Foreign company registration in South Africa can be done manually and here you will find everything you need to know about the registration process, how to find your company registration number, documents and applications for all your company registration needs. A Foreign company is an organization that is formed outside of South Africa regardless of whether it is a non-profit or profit company or carrying business in South Africa. Get Started today and follow our in-depth guide on everything on foreign company registration.
Foreign Company Registration Process
- Register as a customer
- Register your company manually
- Registration fees
- How to find your company registration number
Register as a customer
Step 1- Get Started
Go to eservices.cipc.co.za and click on “Customer Registration”
Step 2- Identification
Indicate if you are a South African citizen or not and fill in the required information to continue to sign up process.
Step 3- Personal Information
Fill in your personal information in the space provided and when done, click on the register at the bottom of the page.
Step 4- Confirmation
You will then receive your confirmation message and your customer code. Your customer code will form part of your login ID.
Register your company manually
For you to complete registering your company manually you will need to complete the following forms:
- CoR 20.1
- CoR20.1A
- CoR21.2
- The company’s founding documents and certificate of incorporation have to be attached to the email
- Certified copy of applicant’s ID
- Certified copy of passport for incorporators, directors and representatives
- Power of attorney (if applicable)
All the information on these documents must be translated if the original is not one of the official South African languages. Once all the information has been provided send the documents to [email protected].
Registration fees
Deposit R400 into the CIPC banking account with the reference number being your customer code.
Account name: CIPC
Account number: 4055 68 1017
Branch name: Van der Walt Street
Payment reference: CUSTOMER CODE
How to find your company registration number
Step 1- Login
Go to bizportal.gov.za/login and type in your login details. In the case you don’t have a South African ID, please click on the green slider above the information block and provide the information required
Step 2- Search
Click on the search icon on the top right corner of the page and wait to be redirected
Step 3- Company search
Scroll down and change the search criteria from “Search by” to “Enterprise Name”. Then type the company’s name in the space provided on the right and click “Search”.
Step 4- Registration number
You should then be able to see the enterprise name and the tracking number associated with the company. Please note your registration number will end with a / and 2 digits at the end of the number, the other 10 digit number with no “/” is your reservation number for the company name.
*Please note all the above information is best to be discussed with one of our qualified accountants to verify all information is accurate, correct and up to date.