Thailand Privilege Visa: packages, stay rules and work limits.

What Thailand Privilege is

Thailand Privilege Card Company Limited operates a paid membership programme connected to long-stay visa privileges. It was formerly marketed as Thailand Elite. The membership contract, the immigration permission and the current service manual are related but not interchangeable: buying a membership application does not itself guarantee acceptance, a visa or entry.

The official package list was checked on 25 July 2026 on the Thailand Privilege Card website. The published special-entry basis can also be traced to the relevant Royal Gazette notice.

Official package table

Package	Membership fee	Validity	Published points
Bronze	THB 650,000	5 years	0 per year
Gold	THB 900,000	5 years	20 per year
Platinum	THB 1,500,000	10 years	35 per year
Diamond	THB 2,500,000	15 years	55 per year
Reserve	THB 5,000,000	20 years	120 per year; invitation only

Date and source: every figure in this table was verified 25 July 2026 against the operator's official home page. Benefits, point-redemption values, family terms, transfer rules and promotional availability can change separately from the headline fee and validity.

What the published validity means

The figures above describe membership validity. Visa validity, each permission-to-stay stamp and continuing reporting duties must still be checked separately.

Members remain subject to Thai immigration law, including the conditions on their current stamp, accommodation reporting where applicable, and 90-day address reporting when they remain in Thailand long enough to trigger it. Thailand Privilege may offer assistance with filings, but assistance is not a legal waiver.

Application sequence

1. The applicant selects a current package and applies directly or through an authorised channel.
2. The operator's current portal process requires proof of the THB 50,000 application fee, VAT included, per membership before the background check is processed.
3. Thailand Privilege and the competent Thai authorities conduct eligibility and background review.
4. If approval is issued, the application fee is credited toward the membership fee and the operator provides the remaining payment instructions.
5. Visa affixation or activation follows the route specified by Thailand Privilege for the applicant's location and status.
6. On every entry and extension interaction, the passport's actual visa and permission-to-stay dates remain controlling.

Work and study

Thailand Privilege's own 2026 material says the visa membership grants long-stay status only and does not permit work or study under the membership. Separate activity may require a different immigration category, work permission or education status. This page does not suggest a workaround or treat concierge assistance as work authorisation.

90-day reporting and stay-extension services

Thailand Privilege publishes periodic member notices for 90-day reporting and maintains service information for stay extensions. The existence of that assistance does not remove the underlying obligation. As of 25 July 2026, the current member notice for the relevant month and location controls because submission windows and hand-in arrangements can change.

No universal Jomtien walk-in process was published on the operator pages checked in this review. The Member Contact Center's current written instructions determine whether a Pattaya member's passport service is handled locally, in Bangkok or directly with Immigration.

Family, upgrades and transfers

These terms vary by package, promotion and legacy contract. The official site has published 2026 changes to transfer-fee rates for certain discontinued legacy memberships, effective 15 June 2026. That is a dated event for those contracts, not a change to the headline prices in the table above. This page does not apply a legacy transfer fee to a new package.

The current operator package page does not publish one universal family add-on, fixed family limit or included-relative rule for every tier. A usable family or upgrade quote identifies the package, core member, proposed additional member and contract version.

Fees, refunds and benefits

The headline membership fees are official as of 25 July 2026. Separately, the operator's application-fee notice, rechecked 29 August 2026, requires THB 50,000 including VAT per membership with the application. It says incomplete proof of payment is not sent to background checking and that the amount is deducted from the membership fee after approval.

The same notice limits a refund to an “immigration not approved” result, subject to a processing fee, and otherwise describes the application fee as non-refundable. It also warns that missing the full-payment deadline after invoice can require a new application and another application fee. Verify the current notice and signed agreement before transferring funds; this page intentionally does not reproduce bank-account details.

Other charges, tax treatment, refund rights, transferability and benefit reservations are governed by the applicable agreement and current E-Privilege manual. Because those documents can change, this guide does not turn them into a universal refund promise or a fixed list of airport, banking or medical services.

Thailand Privilege is the official source for the current contract. A sales agent's description does not override the signed terms or an Immigration decision.

Comparing it with other categories

Thailand Privilege is structurally different from Non-O retirement, marriage-based extensions, DTV and LTR. Those routes have their own eligibility tests and government fees. A comparison is useful only when every figure has the same verification date and the applicant actually meets the other route's criteria. See Privilege vs LTR and DTV vs Privilege for separate rule sets.

Common questions

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