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Sadly, there are no details yet. What constitutes investor or highly skilled?
by justonepost 9y ago
Sadly, there are no details yet. What constitutes investor or highly skilled?
- charlesdm 9y agoWe're probably not talking crazy money to be qualified as an investor in a developing country. But there might be a requirement to invest a certain amount into the local economy.
- mikekchar 9y agoAs a point of reference, you can get a business visa in Japan by starting a company with about $50K in capital. The idea is that the company has enough money to pay your salary for a year or so (the $50K is a minimum and depends on whether or not they think the company can look after you as an employee). I have heard that similar kinds of visas can be obtained in some SE Asian countries, so I'm guessing that Thailand will introduce something similar -- so a few tens of thousands of dollars (I'm not entirely sure what the cost of living is like there, but it's probably lower than Japan).
- kawera 9y agoVery interesting. Where did you find the $50K figure for Japan?
- ranebo 9y agoIt's 5 million yen. I actually did this back in 2012. It's a complicated procedure but plenty of Japan based lawyers can help you out. I did it myself, without lawyer help but you will absolutely need someone fluent in Japanese. The paperwork is suffocating. In retrospect I should have just married my then girlfriend, now wife.
- kawera 9y agoThank you! I will investigate this possibility as a third of my clients are in Japan so... ( btw, my daughter loves EasyBeats! )
- jpatokal 9y agoAs a data point, Thailand has long had an investor visa program that grants anybody who invests 10 million baht (~US$300k) in property etc the right to live in Thailand. The main catch is that working in Thailand is explicitly not permitted. http://www.companyvauban.com/en/guide/legal/investment-visa.html http://www.companyvauban.com/en/guide/legal/investment-visa....