Moving from China to Thailand
The routes China citizens actually use to move to Thailand, ranked for your passport, with timelines and costs.
$9,200
Typical salary
local, in Thailand
41
Cost of living
100 = baseline
60/100
Job demand
for foreign talent
70/100
Liveability
quality of life
Best visa routes for China citizens
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1
Long-Term Resident Visano job offer needed
4 wk - 12 wk from $1,500PR2Some local language (Thai) helps a lot here
Smart Visano job offer needed
4 wk - 10 wk from $3003Some local language (Thai) helps a lot here
Destination Thailand Visano job offer needed
2 wk - 8 wk from $3004Some local language (Thai) helps a lot here
Non-Immigrant B (Work)job offer required
3 wk - 10 wk from $60Some local language (Thai) helps a lot here
What year one really costs
Visa fees, the physical move and twelve months of living in Bangkok, the number most guides never add up. Single person, indicative.
$60
Visa fee
most popular route
$8,424
The move itself
flights, freight, deposits
$16,032
A year of living
rent + essentials, main city
$24,516
Year-one total
before local income
Typical local net pay ≈ $7,360/yr after tax. Tailor these numbers in the cost-to-move estimator.