Work permit

[nudiva]

My husband and I are currently looking into a work permit and the Non-Immigrant B visa. My husband is currently in Pattaya and he has been to a few law firms asking for advice on starting up a company In thailand to self sponsor ourselves. Many of them do not speak English which makes things a little difficult. Does anyone know of any companies who deal with expats and can help us in pattaya?

Also, I have read that you need to have 2 million baht per work permit in a thai bank account, but I have also read there are ways around this? Does anyone have any tips?

Thank you and your advice, help and ideas are appreciated.

Judy  

[Zendesigner]

hi judy,

Ask sunbeltasia one of the sponsors of this forum. they are biz brokers and can help you with everything.

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bart

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I second Mr Z's recommendation on Sunbelt

[sevinnow]

Tell your husband to go to "Rosie O' Gradys" in Soi 7, it is a very well established 1st class resturant and hotel, fequented by many farang couples.

Ask for Bill the joint owner (Brumie) and he will give a personal reccommendation to his lawyer in Pattaya who deals with most of the "successfull" farang business's in town and you will both start on a good footing without the expense of the middle men, alternative if you want to buy an established business "Sunbelt" is a sure certainty in that dept.

Good Luck

Sev

[Sunbelt Asia]

Hi Judy,

Sincere thanks, gentlemen for the fine recommendations. I will do my best as managing director to help anybody you ever refer and justify your confidence in our firm.

We are opening offices in Pattaya and Phuket and are now in Bangkok. We have a legal department which covers the above three cities.

Our legal department has the following fees broken into the government and their professional services.

Government fees are

Duty stamp 210 Baht

Step 1 Government registration 1,000 Baht

Duty stamp for cap registration 800 Baht

Capital registration 12,000 Baht

Tax ID and Corp ID is 100 Baht

VAt 1,000 Baht

Work Permit 3,000 Baht

"B' or "O" visa is 1690 Baht

Total Government Fees is 19,800

Our Legal fees our Lawyer charges is

Company registration 7,500 Baht

Tax Id and Corp ID is 3,000 Baht

VAT 3,000 Baht

Work Permit 9,500

"O" or "B" Visa 7,200 Baht

Total Legal Fees is 30,200

Total cost with Government Fees is 50,000 Baht

Hours for  one of the registered Lawyers

Company registration 3 hours

Waiting in line 2 hours to 8+ hours

Corp Id and Personal ID 1 hour

Waiting in line 5 hours+

Vat 1 hour

Waiting in line 1 hour

Work Permit Preparation 2 hours

Waiting in line up to 5 hours+.

B Visa prep 1 hour

Meetings with Client 3 hours+

Travel time 6 hours+

30 hours or more equals less than 1,000 Baht an hour. Then you have secretary, assistant, telephone, rent, etc etc. That’s why we know it’s a loss leader for our firm and understand why others must charge much more or reluctant to do it at all.