Thread: Business bits

Originally Posted by Jimbo

It is difficult to give you advice because you only want to accept an answer that suits you. We are not experts in here and most of the advice we give is based on hearesay. My honest suggestion to you is to approach a professional or agency who know the law regarding such matters that way you will be absolutely sure that what you are doing is correct and lawful.

In here we can only give opinions which are not much use if with all the will in the world we are wrong and you get pounced upon by immigration or tax people.

The biggest problem I am having is with finding someone who knows what they are doing
Every email from these so called proffessionals changes and I end up with differing responses

For example One says I must have a PV, Then after I say I only want to ever run one business says Ok just a CV is needed. Then I ask will I need a working visa if I am in a purely supervisory capacity and the replies are purely nonsensical and always go straight back to PV

The prices I have been quoted for setting up a PV and CV have varied by over 600%

Does anyone know a reputable professional who will walk me through this??

lujanid@yahoo.com

thanks
peter

Jimbo is right, you just have to pick on any particular positive point that we lend to you for you to make the right decision for yourself.
Business is no joke so you have to consider many options before going through it.

Originally Posted by spicyayam

Are you in Bali now? I think it is better to try and call this people directly or visit their office.

Have been to Bali several times
Have finally got something definite in writing from one company
Complete CV including work visa for one year $3000

That is by far the cheapest quote and the company seems to know what they are talking about and are not continually pushing a PV so that I can use more outside staff

Originally Posted by spicyayam

To get a working visa you need to pay US$1200 on top of the costs to get the visa. Setting up a CV is not really really expensive depending on your notary. $3000 is reasonable if of course this includes the $1200 fee you need to pay and the cost of setting up the company and your visa.

You really need to be sure if there any other costs involved as I have heard of people getting all of this set up and then being hit with other fees and expenses, which by that stage are difficult to refuse once you have already been using one particular agent/consultant.

To set up a company you need a business address so you have to organize this also. The property you rent will need an IMB (building permit) and there are many properties here that don't have this.

There is probably a lot of other things you haven't thought about, but you will need to address at some point, like taxes. Even if you don't make any money you need to files reports every month. Who is your director going to be? etc. etc.

I am not trying to disuade you, but there are so many other things that are going to crop up along the way and you need to be ready for this.

Hopefully the business address is all sorted and also the potential tax obligations
Your information on IMB is really valuable because that had never been mentioned before
Am checking now to get in writing that there are no more extras on top
Thanks
peter

Originally Posted by longqi

Hopefully the business address is all sorted and also the potential tax obligations
Your information on IMB is really valuable because that had never been mentioned before
Am checking now to get in writing that there are no more extras on top
Thanks
peter

Would a business visa allow me to train my staff for 60 days in an unpaid capacity?
That answer sounds simple but according to several different lawyers it is anything but simple

Because I would like to do a trial of the business to ensure there are no unforseen problems
I want to rent a small shop for a few months
Can I then relocate to permanent premises without any problems??

Thanks
Peter