Define ownership and representation
List every founder, the intended shares, directors and who will sign the application. Explain whether a founder is an individual or another company and whether anyone will act through a representative. NAPR publishes business registration guidance and standard-document information. Confirm the documents for your particular structure rather than assuming a template covers investor rights, deadlocks or restrictions on directors. Official source: NAPR: business registration.
Prepare a consistent filing pack
Collect identification information, the proposed company name and address, and the founding documents. Ask NAPR or your adviser which foreign documents require certification, legalisation or translation. Check that names and passport details match across the documents. If someone else files for you, agree the representative's authority and how you will receive the submitted application and registration decision. Official source: NAPR: business registration.
Check what happens after registration
Review the extract against the agreed ownership and management information. Arrange access to official correspondence and accounting support. Banking, licences, tax elections and permission to work require their own assessment; an extract does not establish approval for all of them. Keep proof of what was filed and ask who will correct an error or register later changes to ownership or management.
Plan your next steps
- Map founders, shares and signing powers.
- Confirm the current NAPR document requirements and fees.
- Review the founding agreement and address arrangements.
- Submit through the agreed channel and obtain the decision.
- Check the extract, then organise banking, tax and operating tasks.
Legal review checkpoint
Have a lawyer review shareholder exit rights and director powers before filing. Correcting a registration detail and resolving an ownership disagreement are very different tasks.
Confirm case acceptance, consultation language and any in-person work with your chosen lawyer.
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Official sources
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