Dawn

We'll be moving to Ko Lanta soon and were wondering what's the best option with regards to transport.

We'd ideally like a 4 wheel drive of some description and have heard it's cheaper to lease as it's still expensive to buy outright in Thailand.

Anyone have any experiences of this?

If we do lease will we get insurance included - and everything else that we will need to be on the road legally?

We'll be coming to Thailand with IDP's and will be applying for Thai driving licenses as soon as we arrive (on non imm B visas with work permits).

Many thanks in advance for your help!

Will we be automatically be granted work permits if we have our own limited company registered in Thailand? Do we have to have a certain amount of registered company capital in order to get a work permit each?

Many thanks

My husband and I are planning to move to Lanta within the next 3-4 years and have a couple of questions with regards to setting up a limited company in Thailand and work permits.

We have Thai friends on Lanta and would like to invest a small amount of money in their business which is already up and running. We understand that in order to do this we will have to set up a Thai limited company and apply for work permits as we will be making (a small amount of) money from this investment.

We will be seeking advice from a lawyer as to what type of company to set up in order to be able to carry out this type of business but we're still in the dark as to how we go about applying for work permits once this has happened.

Will we be automatically be granted work permits if we have our own limited company registered in Thailand? Do we have to have a certain amount of registered company capital in order to get a work permit each?

We will be bringing a large sum of money into Thailand but we would like to use this to build our house (on land we will be leasing from 2005), buy a vehicle and also buy a boat. We will only be investing a small amount of this money in our Thai friends business.

If we do have to register a large amount of company capital in order to obtain our work permits can we take this capital back out of our business once we have the work permits so we can use it to build our house (buy a vehicle and a boat)?

Finally, can we set up a Thai limited company while we are still in the UK? I ask this as we know it is easier to obtain a non-immigrant B visa while we are still in the UK - or is it an easy process obtaining the B visa in Thailand once we have set up a Thai limited company?

Many, many thanks for your time.

Dawn