Kategoria: Uutinen

From 05/JUN/2024 Rwanda will be able to issue and accept Apostilles! Rwanda is a beacon of cleanliness in Africa.

After decades of backward, old fashioned and painful legalizations through embassies: Canada will finally enforce the Apostille Convention of the Hague from 11/JAN/2024!

It is with great delight that China is now part of the Hague Apostille convention from today (07/NOV/2023). Unfortunately the Chinese Apostilles are not (yet) recognized by India and any other states not recognized by China, but this will most likely change in the (near) future.

From the 4th June 2022: Indonesia will now be able to certify documents with an Apostille (and also accept such documents). It is paramount for a country to be part of this Convention as it increases commerce and investments. Source: https://www.hcch.net/en/news-archive/details/?varevent=825 Notable countries still not part of the Convention: Canada China Egypt Jordan Madagascar Malaysia Nigeria Pakistan Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Thailand United Arab Emirates Maybe Indonesia will lead the way to new countries?

The Wyoming Secretary of State is increasing its prices: from $50 to $60 for the Annual Report ; from $0 to $5 for a change of registered agent ; $10 per Series (at creation time or incorporation time). It was possible to create an unlimited amount of Series before that date: too bad if you have missed this opportunity. Our company has just saved $400 because we had created forty Series. The good news is that it is now possible to get a Certificate of Good Standing for a specific Series for a fee of $20 per Series. Certificate of ... Read more

In a world where transparency is always increasing: the US has adopted the “Yritysten avoimuuslaki” requiring the disclosure of any Beneficial Owner having over 25% control. The Act includes the LLCs and Statutory Trusts as reporting entities. This will be enforced no later than: 1st January 2023. Failure to comply with the Act’s reporting requirements can result in civil penalties of up to $10,000, as well as jail time in the case of criminal non-compliance. It is now crucial to organize your affairs and structures in a compliant matter prior to the deadline. Contact us to know how this ... Read more

Maaliskuussa 2020 kaikkien Seychellien yritysten tosiasialliset edunsaajat rekisteröidään tietokantaan, johon rahanpesun selvittelykeskuksella ja muilla paikallisilla virastoilla on suora pääsy. Rekisteriin hyväksytään vain luonnollisia henkilöitä eikä oikeushenkilöitä. On huomattava, että sekä ehdokas että nimeäjä on rekisteröitävä. Jos tosiasiallinen edunsaaja on trusti, suojaa ei ole: Joko perustaja tai kaikki tosiasialliset edunsaajat on rekisteröitävä. Seychelleille perustetut yritykset voivat siirtyä toiselle lainkäyttöalueelle (ota meihin yhteyttä). Viitteeksi: attached below is ... Read more

What a genocide by the Belize IFSC: they did not renew 16 Toimijoiden. The announcement is made at the end of April 2020 with effect from the 1st January 2020! That is a real problem with license-based jurisdictions (Seychelles is another one): suddenly an entire list of companies created by those operators become illegal. This official document is attached for reference: 30-04-2020-Revised-Public-Notice-3-Non-renewal-of-licences-for-2020Download

Since August, 2013 the West African country The Gambia launched its new iCommerce Registry of The Gambia. Behind this is the will of Captain Yahya A.J.J.Jammeh, the dictator so called “President of The Gambia”. We do not advise anybody to register a company there. Please see our next post in the Warnings category.