- reservation application and reply
- Directors TIN (Tax identity number)
- Directors Identity documents
- declaration of Compliance
- does not exceed E 30.000 > (E925.00)
- does not exceed E 50.000 > (E1300.00)
- exceeds E 50.000 < (E1825.00)
- A certified copy of the memorandum and Certificate of Incorporation of the company in English and if not written in English a certified translation in English from the country of origin. A notice of a registered office in Swaziland which shall be a place located in premises to which all communications be addressed to and delivered.
- A registered postal address to which all mail notices may be served to.
- The name and addresses of the auditor of the company in Swaziland.
- Each director if permanently employed will provide his full forenames, surnames, or any other name, his nationality, occupation, his relevant qualifications, his residential, business, and postal addresss, proof of compliance with the immigration laws and his date of appointment in the company.
- The local manager, secretaries and any other member of the executive will also submit their full forenames, surname, nationality occupation, relevant qualifications, their residential, business and postal addresses, proof of compliance with immigration laws and their appointment in the company.
- The Registrar may on written application or on an online application reserve a name pending registration of a Company or a change of a name by an existing company and such reservation and such the reservation shall be 60 days or much longer period, not in all exceeding in all 90 days ,as The Registrar may, for special reasons allow.
- No name shall be reserved and no Company shall be registered by a name which is identical with that for which a reservation is current or with that of a registered company or a registered foreign Company, which so resembles any such name as to be calculated to deceive unless the registered company or registered foreign company is in liquidation and signified its consent to the registration in such manner as the Registrar may require.
- Unless ordered by The Minister, the Registrar shall not register a company by a name which in his opinion is calculated to mislead the public or to cause annoyance or an offence to any person or class of persons or is suggestive of blasphemy or indecency, or a name representing an occupation for which personal qualifications are required.
- Without the consent of the Minister, no Company shall be registered by a name which include the words “Commonwealth, Crown, Government, Royal, Prime Minister, State”, or the combined words “United Nations, or any other word or words, abbreviation or initial which import or suggest that it enjoys or will enjoy the patronage of the King or Ngwenyama, or of the
- Government of any other country or of any department of any such Government or of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
COMPANY REGISTRATION FEES
Payment fees where Nominal capital does not exceed E10.000 > (E625.00)
Foreign companies to be registered locally
A foreign company shall within 21 (twenty one) days after establishing a place of business in Swaziland lodge with the office of the Registrar of Companies in compliance with the Companies Act;
* Company registration payment fees for foreign companies are the same as those for local companies.
A Form J will be lodged within 21 days from the date of Incorporation of the company. This is a form for confirmation and alterations for company directors and members of the company.
COMPANY RENEWALS
Every company including a foreign company shall not earlier than the 1 st of July or later than 31 st August of any calendar year make annual returns in the prescribed Form C accompanied by the prescribed fee. The annual return shall be signed by one of the directors or secretary of the company and a copy shall be lodged with the office of the Registrar of Companies accompanied by a receipt of payment from the government revenue.
Public companies and Associations not for gain shall send to the Registrar of Companies a copy of the companies and associations of audited annual financial statements.
COMPANY FORMS FOR REGISTRATION AND UPDATES
ONLINE SERVICES WALKTHROUGH:
Accessing the system
The system shall be accessed via the internet by using any browser such as the internet explorer, Firefox, and Google chrome. Internally within the Swaziland government network, i.e. any government office where there is the government network, the system shall be accessed using the following URL: https://govoline
Otherwise anywhere else outside the government intranet the system available shall accessed on INTERNET EXPLORER or any web browser by typing this URL:
https://www.online.gov.sz on the address bar. You will be taken through a security certificate, press PROCEED to be logged on.
To access the Company online name search and the company reservation modules you click on the Business tab on the menu and further select Business registration and you will find the following links.
1.Company name search
2. Company reservation
The result is that if the name already exists from the database then the list of similar names shall be shown in a grid on the search screen. This means that you cannot reserve this name because it is similar to a Company name that is registered or reserved in the database. If on the other hand no list of similar names is displayed on the grid then the name you specified can be reserved because it is not in the database.
Company name reservation.
The system logon screen as shown above requires that the user provides the username and password in order to access the reservation module. This will be availed during the sign in. The purpose of the logon screen is so that we can have a database of the people who access our system and also to be able to display a view of the company names that have already been reserved by the individual.
NB:
Justice building 3 rd floor
