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From 30/MAR/2025 Bangladesh will be able to issue and accept Apostilles! Bangladesh is the second largest economy in South Asia after India.

The marketing about Delaware is very strong online. It is supposed to be America’s first corporate state, where all the Google and Microsoft of this world are incorporated. So when you need documents you can get them fast and online?… Wrong. Myth #1: all documents are available quickly online When you order any documents by post, you could get (at least?) a copy online: wrong… You do not get anything by email, not even an email confirmation when they are shipped. But there is worse. Myth #2: when you order documents, you get a status update by email or by ... Read more

Since 2019 the British Virgin Islands (BVI) have adopted the Economic Substance (ES) regulations under the pressure of the European Union (EU). They apply to some specific activities (the “relevant activities”) which most people would use the BVI for (ie: holding companies). Any company or limited partnership has to show that either: it has an economic substance in the BVI (ie: local employees and/or local managers) or it is tax residence somewhere else than the BVI. It would make no sense (at least to most people) to hire local employees just for the sole purpose of creating an economic substance ... Read more

Starting 1st January 2024: all US registered entities have to declare and identify their Beneficial Ownership to the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). What to declare? Any US entity shall declare and identify all Beneficial Owners over 25% (name, residential address, and passport scan should be given). Who needs to declare? Any US entity registered with any Secretary of State is required to declare, and to have an EIN, SSN/ITIN of the owner, or a foreign Tax ID for the declaration. We offer an EIN service if you do not have one. Is there any exemption? Yes, all those ... Read more

The United Kingdom (UK) companies registrar Companies House will multiply their fees by an average of 3.5 from 1st May 2024, due to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Jednat.

A formal email was received from the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (ROSKOMNADZOR) that our PROMINEE® website has been blocked from Russia. A reference to the decision of the Kungur City Court (Perm Territory) No. 2a-3556/2023 dated 2023-12-25 (on Christmas day?!) has been made but the decision is nowhere to be found (a VPN in Russia is needed to see the court’s website). Why? Without access to the court decision, one can only guess that it could be because PROMINEE® is attached to a company registered in the USA, which ... Read more

Od 5. června 2024 bude Rwanda moci vydávat a přijímat apostily! Rwanda je majákem čistoty v Africe.

Po desetiletích zpátečnictví, staromódní a bolestivé legalizace prostřednictvím ambasád: Kanada bude od 11. ledna 2024 konečně prosazovat Haagskou úmluvu o apostile.!

S velkým potěšením je nyní Čína ode dneška součástí Haagské úmluvy o apostilách (07/LISTOPAD/2023). Bohužel, čínské apostily nejsou (ještě) uznané Indií a jakýmikoli jinými státy, které Čína neuznala, To se ale s největší pravděpodobností změní v (blízký) budoucnost.

Někdy může být i ta nejzákladnější právní struktura zcela zvrácená, aby se stala něčím nezákonným. Vezměme si například tento manželský pár britského páru, který chce založit svěřenský fond v Belize. Kontaktovali licencovaného místního agenta, a zaplatil tučný poplatek za vytvoření svěřenského fondu (7x dražší než PROMINEE®). Během sepisování svěřenecké listiny: manželé vyjádřili přání, aby mohli do svěřenského fondu přispívat. Licencovaný místní agent v Belize vytvořil chiméru: svěřenský fond s 2x zakladateli/zřizovateli! Nejen to, ale nikdy neposlali podepsanou listinu svým vlastním zákazníkům. For those unaware ... Read more