Need-to-knows for Startups: What does the establishment dossier include?

The enterprise registration dossier includes all the documents showing the primary information of an enterprise. Hereafter are the documents in the enterprise registration dossier that every enterprise must-have.

The enterprise registration dossier is an important factor that contributes to an enterprise’s success. The enterprise registration dossier is prescribed in detail at the Articles 21, 22, 23, 24 of the Decree No. 01/2021/ND-CP as follows:

Type of enterprise.

Papers and documents

Private enterprises
(Article 21)

- A copy of the personal identification paper of the private enterprise owner. Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports or other documents.

Partnerships
(Article 22)

- A written request for enterprise registration.

- The partnership’s charter

- List of members

- Copies of:

+ Personal identification papers: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

+ Organization identification papers of partnership members being organizations Establishment decision, enterprise registration certificate, valid citizenship identity or ID cards of legal representatives...

+ Organization identification papers of partnership members being foreign organizations: Copies of their organization identification papers shall be consular legalized;

+ Personal identification papers of representatives under authorization (If any): Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports, and their powers of attorney...

+ For an enterprise established or jointly established by foreign investors or foreign-invested economic organizations: The investment registration certificate.

A limited liability company with two or more members, joint stock companies (Article 23)

- A written request for enterprise registration.

- The partnership’s charter.

- A list of members (a limited liability company with two or more members); or a list of founding shareholders and shareholders being foreign investors (a joint stock company).

- Copies of the following papers:

- Legal papers (copies) of:

. The company’s representatives being individuals: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. Company’s members, founding shareholders or shareholders, who are foreign investors, being individuals: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. Company’s members, founding shareholders or shareholders, who are foreign investors, being organization: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports of the representatives; establishment decision or business registration certificate or enterprise registration certificate...

. Representatives authorized by the company’s members, founding shareholders or shareholders, who are foreign investors, being organizations: Their powers of attorney with above documents

+ If the members and shareholders are foreign organizations, copies of their organization identification papers shall be consular legalized; The investment registration certificate.

A single-member limited liability company
(Article 24)

- A written request for enterprise registration.

- The company’s charter.

- Copies of the following papers:

- Legal papers (copies) of:

. At-law representatives of enterprises being individual: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. Company owners being individual: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports;

. The company owners (except for the company owner being the State) being organizations: Valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or Vietnamese passports of the representatives; establishment decision or business registration certificate or enterprise registration certificate...

. Their powers of attorney: Documents for powers of attorney, valid citizenship identity or ID cards, or passports of the attorney.

+ For an enterprise established by foreign investors or foreign-invested economic organizations in accordance with the Law on Investment and guiding documents: The investment registration certificate.


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