Expat VIP & Relocation

End-to-end handling from before arrival to after settling in: pre-checking origin-country documents, courier collection and delivery to your residence, an interpreter at every government appointment, consular legalisation runs, TM.30 and TM.47 filings, bank account opening, the Thai driving licence, and liaison with international schools or hospitals. One coordinator owns the whole file, so you never repeat your story.

A private limited company can now be formed with two or more promoters following the amendment to the Civil and Commercial Code. Name reservation through the Department of Business Development system takes one to three working days. With complete papers filed online, the registrar often completes registration the same day or within three working days. Post-incorporation steps — tax ID, VAT registration and bank account opening — add several more working days.

The order that works is: confirm the visa category matches your purpose, secure housing and file the TM.30 address notification, obtain a certificate of residence from immigration or your embassy, then open a bank account, convert or obtain a Thai driving licence, and plan for tax once you meet the residence test. Doing these out of order usually creates document dependencies that force you to start again.

Most banks require the authorised directors to appear in person with passports and proof of Thai address, such as a TM.30 receipt or a residence certificate, plus a company affidavit issued within one to three months, the company seal, the shareholder list and a board resolution to open the account. Some branches also ask for a work permit if a foreign director will be a signatory, so confirm the list with the branch beforehand.

Confirm that the visa category matches the actual purpose, then secure housing and file the TM.30 address notification so an address record exists. Use it to obtain a residence certificate from immigration or the embassy, then open a bank account and convert or obtain a Thai driving licence, and finally plan tax once the 180-day residence test is met. Reversing the order usually creates missing source documents and repeated steps.