Thai permanent residence (PR)

Timing depends on the authorities at each stage, and permanent residence (PR) is a long process. The filing window opens late in the year (usually between October and December). Then come acceptance and first review, the investigation, the interview, the decision, publication in the Royal Gazette, and finally the blue book and your registration in a house registration (tabien baan).

The Immigration Bureau scores applications out of 100 and generally expects at least 50. As a rough guide: income carries the most weight (around 25–30 points); Thai language counts for around 15 points, and failing the basic conversation test effectively ends the application; education and qualifications add 10–15 points; age around 10; time with your current Thai employer around 10; and family ties in Thailand (a Thai spouse or Thai children) around 10. Your Thai tax history is also reviewed closely. Strong applications score 70 or more.

The income threshold is much lower: THB 30,000 per month, instead of THB 80,000 per month for the standard investment, work, and expert routes. The paperwork is simpler, and the Thai language assessment is sometimes applied more leniently. You still need 3 consecutive years of non-immigrant visa extensions, and time on a Non-Immigrant O visa based on marriage counts.

A standard applicant (one nationality, a clean visa history, one category) has a fixed Plizz fee of THB 120,000. Thai-married and multi-country files are quoted because the work varies more than in any other immigration service: some passports require documents legalized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others do not, and visa history, Thai language preparation, and the number of countries in your document chain all change the scope. We send a written quote within 1 business day once you send us your details.

Yes. The THB 7,600 application fee is paid at submission and is not refundable. The THB 191,400 certificate fee is paid only if your application is approved, when the blue book is issued; spouses of Thai citizens pay a reduced certificate fee of THB 95,700. Both are government fees, passed through at cost with no Plizz mark-up.

You keep extending your non-immigrant visa every year: that does not stop while PR is under review. If you change employer, marry or divorce, or move house, you must report it to Immigration, and major changes can weaken the PR file. The safest approach is to keep the same job, the same address, and the same family situation throughout the investigation.

PR is secure, but it comes with conditions. You must report your address as required and hold a valid re-entry permit every time you travel abroad. Leaving without a re-entry permit, or staying away longer than the permit allows, can cost you your PR status.