Hong Kong Offshore Company Formation: Ultimate Guide

Step by step guide to incorporate Hong Kong company

Before the start of the engagement to incorporate Hong Kong company, it is important for our international clients to know what to expect throughout the engagements. In this way, our clients are able to better plan for travel, signing of business contracts and issuing of sales invoices.

• Our team of experts will recommend the most suitable business entity depending on our international clients’ business goals and activities. The most common option is to incorporate a Hong Kong offshore company using our legal registered address. With this option, our international clients are able to conduct business using a Hong Kong company and enjoy tax exemptions for overseas profit. Our team will communicate closely with our clients to determine the optimum paid up share capital, corporate structure and whether there is a need to apply for any licenses.
• Tetra Consultants will assist our international clients to reserve the preferred company name. Tetra Consultants will provide our international clients a local registered address and company secretary. Our legal team will also draft articles of incorporation, business plan and other required incorporation documents for our clients’ review. Once confirmed, we will submit the same to Hong Kong Companies Registry to incorporate Hong Kong company.
• On average, the company registration will be completed within 1 week after receiving all required KYC documents. Once the company is registered, Tetra Consultants will courier the Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum & Articles of Association, Register of Directors and Register of Shareholders to our clients’ preferred addresses.
• Thereafter, Tetra Consultants will immediately proceed to open a corporate bank account for the newly-established company. There will be 2 options for our clients to choose from. Firstly, you can choose to open a corporate bank account with a reputable Hong Kong bank such as Citibank or HSBC. These banks are world-class institutions with excellent internet banking facilities. However, Hong Kong banks will require our clients to travel to Hong Kong to sign the account opening forms. Our banking team will accompany our clients to the bank meetings to ensure a seamless and swift account opening process.
• Alternatively, Tetra Consultants can provide our clients non-travel corporate banking solutions. We will contact global banks to board your newly-established Hong Kong companies. In most cases, Tetra Consultants secure banking solutions in Switzerland, Singapore and other offshore-friendly banks for our international clients. From our experience, the recommendation is to contact both local and overseas banks to ensure minimal time delay in this part of the engagement. This is due to the increasing scrutiny of the bank’s on-boarding team and compliance team.
• On average, the corporate bank account will be opened within 4 weeks after company incorporation. Tetra Consultants will courier the internet banking token and access codes to our clients’ preferred addresses. See this webpage to find out more about corporate bank account opening for Hong Kong companies.
• Contact us to find out more about how to set up business in Hong Kong. Our team of experts will revert within the next 24 hours.

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