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How to register a company in Tonga
Registering a company is easy, just follow these steps:
Search the register
Before you submit your application to incorporate a company it is recommended you search the Tongan register in order to see if the name you want is available. If the name is already in use, you will have to choose another name.
Submit name reservation
Every application to form a company must be preceded or accompanied by a name reservation. The name reservation is active for twenty days after it is filed, so your company application form must be submitted within this twenty day window. You may submit the name reservation form with the application to incorporate.
Submit your application
Your application form must be delivered to the Registrar of Companies together with the payment of the appropriate fees and a copy of the constitution of the company if it differs from the standard constitution.
Documents can be delivered by hand during normal business hours or through the post to the following address:
Registrar of Companies
Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries
PO Box 110
Salote Road
Nuku’alofa
Tonga
Once the application has been approved, you will be sent a Certificate of Incorporation and the company is entered on the Tongan Register.
Company names
Any proposed company name may be used unless it violates one of the four limitations on company names set forth in the Company Act.
After incorporation
After incorporation, a director's obligations to the Companies Office are few and simple to meet. Directors have a responsibility to file annual returns and update the Companies Office with changes to the company details.
