Representative Office – Thailand 4.0

The Representative Office (or so-called "Rep-Office") is one type of the legal vehicles available for a foreign entity to expand its existence in Thailand. Nevertheless, under Thai laws, the Rep-Office is allowed to conduct only non-income related activities to support the head office as follows:

1. (a)Sourcing of goods or services in Thailand;
2. manufacture in Thailand by the head office;
3. (c)Giving advice concerning to goods of the head office sold to agent or consumers;
4. (d)Propagating of information concerning new goods or services of the head office; and
5. (e)Report on business trends and movement in Thailand

Recently, the processes and information and documentation required for applying the Rep-Office with the related government authority were considerably complicated and thus consume several months (occasionally up to 6 months). However, due to the recent Ministry Regulation issued on May 26, 2017, which reduces