Cost of foreign business licenses in Thailand

Created 2023-01-15

Updated 2023-01-15

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Cost of foreign business licenses in Thailand

The Ministry of Commerce issued the Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Fees for the Operation of Foreign Business B.E. 2544 (2001), with the following fees:

1. Applications for licenses:
	Application for a license under Section 7	1,000 baht
	Application for a license under Section 17	2,000 baht
	Application for a license under Section 11 or Section 12	2,000 baht
2. License
	License under Section 7	5,000 baht
	License for any business in List 2, for - Ordinary person - Juristic person: ten baht for every one thousand baht of registered capital, provided that the minimum fee is 40,000 baht and the maximum fee is 50,000 baht. A fragment of one thousand baht shall be reckoned as one thousand baht.	40,000 baht
	License for any business in List 3, for -Ordinary person -Juristic person: five baht for every one thousand baht of registered capital, provided that the minimum fee is 20,000 baht and the maximum fee is 250,000 baht. A fragment of one thousand baht shall be reckoned as one thousand baht.	20,000 baht
3. Certificate		20,000 baht
4. License substitute or certificate substitute		5,000 baht
5. Appeals
	5.1 Appeal against an order refusing to grant permission under Section 7	1,000 baht
	5.2 Appeal against an order refusing to grant permission under Section 17	2,000 baht
	5.3 Appeal against an order suspending or revoking the license of the certificate under Section 20	2,000 baht
6. Notification of the cessation of business operation or the relocation of the office or place of business		1,000 baht
7. Application for correction of particulars in the register/ license or certificate		1,000 baht
8. Examination or reproduction of documents (per request)		200 baht
9. Application for having documents reproduced/ photocopied, together with certification by the Registrar (per page)		100 baht
10. Application for issuance of written certification of statements retained by the Registrar (per item)		100 baht

Collection of fees under clauses 1, 8, 9, and 10 shall be exempt for ministries, sub-ministries, departments and other State agencies called by other names and ascribed the status of “department,” only when the acts in question are not for the purpose of trade or do not amount to any competition with other business operators.

Source :Foreign Workers Administration Ofhce