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Application for Registration of Business of Non-Philippine Nationals

All documents executed abroad must be notarized by a notary public and authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Embassy / Consulate of the country where the documents were issued.

Pre-Processing of Documents

All applications are considered officially accepted only upon submission of complete documents to appropriate government agency.

Approval

Decision or approval of the application should be made within fifteen (15) working days from official acceptance of said document/s. Otherwise, the application shall be considered as automatically approved if not acted upon within the said period for a cause not attributable to the applicant.

Agency Type of Business Requirements
Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Foreign Corporations
  • Domestic Corporations or Partnerships which are non-Philippine nationals

For New Domestic Corporation or Partnership -

 

  1. Articles of Incorporation / Partnership
  2. Name Verification Slip
  3. Bank Certificate of Deposit
  4. ICR (Immigrant Certificate of Registration), SIRV (Special Investors Resident Visa)
  5. Proof of inward remittance (for non-resident aliens)

For Foreign Corporation -

  1. 1. Name Verification Slip
  2. Certified Copy of Board Resolution authorizing the establishment of an office in the Philippines and designating the resident agency to whom summons and other legal processes may be served on behalf of the foreign corporation;
  3. Financial statements for the immediately preceding year at the time of filing of the application, certified by an independent Certified Public Accountant of the home country;
  4. Certified copies of the Articles of Incorporation / Partnership with an English translation if in a foreign language;
  5. Proof of inward remittance such as bank certificate of inward remittance or credit advices.

For representative offices, the amount initially remitted should be at least USD30,000.00
Bureau of Trade Regulations and Consumer Protection (BTRCP), Department of Trade and Industry -National Capital Region (DTI-NCR)
  • Single Proprietorships
  • Applications for Metro Manila
  1. Duly-accomplished BTRCP Form No. 17 and accompanying documents.
  2. If the enterprise is engaged in defense-related activities, a clearance from Department of National Defense (DND) or Philippine National Police (PNP)
  3. If a small and medium-sized domestic market enterprise with paid-in equity capital less than USD100,000.00, a certificate from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that the investment involves advance technology
  4. If an enterprise with at least 50 direct employees, a certification from the appropriate Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office
Provincial Extension Offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Corporations / Partnerships Same requirements as above
Provincial Offices of the DTI Sole Proprietorships Same requirements as above

Additional Requirements

Former natural-born Filipinos who wish to do business in the Philippines must also submit a copy of birth certificate issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO). For those born abroad, a certificate of birth from the appropriate government agency of the country where the birth is recorded will be required. It must show the father or mother to be a Filipino at the time of birth or if the citizenship of the parents is not indicated, additional proof that the parent is a Filipino citizen or has not lost his/her Filipino citizenship at the time of the applicant investor's birth.

Those born before 17 January 1973 of Filipino mothers must also submit all of the following -

  1. Certified true copies of his / her sworn statement of election of Filipino citizenship
  2. Oath of allegiance from civil registrar where documents were filed and/or forwarded
  3. Identification certificate issued by the Bureau of Immigration

In case of loss and/or destruction of record of birth or non-registration of birth, the following must be submitted:

  1. Certificate of non-availability of birth certificate on account of loss and/or destruction of birth record from the local civil registrar and/or appropriate government agency if birth was registered abroad.
  2. Copy of birth certificate of mother or father certified by the local civil registrar or the NSO
  3. Affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons attesting to their personal knowledge that at the time of the applicant's birth, the child was born of a Filipino mother or father.

Documents executed or issued abroad must be authenticated by the Philippine Embassy or Consulate having jurisdiction over the place of execution or issuance of document.