Ready-made Companies

1. The companies with a registration date indicated are already registered, exist as legal entities and are available for purchase.

2. The company names marked as “approved” have already been cleared by the BVI Registrar of Companies and are available for immediate registration. The registration of an approved company name usually takes one business day, document finalization and certification takes additional 2-5 days.

3. Ordering a ready-made company (“shelf company”) does not necessarily mean that the documents will be shipped out immediately. If you are a new client, our standard Know Your Client (KYC) due diligence procedures will apply, and payment must be received before incorporation can be finalized.

4. Please note that approved name company is treated as new registration and it still requires certain post-incorporation steps, such as appointing directors, issuing shares, preparing internal registers and resolutions, and arranging for any required certifications (Notary or Apostille).

5.  Certifications (if needed for international use) typically require an additional 1–5 business days. This timeframe does not depend on us, but on the respective notarial and Government offices and their workload.

6. All-in-all, choosing a shelf company can save you one or a few business days which are usually necessary to prepare the initial incorporation and to register a new Seychelles IBC with the Registrar of Companies. However, the final preparation of the company before shipment will still take anywhere between one and ten business days, depending on the details of Your order, and on the receipt of the respective Due Diligence information and the payment from You.

7. (!) IMPORTANT For an existing shelf company, the next annual renewal payment (Government duty, Registered Agent, Registered Address and other annual maintenance fees, as applicable) may become due and payable much sooner than for a brand-new incorporation. This is due to the period of time that has already elapsed since the initial date of incorporation of the shelf company (the time which the company spent “on shelf”). A purchaser of a shelf company will be required to cover the standard annual maintenance fees for the full elapsed period of time since the initial registration date of the company. This becomes especially important at purchase of “vintage” companies – companies older than 1 year at the date of purchase. “Vintage” companies will be substantially more expensive than new incorporations, due to the previously accrued annual maintenance fees which will have to be covered by the buyer. Therefore, we suggest You pay a special attention to the date of incorporation of the chosen company. These precautions do not apply to companies indicated only as “Approved”.

8. We strongly oppose and do not recommend entering into any business transactions in the name of Your offshore company before you have received the original documents!