BOI Connect Team 
Since 2025, Thailand’s SMART visa covers startup founders and their families in a targeted industry. The former talent, investor, and executive tracks moved to the LTR visa. Here’s who qualifies and how to apply.
BOI, work-permit, and Foreign Business Act minimum capital are three separate rules. Here is what each one actually requires and how they compare.
BOI promotion pairs a corporate tax holiday with non-tax perks like land ownership and easier work permits. See how the incentives split by activity group and where the merit-based add-ons can win extra years.
The 49/51 company with silent Thai shareholders is a criminal offence if they are nominees. Here is why it is illegal, how enforcement is tightening, and how BOI promotion gives you the same full ownership legally.
Foreigners are usually capped at 49% of a Thai company. Here are the three legal routes to majority or full ownership, BOI promotion, the US Treaty of Amity, and a Foreign Business License, and the illegal shortcut to avoid.
How to register a company in Thailand: choosing a structure, the DBD name, memorandum, and filing steps, capital rules, post-registration tax and social security, and what a BOI promotion changes.
BOI sorts every promoted activity into a group, A1+ down to B. Here is what each group means for corporate tax, capital, and how to find where your activity fits.
A BOI company is a Thai limited company with a promotion certificate on top. Here is how it compares to a standard Thai Limited on ownership, tax, capital, and work permits, and which one you actually need.
The LTR visa gives you a 10-year stay in Thailand, a digital work permit, and a flat 17% income tax rate if you qualify. Here is who each of the four categories is for and how to apply.