There are two ways to register as a Registered Agent for incorporating
companies in Anguilla. Either option allows the Registered Agent
access to the ACORN system.
The first is as a licensed Company Manager or as a licensed Trust
Company in Anguilla. The second is as an Overseas Agent to one
of the existing local Registered Agents.
How To Register As A Company
Manager Or Trust Company
The underlying legislation for both these
areas can be found on this website under the menu item "Financial Services Legislation".
Both licences require that an application be submitted to the
Director of Financial Services. With respect to a Trust Licence,
interested persons should contact directly the Director of Financial
Services for further information on Restricted and General Trust
licences. Similarly, additional information on registering as a
Company Manager can be obtained by contacting the Director or Financial
Services.
How to Register as an Overseas Agent
ACORN provides approved overseas
agents with a virtual presence in Anguilla, thereby allowing them
to serve their clients needs direct with the registry. The procedure
for registration as an overseas agent is as follows:
* The overseas agent must establish a commercial agency agreement
with an Anguillian licensed practitioner, who will, among other
things, satisfy the requirement for a registered office in Anguilla
* The Anguillian agent will also have to satisfy itself as to
the fit and proper qualities of the overseas agen
* The overseas agent must then be approved by the Financial Services Commission by means of a simple application
Click here for further
details of how to register
Click for licensed
practitioners or contact
the Financial Services Commission
ACORN is not a public access system and is subject to proper regulation.
Eligible overseas professionals are invited to register with the
Director of Financial Services as agents of locally licensed company
managers thereby enabling access to the full range of company registry
services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Registration as an authorized
overseas agent is in the form of a simple licensing application
which can now be downloaded. ACORN is a value added service. The
cost of registering and access to the system is completely
free of Government fees. However, there is a minimum requirement of
25 incorporations/continuances to maintain this free status.
The
completed application form should be forwarded to the Financial Services Commission through the locally based company manager for
whom you intend to act as an agent. A full list of company managers,
trust companies and solicitors, all of whom are licensed to undertake
company formation and management, is available in the Financial
Services Directory within this site.
Please feel free to contact
any of the firms listed in the directory. They shall be happy to
discuss your needs and the terms of the "agency
agreement" which is essentially a commercial contract between
you, as the overseas agent, and the agent of your choice.
Alternatively, you may wish to contact the Financial Services Commission
directly:
Director of Financial Services
Mr. Richard Hands
Tel: +1 264 497 5881/3881
Fax: +1 264 497 5872/8053
Registrar of Companies
Lanston Connor
Tel: +1 264 497 5881/3881
Fax: +1 264 497 5872/8053
How does an agent pay for registration
activity?
All agents, whether local or overseas, will be required to credit
ACORN with a sum of money appropriate to the volume of business
which the agent anticipates undertaking. Payment, which is left
to the discretion of each agent since there is no minimum nor maximum
amount, is made through the Government of Anguilla. An overseas
agent can do this either directly or in conjunction with its licensed
practitioner in Anguilla. In either case, when an activity is undertaken,
the system will show an on-screen record of the cost of the transaction
together with the balance of the account available. The fees applicable
to those activities can be checked directly under the enquiries
menu on the system.
Click here to download Offshore Bank or General Trust Company
application form
Click here to download Company Manager application
form
Click here to download Overseas Agent application form
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