Thread: Would you like to be a Thai citizen?

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In the "old" days, you just needed some solid references, prove you could pass the verbal interview in Thai and that was that - plus the cash of course - and proof of unbroken residency. Not sure about now.

Originally Posted by taxexile

so summing it all up, after working here and paying tax for at least 3 years, or for investing between 3 and 10 million baht here, i can, after paying the paltry sum of around 100,000-200,000 baht, go through a lengthy application process that may or may not be successful depending on the whim of the officials, and take a test in my thai language skills, if i am succesful, i will be given yet another coloured, book the possession of which will will relieve me of the onerous task of reporting to immigration for 5 minutes every 90 days.

foreigners can never be thais, however much we pay or however many little books they give (sell) us.

Now I'm confused. The topic of this thread was becoming a Thai citizen. I was under the impression that the 91,000 baht/married and the 190,000 baht/not married was for citizenship and not for PR.

Am I wrong?

Also, what are the current annual income requirements for the retirement visa?