Thailand's latest pension visa policy

First, the conditions for applying for a Thai pension visa are:

1. Foreigners who are over 50 years old (over 50 years old and have certain financial ability) can apply for a Thai pension visa, which can stay for the first time for 15 months, and then need to renew it every year. The pension visa is signed once a year, and the holder can freely enter and leave Thailand many times during the validity period).

2. Asset requirements: there must be at least 800,000 baht (about 6.5438+0.6 million RMB) in the personal bank account opened in Thailand (two months before you apply for a Thai pension visa, you must have a Thai bank account and proof of funds to prove that there are at least 800,000 baht in the account or at least 65,000 baht (about 6.5438+0.3 million RMB) in the monthly pension income, so you have it. )

Second, the six steps of the process:

1) issue a certificate of no crime and apply for a Thai business visa.

2) Apply for a personal account in a Thai bank and deposit a deposit certificate of 800,000 baht.

3) issue a medical certificate from a Thai hospital.

4) Submit information to the Immigration Bureau of Thailand.

5) Issuance of Thai pension certificates

6) Move to Thailand and report to the Immigration Bureau every 90 days.

Three. Information prepared in China:

1. Applicant's passport;

2.4-6 2-inch photos with white background;

3. issue a certificate of no crime (to the police station where the account is located; After the certificate is issued, it will be taken to the notary office recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for double certification by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and the Thai Embassy in China. The whole process takes about 2 weeks; Notarization should be translated into Thai, because the Thai embassy only accepts documents in Thai)

Four. Information prepared in Thailand:

1.3 months bank deposit certificate and updated copy of passbook;

2. There is no criminal certificate certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand;

3. A medical certificate issued by a Thai hospital (valid for 3 months);

4. Original and photocopy of passport (home page, visa page, entry page);

5. Thailand's pension sign can carry spouses and children under 18. Sign it once a year and renew it indefinitely.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) opens an account and remits money in a local bank in Thailand:

1. The applicant opens an account in any local bank in Thailand;

2. Remittance of 800,000 baht from outside Thailand to the applicant's bank account in Thailand;

3. This 800,000 baht needs to be deposited in this bank account for 3 months. After the expiration of 3 months, it is necessary to open a deposit certificate in the bank and update the record of the passbook;

4. Copy of bank deposit certificate and bank passbook update record as one of the application materials.

Entry visa for intransitive verbs:

1. The applicant's entry visa can be a tourist visa or a business visa, but not an arrival visa.

2. If it is a tourist visa, it needs to be converted into a non-immigrant visa before being converted into a pension visa. It takes a long time to change from a tourist visa to a non-immigrant visa, and it takes two months to submit a one-year pension visa application.

3. If you get a non-immigrant visa, you can directly transfer to a pension visa.

4. No matter what kind of visa, the validity of the previous visa must exceed 16 days.

5. Passport is valid for not less than 6 months.

Thailand has the advantages of cheap house price, low consumption, warm climate, friendly people, good public security, food safety, no smog and good medical service. More and more middle-aged and elderly people in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea go to Thailand to enjoy the retirement of the rich with poor pensions. This kind of life is actually close at hand for China people, and they can enjoy a different retirement life if they want.