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Documents for registration of commercial foreign organizations in Belarus

The registration of a commercial foreign organization is subject to submitting by the foreign investor to the registration authori¬ty of the following documents:

- A written application by the founders (signed by all of the founders of the commercial foreign organization);
- Two notarized originals or copies of the constituent documents of the commercial foreign organization in paper and electronic form;
- For founding parties which are foreign legal entities (organizations) - a legalized extract from the trade register of the country of origin or other equivalent proof of the legal status of the foreign investor in accordance with the legislation of the country of incorporation or residence at the date of establishment of the commercial joint organization (the extract must be dated not later than one year prior to the submission of the registration application), with a translation into the Belarusian/Russian language (the translator's signature must be notarized);
- For founding parties which are citizens of foreign states – a copy of the passport with a translation into the Belarusian/Russian language (the translator's signature must be notarized);
- Documents confirming the formation of the charter capital (for commercial foreign organizations established in the form of open joint stock companies);
- A letter of guarantee or other document confirming the right of the commercial foreign organization to reside at its place of location;
- A sample illustration of corporate seal in duplicate;
- A document confirming the payment of the state registration fee.