Category: Aktualności

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 ... Czytaj więcej

W świecie, w którym przejrzystość stale rośnie: Stany Zjednoczone przyjęły “Ustawa o przejrzystości korporacyjnej” wymaganie ujawnienia jakiegokolwiek Beneficjenta Rzeczywistego posiadającego ponad 25% kontrola. Ustawa obejmuje LLC i Statutory Trusts jako podmioty sprawozdawcze. Zostanie to wprowadzone nie później niż: 1Styczeń 2023. Niezastosowanie się do wymogów sprawozdawczych Ustawy może skutkować karami cywilnymi w wysokości do $10,000, a także karę więzienia w przypadku naruszenia przepisów karnych. Teraz kluczowe jest zorganizowanie swoich spraw i struktur w zgodnej sprawie przed terminem. Contact us to know how this ... Czytaj więcej

In March 2020 the beneficial owners of every companies in the Seychelles will be registered in a database to which the Financial Intelligence Unit and other local agencies have direct access. The register only accepts natural persons and do not accept legal persons. It has to be noted that both the nominee and the nominator have to be registered. If the beneficial owner is a trust there is no shelter: either the settlor or all the beneficial owners will have to be registered. Companies incorporated in the Seychelles can move to another jurisdiction (Skontaktuj się z nami). For reference: attached below is ... Czytaj więcej

What a genocide by the Belize IFSC: they did not renew 16 operatorzy. 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.