I have not found it difficult to get a corporate bank account and merchant account in the past in Hong Kong with HSBC. Yes you have to go there in person but I don&#x27;t see this as a big deal. We had CC processing and your agents should have contacts to get you set up. Things might have changed in recent years.<p>And no I am not wrong. If you don&#x27;t have a work permit which you get by working for a Thai company, you are breaking the law as you are not allowed to work without a permit. Full stop. I have not said that working out of a coffeeshop is illegal.<p>Long term visa again only by working for a local company. And if you go for the fake 4 Thais emploees route, sure that can work but you can get into trouble anyways because you are effectively working around the law.<p>Setting up a Bord of Investors company is not a trivial thing. It can take up to half a year, you&#x27;ll have to pass the interview at the HQ in BKK and show some real company prospects. This is not something for someone who does web design or coding for some foreign company out of his condo in Chiang Mai. It&#x27;s for people who want to build a real physical business in Thailand.
Much easier to incorporate somewhere else.