qualifying parent needs separate Non-O permission and different visa-versus-extension financial evidence.

Actual October 2026 condo asking rents in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket, a worked official PEA electricity bill and documented Bangkok meal prices—not imaginary city-wide budgets.

Compare Bangkok air-quality readings by pollutant, unit, station and averaging period, then make a practical plan for outdoor activities.

Choose tourist, employer social security or private cover; confirm your enrolled hospital, direct billing, planned care and island medical transfers.

Even with insurance, a Thai hospital may ask you to pay upfront. Learn when cashless billing works, what to ask before treatment, and how to claim money back.

Eligible foreign employees can support separate Non-O applications for a spouse and children; family stays do not grant work rights or survive job changes automatically.

Keep the number you use for calls and login texts during a long visit to Thailand. Learn what to do before your phone line expires and why carriers have different rules.

Choose Non-B employment, DTV, BOI LTR or family/retirement residence; keep actual stay, employer, work permission and tax calendars separate.

Check whether the job is permitted, select the right Thai work-authorisation route, prepare worker/employer files and confirm when work can legally begin.