Hi!

Does anyone here have in-person experience in setting up a BOI promoted company?

I don’t mean a shell-company, but an actual one.

I’ve been to two legal offices, met two different lawyers and both stated that what I’m willing to do both meets all requirements for BOI promotion and looks well-calculated in terms of business plan, but they proposed two completely different approaches to the process itself.

#1. Suggested filing for the BOI promotion under my name and then, when approved, filing for incorporation

#2. Insisted on starting with renting an actual office and setting up the company first, then applying for the BOI promotion

Option 1. is obviously tempting as it involves substantially less cost hence virtually no financial risk whatsoever(except for processing fees and lawyer’s remuneration) in case my applications gets rejected.

But

Option 2. Although more expensive (paying the rent and accounting fees for a practically idle company for at least several months), seems a bit more intuitive, as an already existing company obviously looks more convincing than a private individual who is only about to set up a company.

Does anyone have any experience in any of the above routes?

Is anyone know if you can keep your company if you would stay longer than 180 days outside of Germany? Or will there be any problems with the main residence or what could happen if you stay longer abroad, like in Thailand with DTV Visa. I'd like to have a German customer with a freelancer company to live and work from Thailand as long as I can. And then repeat

Does anyone have any experience or contacts for incubator programs that fulfill the SMART visa, startup category, requirements?

Alright, I'm an American and have been in Thailand for 3 years... I have had non immigrant O, but mostly just somehow surviving on a tourist visas. Im too young for a retirement visa, and I am not independantly wealthy.

I have a dream of marrying my Thai girlfriend and living most of our days here together (I wouldn't want to even ask her to leave her family whome she loves very much). How can I do this? I can and have taught English online, and I'm a professional graphic designer with 20+ years of experience.

If I can work online, all my money is and will be spent here in Thailand. Is there a way to do this legally or do I just have to live in the Grey area for the rest of my life wondering if I will be torn from the one place I call home?

Can a marriage visa allow me to work legally online? Or to play out any of our entrepreneurial ideas? There's so much information on this forum and in the webs, but am struggling to find a direct answer to this question. I would love to live a life without fear, and without breaking any laws.