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  • I was born and raise in America. I went to thailand last year and I fell in love with the country and the culture. I would like to go back there and start a business, such as a owning a apartment complex. I know I need to be a citizen to buy land, but how many options do I have to become a citizen? Thank you.... Also I hear if you leave a certain amount of money into a thai bank for a few years you can become a citizen this way. Is this true? Once again, thank you...

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    The first step is Thai Permanent Residency. "All applications for Thai Permanent Residency is processed by the Royal Thai Immigration Commission. The annual quota for granting permanent residency in Thailand is a maximum of 100 persons per country. The application period for Thai PR usually from October to the end of December of every year." "In order to apply to become a Thai Permanent Resident, you must meet the following criteria: You must have had a Thai non-immigrant visa for at least three years prior to the submission of your application. Holders of multiple NON-Immigrant visas can not apply. You must have 3 consecutive yearly extensions in order to qualify. You must be a holder of a non-immigrant visa at the time of submitting your application. You must be able to meet one of these categories to apply for PR status in Thailand: Investment category (minumum 3 - 10 Mil. Baht investment in Thailand) Working/ Business category Support a family or Humanity Reasons category: In this category, you must have a relationship with a Thai citizen or an alien who already posses a residence permit as a husband or wife; father or mother; or a guardian of a Thai child under 20 years of age. Expert / academic category Other categories as determined by Thai Immigration"

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It will take over 10 years to acquire Thai citizen if possible at all. You can't buy citizenship here. Just reading this question tells me your in love with some girl here and using your thing between your legs to think instead of your brains. You have no education and seem to be immature from other questions you have asked. Thailand could destroy you.

Khun Bob

I agree with the previous answerer. Sorry to read about your problems from one of your previous questions. I wouldn't normally go for this sort of question; but in the circumstances here's how it is, 1) If you're young and you want to go into business in Thailand you need to marry into a good Thai family. For that you need to have a first class education; I mean like post-graduate degrees. So, if you want to do this Thai thing, you are going to have to hit the books pretty hard. 2) Thai's, especially Chinese-Thai, are really good at business and the Chinese-Thai families are all inter-related and look out for each other. They will eat an unconnected US/European that tries to go into business in Thailand alive. You can probably make a living without being connected if you have something to offer that they can't do (like being an English teacher), but owning an apartment complex ain't going to cut it because they are expert in that already. Whatever you decide to do with you life, I strongly advise against giving up your US nationality. I'm not from the US so I'm not saying that for nationalistic reasons; its just common sense.

marmalade

Hi Thai government has strict rules about all the immigration situations and becoming a citizen.there are ways you can become a citizen in Thailand,one of them and the most common is getting married to a thai girl or own a business there.there are few options which you can check on the site below. www.thaivisa.com

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