1. A copy of a certificate or evidence of juristic person status containing particulars of the name, capital, objects, place of business, list of directors and authorized signatories of the juristic person.
2. A letter of appointment of a representative issued by the authorized signatory of the juristic person applicant as appointer of the agent in charge of the operations in Thailand on behalf of the juristic person.
3. A copy of the appointed representative’s passport, identification document for foreigners or identification card.
4. A copy of the appointed representative’s house register, certificate of residence in the Kingdom or evidence of permission to enter the Kingdom for a temporary stay under immigration laws.
5. A declaration by the applicant certifying that the applicant, directors, managers or appointed representative satisfy the qualifications and do not possess a prohibited characteristic under section 16 of the Foreign Business Act, B.E. 2542 (1999).
6. * A declaration of details of the type of business for which a license application is made.
   

7. A map indicating the approximate location of the place of business operation in Thailand.
8. A power of attorney in the case where another person has been authorized to act on the applicants behalf.
9. Other evidence or documents (if any), such as:

1. Confirmation from the head office of the salary and other remuneration of the person in charge of the operations in Thailand.
2. The head office’s annual report.

1. Application fee: 2,000 baht.
2. License           
   - natural person: 20,000 baht;
   - juristic person: five baht for every thousand baht of the registered capital subject to a minimum fee of 20,000 baht and a maximum fee of 250,000 baht; the amount in excess of one thousand baht shall be deemed as equivalent to one thousand baht.

3. Application to inspect or make copies of documents: 200 baht per application.
4. Application for the registrar to make copies or photocopies of documents and affix a certification: 100 baht per page.
5. Application for a certification of the contents deposited by the registrar: 100 baht per item.

1. The type of business for which the application is made, including the stages of operations.
2. An estimate of the expenditure as regards the amount of funds which the applicant will expend in Thailand for the acquisition of fixed assets and for the operational expenses of the business in each year over a period of three years or over the actual period of business operation in the case where the business was operated for less than three years.
3. The size of the operations.
4. The size of workforce in Thailand employed by the applicant.
5. A plan for the import of foreign technology and the transfer of technology (if any).
6. A plan for research and development, with an explanation of the working plan for the proposed research and development (if any).
7. The intended period of business operation.
8. The overall benefit to the economy which Thailand is expected to receive from the business operation.

1. Procurement of supply sources for goods and services in Thailand for the head office.
2. Inspection and control of the quality and volume of goods purchased by the head office or hired by the head office for production in Thailand.
3. Consultation on various aspects pertaining to the goods distributing by the head office to the district agent or consumer of goods.
4. Dissemination of various information pertaining to new goods or services offered by the head office.
5. Reporting business movements in Thailand to the head office.

1. The office must be a juristic person established under the laws of a foreign country.
2. The office must not derive any revenue from its offices.
3. The office cannot accept purchase orders, make sales offers or engage in business negotiations with any person.
4. The office must receive subsidies for office expenses from the head office only.
5. The office must prepare financial statements from the Accounting Act.

1. Loans from banks or other financial institutions which are incidental to a licensee’s business operations, where the license is a juristic person registered in Thailand, can be made to an amount not exceeding the proportion of one part capital to seven parts loan.
2. In case where the licensee is a juristic person registered in Thailand and has foreign directors with the authority to bind the juristic person, at least one such director shall be domiciled or has residence in Thailand; in the case where a licensee is a juristic person not registered in Thailand and has a foreign representative who is in charge of the operations in Thailand, at least one such person in charge shall be domiciled or have residence in Thailand.

1. The applicant must completely fill in the application form in print, which must also be signed by the applicant or by an appointee in the case where another person was authorized by a power of attorney to act on his/her behalf.
2. In the case where a power of attorney was executed in a foreign country, such power of attorney must be notarized by an official or by a person who has been prescribed with the powers of notarization by the laws of such country, or by an authorized official of the Royal Thai Embassy or Royal Thai Consulate stationed in such country at a time not exceeding six months prior to the date of submission of application.
3. In the case where the power of attorney was executed in Thailand and the appointer does not have residence in Thailand, a copy or photocopy of the passport or certificate of temporary residence, or other evidence showing that at the time of the power of attorney such person had truly entered into Thailand, must be submitted.
4. In the case where the evidence or documents in support of the application have been signed in a foreign country, the applicant must provide for the certification of such signatures.
5. If the evidence or documents submitted in support of the application are in a foreign language, their translations in Thai must be provided. The applicant and the translator must affix their signatures to certify the correctness of the translations.
6. The applicant must certify the correctness of copies or photocopies of evidence or documents submitted

1. In Bangkok, an application maybe submitted at the Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce.
2. In other provinces, an application may be submitted at the Provincial Office of Business Development

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