@Liam ****

- that’s very helpful, thank you

done - thanks!

Robert - in fact Hanoi recently refused a 90 day ticket and insisted on a 60 day ticket as “the extension is not guaranteed” so maybe not every embassy knows 😉

@Lin****

- I use Expedia for this; you can filter your search for refundable options. It’s worked for me a couple of times now with a full refund received - you just have to remember to book and print the ticket just before visa application submission, and to cancel it on time.

Thank you so much!

Oh that's good to know! No that wouldn't work as Thai regulations require companies to be 51% Thai owned. So you could only have 1 foreign shareholder at 40%

Thank you Robert Lagas this is very helpful as it was not an option I was yet aware of.

I suppose our situation is a little different to that of Mark as we do have the option to obtain director status and 20% shares as we intend to set up our own company.

So just trying to weigh up the cost, convenience and certainty that we can both get a 12 months permission to live and work in Thailand by looking at 3 options: 1) Setting up 1 company with 4M capital and both becoming directors with 24% shares each (if that is even possible, part of my question :-) ) 2) Setting up 2 companies with 2M capital each, director status and 49% shares 3) The option you propose - which I imagine would involve one of us being a director and applying for a 12M Non-B multiple entry visa and one of us holding employee status and applying for a 1 year extension of stay and multiple-entry permit.

(Just to say that I am also seeking legal advice about this and will of course be happy to feed discussions back to this group, however the 2 lawyers I spoke with so far gave conflicting advice so just doing a bit of background research myself :-) )

@Kelcie ********

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Question about income: freelancers are often paid irregularly / in lump sums - is it required to have 2,500 coming in each month or can it be an annual minimum of 30,000?