Company Registration in Mae Hong Son — End-to-End Incorporation by Suwanvara Law Firm
Thailand offers several legal-entity forms. The most common is the private limited company (Ltd), followed by the limited partnership; the public limited company is used by larger ventures that raise capital from the public. A limited company must have at least the statutory minimum number of shareholders and a registered capital appropriate to the business. The process — name reservation, drafting the memorandum of association, the statutory meeting, and obtaining the certificate from the Department of Business Development — is relatively quick when documents are ready. We structure the shareholding and prepare the paperwork correctly from the start to avoid delays.
Scope of company registration work in Mae Hong Son
- Name reservation and availability check
- Drafting of Memorandum and Articles of Association
- Filing with the Department of Business Development (DBD)
- VAT and social-security employer registration
- Foreign Business Licence (FBL) for foreign-owned ventures
Process
- 1Initial consultation on the right structure
- 2Founder documents, office address, capital preparation
- 3Name reservation with DBD
- 4Statutory meeting and incorporation filing within 1-2 weeks
- 5VAT registration (if turnover exceeds THB 1.8M/year) and social security
Documents to prepare
- •Thai ID or passport of all shareholders and directors
- •Landlord consent for the registered office
- •Map showing office location
- •Office lease agreement or title deed for the registered address
About our team in Mae Hong Son
Mae Hong Son has one of the longest borders with Myanmar, is largely mountain and forest, and depends on tourism and highland agriculture. The legal issues that genuinely arise here differ sharply from other provinces: land and cultivation rights inside forest zones, civil status and nationality, migrant labour, and licensing for tourism and accommodation businesses.
Work of this kind requires land law, administrative law, and the working practice of the local authorities to be understood together. We give a straight assessment at the outset of which matters have a route forward and which do not, run the file from our Khon Kaen head office and Bangkok branch, and travel to appear at the Mae Hong Son Provincial Court as scheduled.
Courts we appear at in Mae Hong Son
- •Mae Hong Son Provincial Court
- •Mae Hong Son Juvenile and Family Court
- •Region 5 Labor Court (Chiang Mai)
Mueang Mae Hong Son, Pai, Pang Mapha, Khun Yuam, Mae Sariang, Sop Moei, and the areas continuing into Chiang Mai and Tak
Contact our Mae Hong Son attorneys
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