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.
Special Long-Term Residence visa
The Cabinet passed a resolution on 10 May 2022 regarding the criteria for a special long-term residence visa for certain types of foreigners. The goal is to entice up to 1 million wealthy foreigners and those with high levels of expertise to stay or work in Thailand.
BOI policy to provide incentives to businesses reducing greenhouse gas emissions
As a result of the government’s policy to reach the goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2065, the BOI has taken certain measures to provide incentives to businesses reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as follows:
BOI to provide incentives to certain start-ups
As a result of the government’s policy to increase competitiveness in certain industries, such as agriculture and biotechnology, aviation, biofuel and bio-chemicals, smart electronics, digital businesses, and automobiles, the BOI will establish the Increasing Competitiveness Fund to provide incentives to 30 start-ups in the targeted industries in 2022.
Changing company information through the DBD e-filing system
The Department of Business Development (“DBD”) has launched a new channel for requesting changes in registered company information through the DBD e-filing system.
Amendment of the Copyright Act
On 24 February 2022, the Copyright Act (No. 5), 2565 B.E., as amended, was published in the Royal Gazette, and will be effective from 23 August 2022.