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Typical Costs of Starting a Business (2005)
  Cost
Baht US $
1. Visas
Work permit (new) 
14 days
750/1,500/3,000 19/38/77
One year visa
30 days
1,900 48
Re-entry visa 2 days 1,000*/3,800 26*/97
 
1a. Visas (Typical fee chared by a law firm to process)
Work permit (new), 1-20 days
38,000
970
Visa Extension, 1-30 days
25,000
638
Re-entry visa, 2 days
2,200
56
 
2. Registration (Official Government Fee)
Company registration 
21 days

5,500/1 million
(275,000 maximum)

138/US$25,000(*)
(US$6,875 maximum)

List 2 Alien business license, 60 days 40,000-500,000 1,006-12,750
List 3 Alien business license, 60 days 20,000-250,000 500-6,400
Factory license 30 days 500-60,000 13-1,500
 
3.Accounting
Tax returns and VAT 20,000 yearly 500
Translation, per page 1.400 35
Review/draft contracts and agreements 35,000 up  900
 
4. Office achieved rents (Cost/sq m/mth)
  Central Business District Non-CBD
Grade A 588 (US$15) 400 (US$10.21)
Grade B 484 (US$12) 345 (US$9)

Notes: These rents are inclusive of management fees and air-conditioning.

The rent-free period ranges between one to two months.

Grade A indicates superior premises, Grade B somewhat less so.