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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Are homeowners also allowed to return to Thailand?
Reader question: Are homeowners also allowed to return to Thailand?
Dear readers,
After, among others, foreigners who are officially married to a Thai, owners of Thai real estate are now also allowed to return. According to sources, strict additional requirements apply with regard to money in a bank account.
Is this correct? Is this official?
Regards,
Ronald
There was an article about this on an English forum last week. According to that article, in that situation you would have to show, in addition to your property, that you have at least 3 million baht in a Thai account plus half a million in an account in your 'home country'. You could then enter on a Non-B visa (which is actually intended for working people, so that cannot be right).
All in all an unconfirmed story.
https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1186794-foreign-property-owners-now-allowed-to-return-to-thailand/?tab=comments#comment-15900284
Homeowners is a vague form of description.
Doesn't even exist in Thai law.
A better description would of course provide more insight.
The fact is that foreigners usually have no property rights in Thailand – (few very limited exceptions regarding corporations.)
On the basis of official marriage, there are other - even international rules - that can play a role.
Basic rule is across the board —Foreigners have no property rights.
Entering Thailand on a rental-lease basis or any combination is therefore not really possible.
am i wrong??? Then I like to read it because I also want to learn.
Greetings
Guy
Foreigners do have property rights to condos (apartments).
True, but if you own a condo, can you enter Thailand?
Read again and you will see that owning a condo is not enough.
Foreigners cannot buy or lease land, but they can own a house. As stated on this blog.
At the top under the heading , home Thailand.
Unfortunately, that will not bring us back to Thailand for the time being.
the article cites the website of the thai embassy in england as the source. I can't find it there but would like to point out the following.
Some embassies have information on the website that I think is simply outdated. If you click on the top left and see the page, the year is 2019!! I'd like to leave it to the better educated, but just want to point this out.
I seem to remember that you had to show at STV visa that you had paid for long-term accommodation, but that you also meet this condition if you own a condo. Maybe that's where the story comes from. Please let my opinion be corrected by people who know more about it.
Read the regulations on the website of the Thai embassy in the Netherlands. Very clearly defined.
On the website of the Thai embassy in The Hague you can read which category of foreigners can apply for a COE (certificate of entry).
This does not include real estate owners.
According to the website of the Thai embassy in Brussels, “homeowners” (“invested in condominium”) can indeed return, subject to a few additional conditions:
8.4 As of 9 October 2020, the following persons the following non-Thai nationals are permitted to enter Thailand under the exempted Category 1(11):
Holders of Non-Immigrant B visas who does not have a work permit but has:
– invested in condominium building or has savings in Thai Bank Account or own Thai Government bonds at the minimum amount of 3 million baht; or
– Business meeting or work in Thailand
The following documents are required:
1. copy of bank statement (dating back to 6 months from the day of submission), showing the deposit of not less than 500,000 Baht or equivalent. The name of applicant must be clearly indicated on the bank statement.
2. For those traveling for business meetings, the inviting company in Thailand must have paid capital in the amount of not less than 2 million baht
3. Proof of legal ownership of condominium building, and the original copy of Thai bank statement or the Thai Government bonds (stating the minimum amount of 3 million baht) must be shown.
Source: https://www.thaiembassy.be/2020/07/09/application-for-certificate-of-entry-for-non-thai-nationals/?lang=en
The required visa is a non-B, which is intended for 'persons who wish to be employed in Thailand, and their dependents, and applicants who wish to visit Thailand for the business purposes.'
A condo and any bank balance are not enough to get that visa.
please read carefully.
It says: you must have a B visa. These are visas for business people and for people with a work permit. The last group, with workpermit, is then excluded.
And if you have a B visa then etc etc.
So your first hurdle is a b visa.!!Only when you have that AND you have a condominium…..then you can gain entry.
Again, that's how I read it.