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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Bhutan and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Alphanumeric; issued via RAMIS on registration at any of eight DRC regional offices or online. Required for all DRC transactions. Registration number: Numeric identifier assigned at incorporation; appears on Certificate of Incorporation issued by CRA.

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Sector regulators

RMA · FID/FIU

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How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

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Documents to collect

The physical documents you’ll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil’s Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed. Not applicable in Bhutan: Good Standing. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by CRA under Companies Act 2016. Confirms registration number, entity name, and date.
  • Constitutive Documents: Single constitutive document filed with CRA at incorporation; covers objects, capital, governance.
  • Tax Registration: Issued by DRC on RAMIS registration. Equivalent to national tax-ID certificate.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by MoICE (or relevant Dzongkhag authority); required before commencing business activity.
  • Sector-Specific License: Required for financial services, insurance, securities, payments under Financial Services Act 2011. Regulator: RMA.
  • Ownership Records: Maintained by the company and filed/updated with CRA under the Companies Act 2016.
  • Governance Records: Filed with CRA; includes CEO details (name, CID/passport, contact).
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution bears company seal and director/company secretary signature; POA required for foreign companies appointing local agent.
  • Address: Lease (no time limit) OR utility bill OR bank statement; utility and bank documents must be dated within 90 days.

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Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their role to one of Conduit’s canonical BusinessPersonRole values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

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Notes

  • CRA was only elevated to full autonomous authority on 2024-04-03. The registry portal transitioned to system.cra.gov.bt; older references to “Office of the Registrar of Companies / MoICE” remain valid for pre-2024 filings.
  • Bhutan is NOT a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. Documents for cross-border use require full embassy legalisation chain. Verify current status at hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=41 before onboarding.
  • Foreign ownership restriction. FDI is permitted but sectoral caps and prior approval from relevant ministries apply; the Register of Members should be scrutinized for foreign shareholder compliance under the FDI Policy.