Foreigners who wish to work in the Kingdom can apply to get Residential Permit provided that the applicant meets the following qualifications:

  1. The applicant has to be in a position of executive officer such as President of Committee or Committee of juristic person registered in Thailand with a capital of at least Baht 10 million and is authorized as a signatory for such juristic person, up to the date of application submission, for at least 1 year. The applicant must earn at least Baht 50,000 per month, up to the date of application submission, for a period of 2 consecutive years as minimum and tax return is required and
  2. The business in which the applicant works must be of an interest of national economy i.e.
    1. International commerce where its export value in foreign currency in the past 3 years reached a threshold of Baht 20 million in average. This fact must be certified by a letter issued by commercial bank concerned or a company that provide loan to domestic manufacturing company by brining into this country, within the past three years, foreign currency at the amount not less than Baht 100 million or
    2. Tourism related business which in the past 3 years has brought into this country, at least 5,000 tourists in average. This fact must be certified by the letter issued by the authority concerned or
    3. Other type of business that the applicant is a shareholder of at least Baht 5 million for a period of at least 2 years up to the date of application submission.

In case the applicant could not meet any qualification as mentioned in A and B above, then the following requirement is required:

  1. The applicant is a holder of work permit for at least 3 consecutive years up to the date of qualification submission and
  2. The applicant has been working in the current company for at least year up to the date of application submission and
  3. The applicant is earning annual income of at least Baht 80,000 per month for a period of at least 2 years, up to the date of application submission or has been filing tax return for the amount of annual income of Baht 100,000 for at least 2 consecutive years, up to the date of application submission.

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