Overview

1. Incorporation-Foreign Individuals

• Singapore Company Incorporation with Entrepass
• Singapore Company Incorporation with Employment Pass
• Singapore Company Incorporation with Local Nominee Director
• Representative Office with Business Visa

2. Incorporation-Foreign Companies

• Foreign Subsidiary Incorporation
• Foreign Branch Incorporation
• Foreign Representative Office Registration

3. Incorporation-Local Residents

• Companies
• Sole Proprietorship
• Partnership
• Limited Partnership
• Limited Liability Partnership

How to incorporate?

To incorporate a Singapore Company, these are the general requirements and procedures needed:

ACRA Requirements

Directors: A minimum of one resident director (a Singapore Citizen, a Singaporean Permanent Resident, a person who has been issued an EntrePass, Employment Pass, or Dependent Pass) is mandatory.

Shareholders: The shareholder can be an individual or a corporate entity. 100% local or foreign shareholding is allowed. A director and shareholder can be the same or different person.

Paid-up Capital: Minimum paid-up capital for registration of a Singapore company is S$1.

Registered Address: The address must be a physical local address.(PO Box is not allowed.)

Company Secretary: Companies Act requires one Company secretary who must be a natural person and an ordinarily resident of Singapore.

Audit Requirements

Unless exempted from audit requirements under the Companies Act, every company must appoint an auditor within three months after its incorporation. Only small exempt private companies and dormant companies are exempted from audit requirements. A small exempt private company is one that meets the following conditions:

• The turnover for the financial year is less than S$5m.
• The company does not have more than 20 shareholders, and
• The company does not have, directly or indirectly, a corporation as a beneficial shareholder.

We will need the following documents from you:

Documents Required For Company Incorporation

For each Singapore resident individual shareholder and director

• Copy of Singapore IC; and
• Copy of passport if the individual is not a citizen of Singapore

For each non-resident individual shareholder and director:

• Copy of passport; and
• Copy of residential address proof such as a recent utility bill, residential phone bill, tax bill, or cable TV bill

For each corporate shareholder:

• of the Foreign Corporate Company Certificate and
• Special Director Resolution to resolve becoming newly incorporated company subsidiary's shareholder 

Please note the following:

All documents must be in English or officially translated in English;

All copies of documents must be certified true copies by a notary public or you must bring the originals to our office for sighting;

If you are overseas, you can email us the scanned copies of documents so we can proceed with preparing the necessary incorporation documents.

However we must receive the certified true copies (or sight the originals at our office) before we can incorporate the company.

Our compliance department may ask for additional information if necessary.

After engaging our services, we would perform the followings to incorporate your company:

Scope of Services

• Name check and reservation
• Preparation of memorandum & articles of the company and other incorporation documents
• Preparation of registration forms
• Professional & Filing Fees
• E-Certificate of incorporation
• Preparation of compliance corporate kit, including corporate seal, share certificates, register and minutes book
• Minutes of first board meeting
• Resolution to open a bank account