The 30 day extension is 1900 baht on its own , just go to the nearest immigration office, every province has one, they do speak English. You will need a passport size photo, just like your passport and a photo copy of your passport its just a single form you fill out, it really is easy and simple. You will spend more time with an agent then it will take at the immigration office

If your getting the 30 day exempt into thailand than crossing by land to another country and coming back into thailand by land you can only do this 2 times in a 12 month period but fly in and out as often as you want, until you get a unhappy immigration officer than you might get chastised.

It gets pasted onto your application just like your passport,, so pretend your getting a passport 👍🏻and front up with a small none smiling photo.

Why?

@Jeff ******

🙄 remember your in thailand now, price does not always reflect quality or loyally

Where are these people pulling these figures from, do you over pay people in your own country??

There is a difference between being a generous person and a complete fool, as far as tipping people that is an American thing not a thailand thing, everything has to be put into perspective, google what ever you want, but reality is living here, a farm worker earns 300 baht per day , a factory worker earns 13,000 baht a month, a qualified welder earns 900 baht for a 10 hour shift and that is what the 3 Thais sitting with me told me they earn, and they find these posts crazy.

The question you asked is not an easy one to answer, there are many hurdles to over come before you open anything. This is my understanding i maybe wrong but I do have some experience in this field, you need to have company to run your business through, but in thailand you can only own 49% of the company the remaining 51% must be owned by 1 or more thai people, you cannot just put a thai person in as a puppet, they must be a financial partner and as such the profit split pro-rata, anything dodgy and you will lose everything and be on the next plane out. This is something the thai Government is clamping down on. So get past that hurdle first.

@Jordi *******

100% correct these are all good questions that need answering before starting any business, you have the horse in front of the cart 👍🏻and it is a very sensible reply to a not so smart question.

I think thai people in general are old fashioned, do right by them and they will do right by you, and foreigners have a bit of a advantage as they have a bit more cash to make life that little bit easier , but if she's pretending your not in a relationship with her, chances are it's strictly pretend and get the hell out of there.