How to start a business in Samoa: International Company (IC)

Preparation

• Our advisory team will advise you on an organization type of Samoa company that fits your business activity.
• Advisory team will check the company name for a new company. There are some regulation regarding the name which won’t be used for the registration if the name
  • Is identical or almost identical to the name of another company; or
  • Would contravene any enactment in relation to the use of names; or
  • Which contravenes regulations made under this Act in relation to company names; or
  • Which the Registrar considers to be offensive.
• You will be informed about Samoa’s obligation, taxation policy, financial year, renewal date for your company in Samoa.

Your Samoa company details:

• We need information of your company Director, Shareholder, along with the shares ratio.
• Choose recommended services for your Samoa company:
  • Bank account: You can achieve bank account in many banks in the world with Samoa entity. You can choose most of the bank options in the list (except UAE, Switzerland, Hong Kong).
  • Nominee services: Using the Nominee services so the information of Nominee will be shown on Company Registration’s website.
  • Serviced office: Choose your favorite jurisdiction for Service address. You can have many Service address all over the world.
  • Intellectual Property & Trademark service: You can register Intellectual Property in all of the jurisdictions with Samoa entity.
  • Merchant account: this service will be fulfilled after the corporate bank account is activated.
  • Bookkeeping: The service may or may not be used in the future upon your request.
• Processing time: You can select 2 time frames depending on the urgency of your request. For normal cases, a company can be formed in about 2-3 working days, while urgent cases can be processed and completed in 1 working day only. The process duration counts after the receipt of full payment and all required documents.

Payment for Your Favorite Samoa Company

We accept payment with various payment methods, namely:

• Credit/Debit card (Visa/ Master/ Amex).
• Paypal: you can make a payment using your PayPal account.
• Bank Transfer: You can make an international wire transfer to our bank accounts. A list of various banks is available for your most convenience It is possible to transfer through IBAN/SEPA if you are living in the Europe. Otherwise, SWIFT will also work, taking from 3 to 5 days.

Send the company kit to your address

• Your company original documents will be sent to your provided address via via mail (DHL/ TNT/ FedEX). Bank account opening, Serviced office, license or Trademark application can be subsequently fulfilled at this time.
• It may take 2 to 5 working days to deliver the company kit after your company is incorporated.
• Upon the issuance of the Certificate of Incorporation , your company is ready to do business worldwide!