Important
Information
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Foreign
Jurisdiction Information
Business
Number Information
Directors
Head
Office Information
Attorney
Information
Notification
Company
Email Address
Annual
Report Reminders
Pay
and File
Your
Receipt
Foreign
Jurisdiction Information
The proposed extraprovincial company must provide the Corporate
Registry with the foreign entity's corporate number and name in
the foreign entity's home jurisdiction. If the foreign corporation
resulted from an amalgamation or similar process, enter the jurisdiction
in which the most recent amalgamation or similar process occurred.
Or, if the corporation has since the later of its incorporation
or any amalgamation been continued or otherwise transferred, enter
the jurisdiction into which the corporation was most recently
continued or transferred.
Business
Number Information
The Provincial Government of British Columbia has entered into
a partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to use the
federal Business Number (BN) as a convenient way for businesses
to identify themselves when communicating with government.
The Corporate Registry, under the authority of the Business
Number Act, is therefore collecting the BN from both corporations
applying for registration and those currently registered in British
Columbia.
Your Business Number would be displayed as a 15 character identifier,
for example: 82123 5679 RC 0001 on any documents received from
the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. The first nine numbers
uniquely identify your business - it's those numbers we need.
Read more information about the business
number.
Directors
If you do not have a business number (BN9) the name of a director
of your corporation must be entered so that the Corporate Registry
can request a BN9 for you. The director's name is confidential
information and is collected under the authority of the Business Number Act for
an extraprovincial company. It will not be disclosed to
the searching public.
Head
Office Information
The delivery and mailing addresses of the head office for the
foreign entity, whether or not the head office is in BC, must
be entered. The delivery address must be for a location
that is accessible to the public between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
on business days for the delivery of records. The delivery
address must not be a post office box.
Attorney
Information
A foreign entity registering as an extraprovincial company MUST have one or more attorneys,
unless its head office is in BC. In this case, the foreign
entity MAY choose to appoint one or more attorneys, but it is
not required. Each attorney for an extraprovincial company
must be either,
If the attorney is an individual, the delivery address is the
address of the office in BC where the individual can usually be
reached between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on business days for the
delivery of records. A delivery address must not be
a post office box.
Or, if the attorney is a BC company, the delivery address is
for the registered office of the company, which must be for a
location in BC that is accessible to the public between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m. on business days for the delivery of records. A
delivery address must not be a post office box.
Notification
There are two notification screens that allow you to indicate
how you would like to receive the documents issued by the registrar
as a result of filing an extraprovincial registration.
The first screen lets you indicate the location to send the
official registration documents for the Extraprovincial Registration.
These documents include a Certificate of Registration and
a copy of the Registration Statement.
The second screen lets you indicate how the appointed attorney(s)
would like to receive the documents.
In both cases, you can choose to have the documents picked up
at the Corporate Registry by agent or courier, emailed or mailed
to an address already entered or mailed to another address.
See Notifications
for a list of documents issued by the Corporate Registry as a
result of filing an Extraprovincial Registration.
Within two to three working days, the staff will sort and prepare
the documents for pick up or mail out. If you require copies
of your documents prior to them being printed and made ready for
pickup or mailing out, you can use the View and Print a Previous
Filing function from the Main Menu of Corporate Online to "view"
and "print" a copy of these documents for free. However,
these documents that you can view and print are not certified
copies.
Company
Email Address
The Corporate Registry is beginning to collect company email
addresses to make communicating with companies easier and faster
in the future.
The email address will only be used by the Corporate Registry
to communicate with our customers.
Annual
Report Reminders
Your annual report reminder will be only emailed to the company's
email address. This email will remind you to file your next
Annual Report.
Pay and
File
Please view the complete draft of your filing by clicking "View
Draft Filing" before you pay to ensure all of the information
on the form is complete and correct. You require Adobe Acrobat
Reader. It is advisable to print your receipt at this time.
See the fee schedule to review
the fee for this filing.
Your
Receipt
When you are presented with the receipt, you will be able to
view a print-friendly version of the your filed document
and the receipt. You require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Assumed
Names
A foreign entity that has its own name rejected as not available
may reserve and adopt an assumed name for use in British Columbia.
In order to complete the registration of an extraprovincial
company in BC with an assumed name, the foreign entity must
provide the registrar with a covering letter, attaching an undertaking
to carry on business in BC under an assumed name. Download a sample wording of the undertaking.
The Names Unit of the BC Registry Services will flag the name
reservation to say the undertaking is required before online registration
can take place. This flag will not be released and thus
the filing of the extraprovincial registration will not be able
to take place, until the undertaking has been received at the
BC Registry Services.
Getting
Started
Select "Statement of Extraprovincial Registration"
from the Services Menu. To access the Services Menu, click
"Other filings, services and paper forms" from the Main
Menu.
Before you begin, ensure you have the following information
on hand:
|
The
name reservation number for the proposed company, if applicable.
Assumed name for the proposed company, if applicable. |
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Corporate
number assigned to the foreign entity by its current jurisdiction. |
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Current
name in the foreign jurisdiction. |
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Foreign
entity's date of incorporation, organization or most recent
date of amalgamation or continuation. |
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Foreign
entity's current jurisdiction of incorporation, organization,
amalgamation or continuation. |
While you are completing the form, you can view a draft of the
information you have entered by clicking "View Draft Filing"
from the left sidebar. To view the document, you require
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED AS A GUIDE ONLY
AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BUSINESS
CORPORATIONS ACT AND THE REGULATION
UNDER THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT |
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