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.

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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Maternity and Paternity Leave

Under the Labour Protection Act (“Act”), employees are legally entitled to leave with pay for various different types of leave.

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Foreign Business License – Principle Approval

Generally, a Thai majority owned Company (“Thai Company”) can operate any business activities in Thailand. Therefore, if a Thai Company wishes to change its shareholding structure to be a foreign majority owned Company (“Foreign Company”) by either transferring shares or increasing the Company’s registered capital, the restructured company is at risk that it might not be able to operate its current business for the following reasons:

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How to Pay a Dividend?

A dividend can be declared and allocated to all shareholders proportionally from the amount paid of each share.

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