For founders outside Singapore
Singapore law requires a director who lives in Singapore and a registered office here. We provide both, verify you on a live video call, and help you open your business account.
Every engagement starts with a fixed-fee quote in writing. No work begins until you approve it.
At a glance
These apply however small your company is, and wherever its owners live.
At least one director must be ordinarily resident in Singapore. If a company carries on business without one for more than 6 months, a shareholder who knows can be personally liable for the company's debts from that period.
Companies Act 1967, s145(1) and s145(10)From the day it's incorporated, your company needs a Singapore address for official letters and notices, open to the public for at least 3 hours on each business day.
Companies Act 1967, s142(1)Every company needs one, and if you're the only director you can't also be the secretary. Our company secretary service covers this.
Companies Act 1967, s171(1) and s171(1E) Company secretary details →As a corporate service provider we must verify who you are. For an overseas founder we do it on a live video call, so you don't need to travel.
Corporate Service Providers Regulations 2025, reg 28A nominee director is a Singapore-resident director who fills the legal requirement while you run your business.
Companies Act 1967 s145A and s386AKA; Corporate Service Providers Act 2024 s16.
Because a nominee director takes on real legal responsibility, we ask more about your company's purpose and where its funds come from before we arrange one.
Your company's official Singapore address — the one on ACRA's records and on letters from government agencies.
This is a registered address service, not office space.
Founders have come to us after their previous provider couldn't help with this.
Each provider makes its own decision and sets its own requirements; a bank may ask a director to attend in person.
A 15-minute call or a short message about your plans for Singapore.
A fixed-fee quote in writing within 1 business day of receiving the details of the company you want to form.
Certified copies of your passport and proof of address, then a short live video call to verify you.
We file with ACRA and your UEN is issued — typically within 1–2 business days once complete information and cleared payment are received.
Your passport and proof of address need to be certified as true copies by a notary public, Commissioner for Oaths or lawyer — or covered by a statutory declaration. Full document list →
Not to incorporate. We verify you on a live video call and handle the filing from here. A bank may have its own requirements when you open an account later.
No. You run the business. The nominee director meets the residency requirement and, like any director, must act lawfully. The agreement sets out how you keep them informed.
Once another director who lives in Singapore is in place. The law doesn't allow a company's only resident director to resign, so a replacement comes first.
If you, or another director, come to live in Singapore, that person can become the resident director and the nominee can then step down.
Singapore's anti-money-laundering rules require corporate service providers to verify every client — with extra checks when we haven't met in person. It protects you, too: it makes it much harder for anyone to set up a company in your name.
You get a fixed-fee quote in writing before any work starts. The nominee director and registered address are yearly services; everything is explained up front — no hidden costs.
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