@Josh ********

sorry I meant the fees the customs broker charge for doing the import procedure.

That's not bad at all.

Who was your customs clearing agent here in Bkk?

Can you share what shipping company you used in the US and shipping cost?

I used V Pack once to clear customs and went back to them for a second time but the prices were a lot higher for clearing customs. I heard it is best to call ahead and negotiate.

@Anthony *******

thaivisaservice.com has the prices on the site

I would just go w a visa run company and let them take care of everything.

I used the one leaving from Onnut Tesco lotus parking lot and were very reliable.

I would fly to Da Nang and stay for a night in Hoi An.

She said border bounce not visa run

@Almadema *******

Cambodia land or air is just fine. It all depends how many stamps you have in your passport. If it will be your first or second border bounce you will not have a problem with either.

However DO NOT GO to the Poipet Border.

The other 2 good land borders are in a remote area and I would recomend you get a visa run service to make things easier. If you are new here it will be harder to find a minivan that goes there.

I would not fly to Cambodia (Phnom Penn). The city sucks.

If you want to do a border run by air I would fly to Da Nang (Vietnam) and go visit Hoi An.

If you are looking just to spend the least money as possible I would pick the land border with an agent. Go and come same day.

I also have the 90-day bilateral agreement and extension in Thailand is only 7 days.

Better to exit and come back so you get anoher 90 days

@Mark ********

if you are an American you can get the company under your name BUT for the work permit there is no way around it. 4 employees for the WP or 2 if married to a Thai.

It is a shame the government doesn't give the right to work for foreigners married to Thais like in most countries. Very very unfair treatment.

As a start up I would just put the biz under the wife's name, if things take off you can add your name later or do the amenity.

If you are investing a lot of money in the start up I would go the proper way. If you are not investing a lot I would go the easier way.

Since you have a baby on the way might as well get married so your requirement for employees will be cut in half

OR put the business in the wife's name and get a marraige visa for yourself in order to stay in Thailand.

Depending on the business I would go with the later option, specially if it is a business you can just run from home.

Running a small business as a foreigner owner is just too expensive to do in Thailanf.

The requirements just don't favor startups for foreigners.

Don't pay attention to the people in this group who critize you for wanting to cut costs, they are just jealous losers.

at this point if I were you I would avoid airports.

Second I exit and go to my embassy to get a new passport. Yes it links to your old passport but when you have a line of hundreds of people the immigration officer only looks at the stamps in your passport not your history. They will look at your history if you get called to the side.

I would contact the visa run company that leaves from OnNut Tesco Lotus parking lot. They will be able to tell you if they can do a visa run safely.