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Documents required for opening/update/close an offshore account

All non-residents within offshore banking objects, including registered offshore companies, firms, enterprises, factories, organizations, banks, deposit companies and fund organizations, as well as governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and individuals, can open an offshore account.

To open an offshore account, a customer should, in principle, submit the documents the same as those submitted to the banks in the country or region where he is located in. A customer may refer to List of Offshore Account Opening Documents in the Files for Reference based on its registered location and organization form to prepare and submit the documents as per the specific requirements, and open an offshore account rapidly through a variety of document submission and signature card.

  Documents required for opening an offshore account
1.     The certificate of incorporation;
2.     The business registration certificate, with seal of lawyer/accountant;
3.     Latest annual return (incorporation for one year or above)
4.     Memorandum of association and articles of association
5.     ID cards or passports of Board directors / persons with signature authority (the same as the documents provided at the time of incorporation).
 

To update an offshore account  To update an offshore account means that after the account is valid, some information of the LLC change, including the board directors, persons with signature authority, any documents handed over to SDB, mailing address, registered address, and company name, etc.
  Once any information changed, please apply to update your account. The documents for application include:
    1. Offshore Account Update Application;
    2. ID cards or passports of Board directors / persons with signature authority;
    3. The certificate of incorporation;
    4. Certificate of good standing and related documents.
  If the authorized persons or the signatures were changed, please hand over the following documents as well:
    1. Signature Update Application;
    2. Both the old Signature Cards and the new ones.
 To close an offshore account  Please hand over the following documents to close an offshore account:
    1. Offshore Account Close Application;
    2. ID cards or passports of Board directors / persons with signature authority;
    3. Signature cards and Advice of Offshore Account;
    4. Application for Outward Remittance (If the balance was not zero).