# Moving to Thailand — Official Task Guide > Maintained by Relokato (relokato.com/thailand) > Generated: 2026-09-23 · Not legal or immigration advice --- ## Before you apply ### Identify the Thai mission where you are eligible to apply Since 31 August 2026, the Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane publishes the requirement as: be a national or permanent resident of the country where you submit the application. Permanent residence is… **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clause 3 — ### Open that mission's own DTV page and work from its document list Clause 2 leaves the form of the documents to criteria jointly determined by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Immigration Bureau, which each mission applies and publishes itself. Mission lists… **Source:** Royal Thai Embassy, Washington DC — DTV — ### Check your passport is valid for at least six months after your expected date of entry into Thailand The six months is anchored to a date, and missions anchor it differently. The Royal Thai Embassy in Washington DC anchors it to the travel date; the Royal Thai Embassy in Budapest publishes it as "at… **Source:** Royal Thai Embassy, Washington DC — DTV — ### Assemble financial evidence meeting the THB 500,000 floor in your mission's accepted form Clause 2 sets a floor of THB 500,000, met by financial evidence, by financial-support evidence for the travel, or by a guarantor, on criteria jointly determined by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and… **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clause 2 — ### Obtain a police clearance certificate — check your mission's maximum accepted age before ordering one The maximum age the certificate may have at submission differs between missions: London accepts six months, Washington DC and Los Angeles three. Los Angeles requires an FBI criminal certificate … **Source:** Royal Thai Embassy, London — DTV — ### Prepare proof of permanent residence or citizenship in the country where you are applying Published on the mission document list. It is what ties your application to the mission that covers you. **Source:** Royal Thai Embassy, Washington DC — DTV — ### Prepare evidence of your qualifying purpose The Ministry of Interior announcement, clause 2(1), names the permitted purposes: long-stay tourism; remote work by the high-skilled, the self-employed and remote workers; and other activities — Muay… **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clause 2(1) — ### If applying with a spouse or children, prepare proof of relationship and the principal holder's documents Dependants are the legal spouse and legitimate children of a holder. Clause 2(2) sets the age limit at not over 20 years complete; the mission application pages publish it as under 20 years old. The… **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clauses 2.1 and 2.2 — ### Apply through the Thai e-Visa system from outside Thailand The DTV is applied for from outside Thailand through the e-Visa system. It is not issued inside the country. **Source:** Thai e-Visa — ### Pay the visa fee The visa fee is THB 10,000 per applicant. Clause 2.2 of the Gazette announcement sets this fee separately for dependants in the same terms as clause 2.1 does for the principal. Each person pays THB… **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clauses 2.1 and 2.2 — ## After you arrive ### Record the date your permitted stay expires, from your entry stamp Clause 4 permits a stay of up to 180 days per entry. The date on the stamp is the one that counts, not the date on the visa. **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clause 4 — ### Notify your address every 90 days The statutory basis is section 37 paragraph one (5) of the Immigration Act B.E. 2522, applied to DTV holders and their dependants by the Ministry of Interior announcement, clause 8. The count… **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clause 8 — ### If you intend to stay beyond your permitted period, the application must be filed before it expires. Each entry permits a stay of up to 180 days. Before that period ends, a holder who wants to stay longer may apply at an Immigration office to extend it. The two authorities word the extension… **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clauses 4 and 5 — ### Tax residence in Thailand begins at an aggregate of 180 days in a tax year Section 41 of the Revenue Code states a test: a person present in Thailand for an aggregate of 180 days in a tax year is deemed resident in Thailand. The tax year is the calendar year, defined in… **Source:** Revenue Department — Departmental Instruction P.161 (amended) — ### If you intend to work for an employer in Thailand, change your visa type first Clause 7 requires a Non-Immigrant visa and then a work permit before taking employment with an employer in Thailand. The DTV does not carry that permission. **Source:** Royal Gazette 141/192ง — MOI announcement, clause 7 — --- ## About this guide Relokato maintains official-source relocation task lists for people moving abroad without corporate HR support. Every task in this guide links to the government or institutional source it came from. 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