MauritiusCompany Incorporation and Registration Services

The package runs from first enquiry to the end of year one. It covers the name check and structure advice, due diligence, the application documents drafted and lodged, the government fee and statutory registers, and digital copies of everything. The management company and registered office in Mauritius are included for year one. Premium adds original certificates and an apostille, and the Scope of Work section lists every item.

Yes. Every stage happens remotely: the first conversation, the due diligence, signing the documents and the filing itself. You never need to be in Mauritius, and no original paperwork has to reach us by post beforehand.

The documents reach you by email, with every place to sign marked and a note on how to sign each one. Print them, sign in ink, scan and return them. When something needs a witness or a notary, we tell you before you sign, so nothing has to be done twice.

Your director, shareholder and beneficial owner each send a certified passport copy, a proof of address no older than three months, and a brief note of their source of funds and career. A corporate shareholder sends its constitution and registers instead. The full list and the certification rules are in the KYC section, and an advisor checks everything before the application goes in.

No. Before any application goes to the Financial Services Commission, Mauritius anti-money laundering law requires due diligence on each person involved, with no exceptions. Our part is speed: a single checklist, plain format guidance and same-day review of every document you send.

Send a note through the form below or by email covering what you plan to do and who the owners are. An advisor answers with a recommended structure, the precise documents needed and one all-in fee. Once you accept and the invoice is paid, due diligence begins.

Not the structure we form. Its management and control sit outside Mauritius, so it is treated as non-resident and pays no Mauritius tax on foreign-sourced income. It still files a return of income with the Mauritius Revenue Authority. It cannot use the Mauritius double tax treaties, and the owners may have tax obligations in their own countries.

Only in part. Filed documents are closed to public inspection. For a fee, the Registrar of Companies will release the company's name, registered office, registered agent, proof of incorporation, legal status and list of directors. Shareholder and beneficial owner details stay with the management company, the Registrar and the Financial Services Commission and are not published.

One director and one shareholder are the minimum. To qualify for the non-resident status we set up, most of the shares must be held by people who are not citizens of Mauritius, and management and control must be exercised abroad, so directors usually live outside Mauritius. Companies may act as directors and as shareholders.

No minimum applies. Shares can be issued with or without a par value and in any currency you choose. The one currency restriction runs the other way: no bank account may be held in Mauritian rupees.

The structure we form can hold investments and assets, trade internationally, own intellectual property and sit at the top of a group, as long as the activity is mainly outside Mauritius. It may not hold a rupee bank account, own property in Mauritius or employ residents. Banking, financial services, fund management, corporate and trustee services need a Global Business Corporation licensed by the Financial Services Commission instead.

Names normally end in Limited or Ltd. A name identical to an existing one, or one that misleads, is refused. Words such as Corporation, Authority, Government, Mauritius, National, State or Chartered, or anything suggesting a bank, insurer, trust or state connection, need the Registrar's written consent. Reserving the name with the Registrar is our first filing.

It has to be. Central management and control must stay outside Mauritius, so directing it from your home country is the normal arrangement. That can make it tax resident where you are, which is worth checking with an adviser in that country.

Neither. Hiring staff resident in Mauritius is in fact prohibited. The law does require a management company in Mauritius to act as registered agent and provide the registered office, and your first year of both is in the package. A company secretary is not needed.

No audit is required. Each year it files a financial summary with the Financial Services Commission within six months of its year end and a return of income with the Mauritius Revenue Authority. It must keep its accounting records for seven years.

Mauritius law offers two routes. A Global Business Corporation is managed and controlled in Mauritius, is tax resident there, can use the treaty network and pays Mauritius tax with a partial exemption. An Authorised Company is run from abroad, is not tax resident and has no treaty access, but costs less and asks less of you each year. We recommend one once we know what the company will do.

No. The Companies Act annual return, which ordinary local companies file publicly within 28 days of their annual meeting, is expressly disapplied for the non-resident structure we form. Its yearly filings are the financial summary with the Financial Services Commission and the return of income with the Mauritius Revenue Authority, and neither is public.

The offshore-style economic substance regime does not apply, because by definition it is managed and controlled outside Mauritius and is not tax resident there. A Global Business Corporation, by contrast, has to show substance in Mauritius.

A late authorisation fee draws surcharges that grow each month, and after six months unpaid the authorisation lapses. A late return of income costs 2,000 rupees a month up to 20,000 rupees, plus interest on any tax due. A late financial summary brings a daily administrative penalty from the Financial Services Commission. We keep every date so none of these arise.

Email us the change. We draft the resolution, collect signatures, update the registers held by the management company, file with the Registrar of Companies and notify the Financial Services Commission where needed. A new name is approved by the Registrar, which issues a fresh certificate. Most changes are done within one to two weeks.

Yes. You can switch management company, and Mauritius law allows redomiciliation out of Mauritius as well as in from abroad. We handle either filing when you ask.