Documents Required For Business Registration

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To register your company in Singapore, you’ll need to provide the following documents:  

• Company name
• Brief description of business activities
• Shareholders' particulars
• Directors' particulars
• Registered address
• Company secretary particulars
• Constitution

If you are engaging the services of a professional service firm, they will typically require these documents from you in order to prepare the necessary paperwork: 

• For non-residents: Copy of passport, proof of overseas residential address, as well as other Know-Your-Client (KYC) information such as bank reference letters, personal and business profiles, etc.
• For Singapore residents: Copy of Singapore identity card
• For corporate entity shareholder(s): Copy of registration documents, such as a Certificate of Incorporation and Constitution

Do note that officially-endorsed translated versions must be provided for any non-English documents. 

Now that you have your documents checklist, before setting up a company in Singapore, it is also good to know what are the different entity that you can register.