Foreign companies can set up a branch office in Singapore to commence their operations. However, a branch office is not considered a separate legal entity in Singapore. It is treated as its foreign company’s extension.
Under the Singapore Companies Act, foreign companies are not permitted to self-register in Singapore. All the foreign companies require a registered filing agent to submit the registration on their behalf. We can assist you in getting registered with the ACRA (Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority).
There are three pre-requisites for a Singapore branch office registration:
Following documents or information must be provided to the filing agent for submission to ACRA:
All the documents will be submitted online via the BizFile+.
The name of the branch office must be approved before the registration. The ACRA also does name approval. A branch office has to use the same name as the parent company. You have to make sure that your foreign company’s name must meet ACRA’s requirements not to get rejected.
A proposed name is rejected by ACRA if:
We can help you set up a branch office within 24 hours if you have all the required documents mentioned above. You may need to apply for licenses and permits depending on the nature of your business to commence business.
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