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Thanks Monty, Most helpful post.

Biggest problem will be that ... I won't have any Thai staff, so maybe I might need to obtain a O visa again... Or maybe the BOI can do something for me. I'll check when I'm in BKK.

@Jazzbo ... you've written 3 comments, all 3 were hardly relevant. Clearly a BOI are for people who know about it and want to save some money. There are a lot of companies who could get covered by the BOI status, but they just don't know it.

@SoutPeel: You seem to miss the question:

The main issue here is how I can obtain the NON-B or NON-IB visa, and when I should obtain it.

- Do I need to get it before I apply BOI and co.tld. If so, what papers do I need and where can I get them?

- Can I wait and apply after I founded the co.ltd. with my TR visa?

Dear keeniau96,

Thanks for your useful answer. The only one. I was planning on being in BKK already on Sunday, but I might make an exception.

On the rest of the answers:

Thanks for replying, I appreciate your gestures, though I would advice you to look into the BOI law (www.boi.go.th they have guides and info there). BOI overrules a lot of the normal Thai commercial laws, for example the 4:1 Thai - Farang law, the 2m ThB law, the corporate tax law, ... (No, I won't pay any corp. tax, I need just to invest 1m ThB in 3 years and I don't need any employees. I can hire as much farang as I want though. On top of this, I don't pay for import.)

Asking me to come to your lawyer firm is also out of the question, cause I'm very confident that I can do this without any overpriced help that is otherwise freely distributed by the thai government.

The main issue here is how I can obtain the NON-B or NON-IB visa, and when I should obtain it.

- Do I need to get it before I apply BOI and co.tld. If so, what papers do I need and where can I get them?

- Can I wait and apply after I founded the co.ltd. with my TR visa?

Best regards

According to BOI personell, I do qualify for the BOI privilege, which is very simple: invest 1m ThB in 3 years time AND (in this special case) develop software.

@Poorsucker: I don't know where you get that 10m thb a year, but it's not correct.

@Soutpeel: it is not if you go for software engineering. 1mThB investment over span of 3 years.

Hello,

I'm trying to set up a company in Phuket, but I may need some guidlines.

I'm a Belgian citizen, aged 22 yrs. I'd like to startup a co. ltd. company under the BOI privilege. However, at the moment I'm under the TR visa. I'll supposedly need a non-IB or non-B. The one stop service for workpermits and visa in Bangkok should be able to supply me the visa. But what papers do I need?

I quote out of the Business Guide to Thailand (supplied by the BOI office):

In respinse to feedback from investors, the BOI coordinated the establishment of a One-Stop Service Center for Visa and Work Permits, through joint cooperation with the Immigration bureau and the Ministry of Labor, the center can process applications or renewals of visas and work permits within 3 hours, upon receipt of proper and complete documentation.

In addition, the center handles other transactions, including the issuance of multiple reentry stamps, changes in class of visa (to non-immigrant from tourist or transit), and payment of fines.

How can I make up papers of employment (to obtain the non-b visa) if the company has not been made yet?

I've been told to setup the company with my TR visa, when the company has been made, then go and get the non-b visa and apply for the job. Can this be done? or is this false information.

After getting the BOI approval, I need to go back to Phuket to start the company:

- Register the Company with 3 promoters at the MOC. Pay 5000 Baht

- Apply for and obtain TAX ID & VAT certificate from the rev. dept. Pay 500 Baht

- File all documents to the registrar of the dept. of Business Development.

- Go back to BKK to get non-B?

Does anybody has an idea how long each step takes?

On a worst case scenario note: What does it cost to stop a company? (in case of bankrupt or things like that. Only worst case...)

Thanks in Advance

Can anybody supply the new phone number? The old one is out of use.

Old phone number: 02937 11 55 66

Thanks

Hundreds of such guides line the streets of Soi Bangla every night, using laminated plastic ‘menus’ that provide descriptions of the entertainments on offer. These, too, feature sex.

When asked about this, Col Arayaphan said the effort was directed more at unlicensed guides leading large groups of foreign tourists who arrive by coach.

Why not do something about this? Why not protect a bit of dignity of the Thai people? Mind you: I'm all for the Thai laws, and every farang should abide by it, or get out.

Love can do a lot, and she does look pretty ...

I thought this was going to be a thread about how to get to BoyzTown....where's Jinthing when you need him?

In Pathong: the paradise district ^

BOI is the way to go for you as it grants you several advantages.

(only 1 milion THB in 3 years have to be invested, you do not apply to the 4 thai employees, 1 farang rule, you can import without paying taxes, you can buy house, car, ...)

You can go to the SIPA offices and get them to help you fill in the BOI forms, they should do it (Free?).

Good Luck.

p.s. if at first fail, try again with other papers.