Thailand - Register Partnership

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Procedure

1. To register a partnership, the appointed manager partner must submit an application for registration at the head office of the Department of Business Development, Central Business Registration Division. Or at any of 7 Business Development Offices.
2. Before registration, the partnership must first verify and reserve the partnership’s name. This must be done to make sure that such name is not duplicated or similar to other names previous registered. Upon reserving the name, applicants will need to submit a request for registration within 30 days by reserving the name in person or online through Department of Business Development's website.
3. Prepare the request for registration and other attachments to the registrar for consideration.
4. Pay the application fee according to the officer’s order.
5. Applicants wishing to receive a certificate of registration must submit a request and pay the fee to the officers.
6. Receive the certificate of registration.

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Required Documents

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e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

Department of Business Development

44/100 Nonthaburi 1 Rd. Bangkrasor
Muang Nonthaburi
11000 Thailand

Call Center 1570
Tel. +66 2528 7600

Eligibility

When two persons or more agree to invest in the ordinary partnership, the appointed managing partner is the one responsible for requesting for the registration of such partnership to the officer at the commercial registration office that the head office of the partnership is located on.

A limited partnership must be managed only by the partners with unlimited liability.

Fees

Registering the partnership  : 1,000

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Validity

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Instructions

A partnership can be divided into 2 types as follows :

1. Ordinary Partnership: All the partners are jointly and unlimitedly liable for all the obligations of the partnership
2. Limited Partnership: Is that kind of partnership in which there are :
   1. One or more partners whose liability is limited to such amount as they may respectively under the to contribute to the partnership, and
   2. One or more partners who are jointly and unlimitedly liable for all the obligations of the partnership.

Required Information

• Name of partnership
• Objective of Partnership
• Location of head office and / or branches
• Name, Address, Age, Nationality, Occupation and items that are invested
• Name of Managing Partner (must be partner without limit)
• Limitation of Managing Partner’s Power (If so)
• Partnership’s Seal

Need for the Document

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Criteria of Signing the Signature on the Request for Registration

1. The signature on the request and the attachments, must be signed by him / herself.
2. The document must be signed by the applicant in front of the registrar and demonstrate the ID card to the registrar for verification.

In case that the person cannot sign the name in front of the registrar, the person who request shall sign the name in front of the following person :

1. In case of signing in the country:
   1. Administration Officer or Senior Police in the area of the person who requests.
   2. Member of Thai BAR or
   3. Other persons as notified by the central registrar are

Certified Public Account

Committee member or officer of the Thai chamber of commerce or provincial chamber of commerce who can certify the signature of persons who request for the registration of partnership / company with the head office located in the province that the Chamber is located according to the notification of the Central Partnership Registration Office.

1. In case of signing in foreign countries:
   1. Authorized officer of the Thai embassy or consulate, or head of the office under the Minister of Commerce responsible for the operations in any country or other officers authorized to perform on behalf of such abovementioned person
   2. Person who can completely certify according to the law of that country and
   3. 2 Reliable persons who can certify in front of the registrar that the signature is such person’s signature.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

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