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The Offshore Blog from, 10.10.2020

Seychelles company documents

Due to our links with the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) and because we are on site in the Seychelles, we have the ability to request all information and copies of documents of IBC companies incorporated in the Seychelles directly from the FSA and provide notarised copies of company documents as legalised company certificates.
In addition, we offer the possibility to provide all documents with a Hague Apostille by the Supreme Court of the Seychelles, so that all documents are guaranteed to be recognised worldwide according to the Hague Convention by any authority or bank.

All documents will be prepared by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority and sent to you by email within 2 - 5 days. Optionally, we can also arrange shipment via DHL Express Courier for you.

We can request the following documents for you via the FSA:

Certificate of Official Search (Search request and research of a company)
certificate of good standing (Certificate of the state of a company)
certificate of incorporation (Certificate of incorporation)
certificate of dissolution (certificate of dissolution, if available)
Memorandum & Articles of Association (Articles of Association of the company)
Extract of resolutions (extract from the decisions, if available)

FSA, the Seychelles Registry

The Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) is the regulatory authority for non-banking financial services in the Seychelles. It was established under the Seychelles Financial Services Authority Act and is responsible for the registration of International Business Companies (IBCs).

Seychelles Company Search

We can provide a company search on companies registered under the International Business Companies Act. This includes the following information from the Seychelles Financial Services Authority. If you request a company search or documents from an IBC, we will need the company name and/or company number to request the documents from the FSA.

The companies Recherche in the Seychelles includes the following information:

Name of the company
Company registration number
date of incorporation
The search report contains an extract from the Seychelles Financial Services Authority, issued under the International Business Companies Act 2016, confirming the latest company details including company status.
Current legal status: Good status or not
Authorized share capital
Guarantee amount of the company - if applicable
Number of outstanding fees registered by the company
Number of fulfilled and deleted registered fees
Date and description of each registered mortgage or charge
Copy of the register of fees - if available.
If fees are filed with the Registry, it is available and contains the IBC name, IBC role, IBC address, date of registration, type, name of the other party in the mortgage/encumbrance, address, date of the deed, amount secured, description of the assets affected by the deed, confirmation if deleted
Address of the registered office
Name and address of the Registered Agent
Last payment date and due date of the next annual fees
The register of directors for Seychelles companies need not be filed with the Seychelles Register of International Business Companies in accordance with the requirements of IBC Act 2016, this is held privately by the company and is therefore not available

The search report is issued by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority as a certificate of official search.
You can find further information and an order form at Certificate of Official Search

Domestic companies of Seychelles

Only international trading companies are registered with the Financial Services Authority, there is a separate register for domestic Seychelles companies.

No company search excerpt is available there, the company search and the available documents are also slightly different. If you need a domestic company search, we need the company name and company number to check the company file.

For further information and an order possibility please contact us: Contact to Offshore Seychelles

Extract from the search for a Seychelles certified & apostilled companies

We can get a certified Apostille provided with a company search excerpt. The search extract will contain the latest details of the target company as filed with the Seychelles Financial Services Authority.

You can find further information and an order form at Hague Apostille

Company Records

A company in Seychelles must file its Memorandum and Articles of Association together with any amendments. Company records are kept by the company at its registered office in Seychelles. Books and records must be kept for all companies, but these do not have to be filed with the Seychelles Registry and are kept confidential. The Register need only be notified of the address where the company's records are kept.

A register of directors for Seychelles companies must be filed with the Seychelles Register of International Business Companies in accordance with the requirements of IBC Act 2016, but this is kept private. The register of directors is therefore not open to the public.

Seychelles Clearance certificate and Seychelles quality mark

We can have a certificate of good standing issued by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority that confirms that the company is in good standing.

The certificate attests to the following points:

The company was duly incorporated under the International Business Act, 1994, 2016 and 2018.
The company is still registered in the Register of International Business Companies and the company has paid all royalties and penalties due under the provisions of the International Business Act , 1994, 2016 and 2018.
The company has not submitted to the Register any merger or consolidation article that has not yet entered into force.
The company has not submitted to the Registry any article of an agreement which has not yet entered into force.
The company is not in liquidation or dissolution.
No procedure has been initiated to delete the name of the company from the said register.
As far as can be seen from the documents filed with the Register, the company is in good legal standing.
The certificate shall be provided with an official seal, stamp and signature of the register by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority

Under Seychelles IBC Act, should there be an application for a certificate of good repute for a company which is not in good standing, a certificate of official search provided by the FSA instead of a certificate of good repute

You can find further information and an order form at : Certificate of Good Standing

Memorandum of Understanding of Seychelles

We can obtain a certified original copy of the Certificate of Incorporation (COI) for an IBC company registered in the Seychelles under the International Business Companies Act, from the FSA on your behalf and send it by email or optionally by DHL Express Courier for the use of our customers.

You can find further information and an order form at certificate of incorporation

Restoration of a Seychelles Company (IBC)

If a company in Seychelles has been deleted from the register, a director or shareholder of the company may file a request for restoration of the company.

In order to restore the company, all outstanding annual royalties and default penalties would have to be paid to the Seychelles Financial Services Authority. Once the company is restored, we can apply to the Registry for a certificate of good standing for the Seychelles IBC.

We offer a corporate recovery service and can help you get your Seychelles company back in good shape.

For further information and an order possibility please contact us: Contact to Offshore Seychelles

Seychelles documents with an apostille

The apostille is a certificate attached to the company document that confirms the authenticity of the signature and the stamp of the register. In the Seychelles, company documents are legalised with it and receive the apostille stamp from the authorised representative of the Supreme Court of Seychelles.

Copies of apostilled company documents that we obtain for you are from the Seychelles Financial Services Authority:

Certificate of incorporation
Memorandum and Articles of Association / Statutes
Certificates of good standing
Extract from the company search
An apostille certifies the documentation and allows the speaker to bypass another certification and use the documents immediately in the intended country.

Seychelles company documents legalised by the Supreme Court of Seychelles

For companies incorporated in the Seychelles, there are several notary's offices in the Seychelles. Company documents are authenticated by the Registry and at the Notaries' offices and are accompanied by an Apostille from the Supreme Court of Seychelles. This is an additional service.

You can find further information and an order form at Notarial certification