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Honestly the biggest thing no one seems to be acknowledging here is the legal issues with this type of business. Yeah you can just fly to Chiang Mai with your
by stephenr 5y ago
Honestly the biggest thing no one seems to be acknowledging here is the legal issues with this type of business.
Yeah you can just fly to Chiang Mai with your laptop and work from a coffee shop and no ones likely to care. Because you’re one person.
Setting up a company in another country is hard and often expensive. It’s hard to imagine how the business you describe wouldn’t come under the scrutiny of local immigration and/or labour officials, and face legitimate legal barriers and/or expectations of bribes (obviously depending on the nature of governments where you chose).
- digianarchist 5y agoIt's worth noting that working in Thailand without a permit is illegal. Even if you're self employed or working for a foreign business. In fact, there's only a handful of countries that you can work in without a permit.
- stephenr 5y agoI used to try telling people that too. It doesn't get anywhere. The responses are any one of the same set: "they should appreciate my high $$ income supporting their economy", "I'm just one person who will notice", etc etc. I'm well aware of the legalities of working in Thailand. I've lived here (Thailand) for 8 1/2 years, I'm director and own (with my wife) a company here.