(1) |
Non-Hong Kong Company Pre- & Post- Incorporation (a) Name availability check (b) Preparation of incorporation documents (c) Professional service fees and government fees for the incorporation and first year business registration (d) Submit the incorporation documents to the Companies Registry (e) Collection and forwarding of Certificate of Registration and Business Registration Certificate (valid for one year). |
(2) |
Hong Kong Authorized Representative Service Kaizen acts as the named Authorized Representative for your Non-Hong Kong company to comply with filing requirements of the Companies Ordinance. (a) Companies Registry (CR) Compliance Alert & Reminders (b) Preparation and filing of Annual Return |
(3) |
Business Address Kaizen provides a Hong Kong street address as the business address of your Hong Kong branch office. Mails addressed to your Hong Kong branch will be handled on one of the following two ways: (a) Kaizen will open, scan the letters received, and send them to client by email once a month and the original letters will be destroyed after one month. (b) Kaizen will forward mails to the address designated by client once a month. Actual postage will be charged separately. Mails will be handled with option (a) by default. If mails are to be handled immediately upon receipt, an extra fee of USD10 per batch will be charged. |
(a) |
Our fee stated above is exclusive of delivery charge, if any. |
(b) |
The fee quoted above includes the business registration fee for one-year validity period of business registration certificate. Client can choose to have the business registration certificate with a validity period of 3 years with the payment of the applicable fees between the two certificates. |
(1) |
Name of Non-Hong Kong company must be same with the foreign company. If the name is already taken, it should adopt another name as its trading name; |
(2) |
Must have a local resident or an accounting firm or lawyer appointed as its Authorized Representative; |
(3) |
No capital requirements |
(4) |
Must have a street address as its business address |
(1) |
A set of registration document of foreign company, including Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Register of Shareholders and Directors, or documents of a similar nature. |
(2) |
A copy of the latest audited financial statement or management accounts of the foreign company. |
(3) |
One photocopy of passport (or identity card for Hong Kong resident) and residential addresses proof (such as utility bill or telephone bill) in respect of each shareholder and director of the foreign company; if shareholder is another corporation, a set of corporate documents of the corporate shareholder; |
(4) |
A duly completed and signed Non-Hong Kong Company Registration Form (to be provided by Kaizen); |
Step |
Description |
Time (Day) |
1 |
Clients place an order for incorporation with Kaizen; Kaizen issues an invoice to client for settlement. |
Day 1 |
2 |
Client delivers the materials required, as listed in Section 4, to Kaizen by email and at the same time settles Kaizen’s invoice. |
Client’s schedule |
3 |
Kaizen arranges with client to have the identification documents of the shareholder(s) and director(s) of the foreign company certified by Kaizen or other attesting officers. |
Client’s schedule |
4 |
Kaizen performs name availability search and confirm with client whether the proposed company name(s) is/are available for registration or not |
1 |
5 |
Kaizen then prepares the registration documents and email them to client for signing |
1 |
6 |
Client signs or arrange to have the registration documents signed and returns the duly signed registration documents to Kaizen. |
Client’s schedule |
7 |
Kaizen delivers the duly signed incorporation documents to Companies Registry to apply for Certificate of Registration |
1 |
8 |
Hong Kong Companies Registry reviews the registration documents and if it finds them in order, issues a Certificate of Registration of Non-Hong Kong company (branch) |
7-14 |
9 |
Kaizen arranges to collect the Certificate of Registration and Business Registration Certificate, at the same time arrange making of company chops. |
2 |
10 |
Kaizen delivers all corporate documents to client. Branch office registration completed. |
1 |
Total: 14 days up |
Item |
Description |
Fees (USD) |
|
Annual Compliance Requirements with Fixed Fees |
|
1 |
Annual Return Statutory Filing Fee |
25 |
2 |
Business Registration Certificate renewal fee (Note 1) |
33 |
3 |
Provision of Hong Kong Authorized Representative (per annum) |
500 |
4 |
Provision of Registered Office (per annum) |
350 |
|
Subtotal: |
908 |
|
Annual Compliance Requirements with Variable Fees |
|
5 |
Updating books of accounts (per annum) |
300 up |
6 |
Tax computation and filing of profits tax return |
350 up |
7 |
Filing of Employer’s Return (Form 56A) |
80 |
8 |
Filing of Employer’s Return (Form 56B for each employee) |
80 |
|
Sub-total: |
730 |
|
TOTAL: |
1,638 up |