Legal Section - Doing Business

You will find here a series of summaries providing an overview of useful legal regulations, processes and legal issues for Doing Business in Thailand.

Company Incorporation: Advances Made by Promoters

In preparing to form a limited company, the promoters* may have to make contracts (e.g. a rental agreement) with third parties or advance money for the company incorporation.

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Registration of Partnerships and Limited Companies

The Central Partnership and Company Registration Office has named additional persons who can certify the applicants’ signatures on the application for registration of partnerships and limited companies.

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Employee Welfare under the FBA

Foreign companies are forbidden from conducting certain activities under the Foreign Business Act. Whether this applies to the welfare a company provides to its own employees can be subject to interpretation on a case by case basis.

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Boosting e-Commerce Credibility

Nowadays the Thai “Online Market” is becoming increasingly popular with more and more products and services available via the internet.

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Visas for Expiring Passports

In the past, if your passport expired within one year, you would be granted the permission to stay in Thailand until the passport expiry date.

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