Hong Kong Company Registration Procedures

Step 1:
Client places an order for incorporation with Kaizen with payment of incorporation fees.

Step 2:
Kaizen email or fax the readymade company list to client for his selection. Client selects at least two names on order of preference and confirm with Kaizen.

Step 3:
At the same time of confirming the selected names, client provide the following documents and information to Kaizen by email or fax or post:

In the case that Registered Office and Company Secretary Services are also ordered:
(1) One photocopy of passport and residential addresses of all shareholders, if shareholders are not Hong Kong residents; One copy of Hong Kong Identity Card and residential addresses of all shareholders, if shareholders are Hong Kong residents; if shareholder is another corporation, please provide Certificate of Incorporation and registered office;
(2) One photocopy of passport (only the page showing the particulars of the holder) and residential addresses of all directors, if directors are not Hong Kong residents; One copy of Hong Kong Identity Card and residential addresses of all directors, if directors are Hong Kong residents; if director is another corporation, please provide Certificate of Incorporation and registered office;

In the case that Registered Office and Company Secretary Services are not ordered, the following additional information are required:
(3) One copy of Hong Kong Identity Card and residential address of Company Secretary (applicable only when we are not appointed Company Secretary of the proposed company);
(4) Address of Registered Office (applicable only when clients want to provide their own address situated in Hong Kong);

Step 4:
After Kaizen receives the documents and information listed in Step 3, Kaizen then prepares the following incorporation documents:

(1) Notice of Appointment of First Secretary and Director (Form D1)
(2) Consent to Act as Director (Form D3)
(3) Notice of Situation of Registered Office
(4) Letter of appointment of first directors
(5) Minutes of First Directors' Meeting
(6) Share Transfer Instrument and Bought and Sole Note

Step 5:
Kaizen then arranges to have the documents listed in Step 4 signed by the directors and shareholders.

You could either come to our offices to sign the incorporation documents. In the case that clients could not come to our offices, Kaizen could arrange to deliver the incorporation documents to you for your signing.  The incorporation documents must then be returned to Kaizen for filing.

Step 6:
After the incorporation documents are duly signed,  Kaizen then files the following documents with Companies Registry with the Companies Registry:-
(1) Notification of Appointment of First Directors and Secretary
(2) Notice of Consent to Act as Director
(3) Notification of Situation of Registered Address
(4) Any other documents if appropriate

Step 7:
At the same time when working for Step 6, Kaizen also arrange to have the share transfer instrument and Bought and Sole Note stamped by the Stamp Duty Office and payment of stamp duty.

Step 8:
Finally, the incorporator or the Company submits the form for application for Business Registration Certificate to Inland Revenue Department to apply for the Business Registration Certificate with payment of appropriate fee. The Business Registration Certificate is issued is normally issued in one hour after submission of application form and payment of appropriate fee.

Step 10:
Kaizen arrange to deliver to you the Company Kit. The whole registration process is then completed. All the documents evidencing the legal existence of the Company is contained in the Company Kit and those items are what we will return to you after the Company is duly registered.

In particular, the Company Kit includes the following items:

(1) Original copy of Certificate of Incorporation (sample)
(2) Original copy of Business Registration Certificate (sample)
(3) 10 printed copy of Memorandum and Articles of Association (sample)
(4) 20 copies of blank share certificate
(5) One statutory book (members register, directors register and share register)
(6) One company chop and one Common Seal
(7) Duplicate copy of documents filed with Companies Registry in relation to the appointment of directors, secretary, location of registered office and one duly completed share certificate for each of the shareholders.
(8) Duly executed Share Transfer Instrument and Bought and Sold Note.

Hong Kong Company Registration Costs

Our fees for readymade company with a standard share capital of HKD10,000 are USD1,215 which covers all basic formalities for the first year (from date of incorporation to next anniversary date). In particular, our fees cover the following services and payments:
1. Payment of incorporation official filing fee (USD225)
2. Payment of first year business registration fee (USD335)
3. One complete company kit (USD100)
4. Provision of first year Company Secretary (USD200)
5. Provision of first year registered Office (USD125)
6. Incorporation service charge (USD230)

Note:

1. Unless otherwise advised, the prices quoted for the purchase of a readymade Hong Kong company in this website apply to company with an standard share capital of HK$10,000. You can always specify another amount higher than HK$10,000, however, you will have to pay a capital duty of 0.1% on the amount in excess of HK$10,000. The maximum amount of capital duty is HK$30,000.

2. The incorporation fee stated above does not cover courier charge for delivering incorporation and company kit to you.

3. The fees stated above only applies to company incorporated with standard Articles of Memorandum and Association.

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