New Service Added: Work Permits and Visas
Through new additions, Analytics will now offer work permit and visa services to existing clients and parties that retain the firm for corporate formation work. Because the fees for these services will be heavily discounted (e.g., fees for work permits could be as low as several hundred dollars), these services will only be provided to parties that already engage or will engage the firm for...
Facing the Foreign Business Act
To legally engage in activities restricted under the FBA, an alien company must obtain a Foreign Business License (“FBL”) or a Foreign Business Certificate (“FBC”) from the DBD. This is often easier said than done, but there are some exceptions.
The Controversy Over Proposed Changes to the Foreign Business Act
Over the last several months the local and international press have carried articles about foreign chambers of commerce and embassies appealing to the Thai government to rethink the draft changes to the Foreign Business Act, B.E. 2542 (FBA), arguing these proposed changes to Thai law will hurt future and existing foreign investors and violate Thailand’s WTO obligations.