Your offshore company:
A look at the paperwork

				Overview
				Certificate of Incorporation
				Memorandum and Articles
				Appointment of First Directors
				Minutes of First Meeting
				Register of Directors
				Register of Shareholders
				Share certificates
				Company seal
				Certificate of Good Standing
				Apostille
				Management agreement
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As far as most offshore havens are concerned, a Certificate of Incorporation is a document which confirms that your offshore company has in fact been properly organised and registered under the laws of the jurisdiction in question.

The Certificate is issued by the office of the Registrar of Companies (or similar body), and usually gives the name under which the company has been registered, its registration number, and the date on which it was registered.

Ideally, a Certificate of Incorporation will have a so-called apostille attached to it. An apostille is a certificate/confirmation issued by a competent authority of the country of incorporation and in this case guarantees the authenticity of the actual Certificate of Incorporation.

To have a Certificate of Incorporation apostilled ensures that it will be recognised as valid outside of the country of incorporation. This might be necessary if you decide to open a bank account for your new offshore company outside of its country of incorporation, or plan to transfer property into the company's ownership.

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