Forming a company & getting a visa

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Re: Forming a company & getting a visa

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AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:09 pm I don't understand why you are referring too a catch 22. I would say that it is normal, also in any country world wide.
To register a company you need to have a bank account. To open a bank account you must have a long term visa. To get a long term visa you must have a job. His job is the company he's trying to register. To register a company he needs..

Cambodian bureaucracy is seldomly described as normal. It became a catch 22 when work permits became an EB extension requirement.

Perhaps the bank will agree to open an account if he holds an EG visa first, I don't know.
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Can open a bank account with a 6 month EG EOS, in some cases even a Tourist visa is sufficient.

Can start the business registration with an EG EOS, once you have business license and tax patent then you can apply for 6 or 12 mth EB EOS, once you have 6 or 12 mth EB EOS then you can apply for the Work Permit.

All pretty simple really
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fax wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:36 pm
AndyKK wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:09 pm I don't understand why you are referring too a catch 22. I would say that it is normal, also in any country world wide.
To register a company you need to have a bank account. To open a bank account you must have a long term visa. To get a long term visa you must have a job. His job is the company he's trying to register. To register a company he needs..

Cambodian bureaucracy is seldomly described as normal. It became a catch 22 when work permits became an EB extension requirement.

Perhaps the bank will agree to open an account if he holds an EG visa first, I don't know.
as above
cant u apply for an ordinary visa,THAN get an eg extension,open a bank account, form a company with local partners,
When his extension is up, get hired by his company, get his wp.etc etc
or is this all to logical :beer3:
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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The compliance is too costly if doing this for purpose of maintaining a visa.
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