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Licensing Requirements for Professional Services
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The Thai government requires companies doing business in specific industries to obtain license certificates, including import and export businesses and those selling food and/or alcoholic beverages.  Licensing requirements vary depending on the services provided.  Foreign businesspeople in Thailand are advised to contact the Department of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, for import or export licenses for certain products and services.

Foreigners who wish to work, conduct business, or undertake investment activities in Thailand must apply for a Non-Immigrant Visa and Certificate of Entry at the Royal Thai Embassy or Royal Thai Consulate-General before departing for Thailand.  Various categories of the Non-Immigrant Visa are currently provided to meet the needs and qualifications of individual businesspersons.  These include business visa Category “B”, business-approved visa Category “B-A”, and investment and business visa Category “IB”.  Holders of this type of visa wishing to work in Thailand must be granted a work permit before starting work.  The visa fee is 80 USD for single-entry with three-month validity and 200 USD for multiple entries with one-year validity.  More information is available at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand website.  To work and run a business in Thailand, foreign businessmen also require obtaining a working permit license from the Department of Employment, Ministry of Labor.

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Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta

Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

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As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

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The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions.

Translation

The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.

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