Category: Nyheter

Från och med den 05/JUN/2024 kommer Rwanda att kunna utfärda och acceptera apostiller! Rwanda är en ledstjärna för renlighet i Afrika.

Efter årtionden av efterbliven, gammaldags och smärtsamma legaliseringar genom ambassader: Kanada kommer äntligen att verkställa Haagkonventionens apostillkonvention från och med den 11/JAN/2024!

Det är med stor glädje som Kina från och med i dag är en del av Haagkonventionen om apostille (07/NOVEMBER 2023). Tyvärr är de kinesiska apostillena inte det (ännu) erkänd av Indien och alla andra stater som inte erkänns av Kina, Men detta kommer med största sannolikhet att förändras under (nära) framtid.

Från och med den 4 juni 2022: Indonesien kommer nu att kunna bestyrka dokument med en Apostille (och acceptera även sådana dokument). Det är av största vikt för ett land att vara en del av denna konvention eftersom det ökar handel och investeringar. Källa: 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?

Wyomings utrikesminister höjer sina priser: från $50 till $60 för årsredovisningen ; från $0 till $5 för byte av registrerad agent ; $10 per serie (vid skapandetiden eller inkorporeringstiden). Det var möjligt att skapa ett obegränsat antal serier före det datumet: 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 serie. Certificate of ... Read more

In a world where transparency is always increasing: the US has adopted the “Corporate Transparency Act” 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

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 (kontakta oss). For reference: attached below is ... Read more

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