Company registration
Singapore, with its geographical advantages, has become one of the important financial, service, and shipping centers in Asia. Its economic model is known as "state capitalism". According to the 2018 Global Financial Center Index (GFCI) ranking report, Singapore is the fourth largest international financial center after London, New York, and Hong Kong. Rated as a world-class city by GaWC. Singapore is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as a member economy of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Commonwealth, and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Due to its significant effects in greening and environmental sanitation, it is known as a garden city.
Singapore companies can be divided into two categories, including general and special forms, with general forms of companies including the following types:
Private Limited Company
The maximum number of shareholders is 50.
Listed Company
The number of shareholders is 50 or more. After approval by local government departments, stocks and bonds can be issued to the public to raise funds. And special forms of companies include sole proprietorship, partnership business, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, etc
Advantages of registering a Singapore company
Superior geographical location and logistics center
Good company reputation
Preferential tax policies
A free and sound financial system
Reducing trade barriers in sensitive technologies and ways to access international resource investment opportunities
The bridge between trade financing and listing financing
Expanding the platform for international brand and intellectual property protection
The possibility of obtaining immigration and settlement
Registration requirements for Singapore companies
At least 1 new coin of registered capital
At least one shareholder, without nationality restrictions, can be a natural person or a corporate entity
At least one local Singaporean director (resident citizen, permanent resident, permit holder) (available from Rengang Yongsheng)
Business registration address located locally in Singapore (available from Rengang Yongsheng)
Specify business scope, with a maximum of two relevant industry ranges to choose from
Materials required for registering a Singapore company
Articles of Association and Bylaws of the Company
Law-abiding Oath
Certificate of Identity
Director's appointment letter and qualification oath
Company Registration Address and Office Hours Report Form
The detailed list of directors, managers, company secretaries, and auditors, as well as the record of stock issuance, must be submitted within one month after the establishment of the company
Required information and time
The English name of the company is PTE LTD ending, meaning private limited company
Original ID card or passport of directors or initiators of the company, or a copy certified by a practicing accountant, lawyer, or notary public
Original proof of the director's address for the past three months (such as bank statements, utility bills, gas bills, fixed telephone payment lists, etc.), or a copy certified by a practicing accountant, lawyer, or notary public
Registering a company takes approximately 2 working days (after receiving all necessary documents and passing due diligence)