Certificate of Business Registration(sample)

Once the incorporation process is complete, in order to register your business, you either need to visit the Tax Office or register online at hometax.go.kr. Foreigners without an alien registration number will not be able to login at the HomeTax website, and therefore have no choice but to visit the Tax Office which administers the location of the business address. Required documents include the following :

1. Application Sheet for Business Registration – the application form can be downloaded from the Enforcement Rule of the Corporate Tax Act.
2. Certificate of Corporate Seal (original copy) – from the Registry Office 
3. Certificate of Corporate Registry – All Information (original copy) – from the Registry Office
4. A copy of the Articles of Incorporation
5. List of Shareholders(or Members) with the corporate seal
6. Lease Agreement of the Business Address
7. Identification (usually copy of passport) of the Company Representative
8. Certificate of the Foreign Investment Report Application Form – from the bank the foreign investment report was made to. Foreign Investment Report is made to KOTRA or banks which conducts foreign exchange transactions.
9. Certificate of Foreign Exchange Transaction – from the bank same as above.

If all the necessary documents are in place, you will be issued the Certificate of Business Registration which looks like the document below in one or two days. This certificate is also issued online at hometax.go.kr–but for foreigners without an alien registration number will need to wait until the first Certificate of Business Registration is issued from the Tax Office.