(1) Application for Certificate of Incorporation as Non-Hong Kong Company (formerly as Overseas Company, i.e. branch offices of foreign companies) and Business Registration Certificate and payment of statutory fees;

(2) Filing of particulars of directors, company secretary and filing of business address;

(3) Provision of registered office/business address for the first year; and

(4) Provision of one local representative for the first year.

(a) a certified copy of the instrument defining the company’s constitution.

(b) Form NN1 reporting :

(1) the particulars of directors and secretary;

(2) the particulars of the person(s) authorized to act in Hong Kong on behalf of the company;

(3) the principal place of business in Hong Kong and in the place of incorporation; and

(4) the registered office in the place of incorporation.

(c) a certified copy of the company’s Certificate of Incorporation (or its equivalent).

(d) a certified copy of the latest accounts of the company, unless exemption has been granted by the Registrar of Companies upon application.

(a) a certified copy of the charter, statutes or memorandum and articles of the company or other instrument constituting or defining the constitution of the company, OR, if the instrument is not written in the English or Chinese language, a certified translation of the instrument in English or Chinese;

(b) a list in English or Chinese in the specified form [Form NN1] of the names and addresses of some one or more persons resident in Hong Kong authorized to accept on behalf of the company service of process and any notices required to be served on the company, and also:

(i) the address of the principal place of business of the company in Hong Kong;

(ii) the respective addresses of the principal place of business, if any, and the registered office (or its equivalent) of the company in the place of its incorporation; and

(iii) the particulars of the directors and secretary of the company;




(c) a certified copy of the company’s certificate of incorporation (OR, where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that it is not the practice under the law of the place where the company purports to be incorporated to issue a certificate of incorporation, a copy of such other evidence of incorporation as the Registrar deems sufficient) together with a certified translation of the document in English or Chinese if the certificate (or such other evidence) is in a language other than English or Chinese; and

(d) a except in the case of a company referred to in section 336(6) , a certified copy of the latest accounts of the company in the form required by the law of the place of its incorporation or, if no such requirement is in force under the law of that place, in the form in which the accounts of the company are submitted to the members of the company, OR a certified translation of the document in English or Chinese if the accounts are in a language other than English or Chinese:

Provided that-

Authorized representative, in relation to a registered non-Hong Kong Company,means—



(a) a natural person resident in Hong Kong;

(b) a solicitor corporation as defined by section 2(1) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159);

(c) a corporate practice as defined by section 2(1) of the Professional Accountants Ordinance (Cap. 50); or

(d) a firm of solicitors or certified public accountants (practising),

(1) Original copy of Certificate of Incorporation as Overseas Company

(2) Original copy of Business Registration Certificate (sample business registration certificate)

(3) Duplicate copy of documents filed with Companies Registry, such as Notification of particulars of directors, secretary, location of registered/business address and appointment of local resident representative

1. Business address: USD230 (per annum)

2. Local authorized representative: USD359 (per annum)

3. Business registration fee: USD290 (subject to change by the Government)

4. Annual Return filing fee: USD14

5. Book-keeping fee: NIL if not operating

6. Statutory audit fee: USD700 up (please note if the laws in the place where the foreign company is registered do not require the financial statements of the foreign company to be audited, then the financial statements of the Hong Kong branch office is not required to be audited)

7. Filing of Profits Tax Return: USD100

8. Filing of Employer’s Return: USD50 for the main form and USD35 for each employee