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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Guyana and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Unique computer-generated number; companies apply via Form G0016 (Taxpayer Registration Form — Organisation); TIN Certificate issued upon approval. Registration number: Assigned upon incorporation; appears on Certificate of Incorporation and DCRA extracts.

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Sector regulators

Bank of Guyana · GSC · 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 Guyana: Good Standing. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by DCRA Commercial Registry under Companies Act Cap. 89:01; includes unique registration number.
  • Constitutive Documents: Filed at DCRA on incorporation; prescribed form per Fourth Schedule of Companies Act Cap. 89:01; covers share structure, governance, restrictions.
  • Tax Registration: Issued by GRA; applied via Form G0016 (Taxpayer Registration Form — Organisation) for companies.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by GRA Licence Revenue Office; municipalities (e.g. Georgetown M&CC) may also require a separate local trade licence.
  • Sector-Specific License: Required only for regulated sectors; sector-specific to banking, insurance, securities, payment services.
  • Ownership Records: Register of Members kept at registered office under Companies Act Cap. 89:01.
  • Governance Records: Maintained at registered office and notified to DCRA (Companies Act Cap. 89:01 s.67); reflected in annual returns.
  • Signing Authority: POA must be drafted by an attorney-at-law, notarized, and registered at DCRA Deeds Registry (Powers of Attorney Act Cap. 5:08, as amended by Act 2 of 2022).
  • Address: Lease (no time bound) or utility bill or bank statement; utility/bank documents dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.

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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

  • Operating licences are dual-track: GRA Licence Revenue Office issues national trade licences; Georgetown Mayor & City Council and other municipalities issue separate local trade licences. Both may be required.
  • Powers of Attorney must be registered at DCRA Deeds Registry and signed by a notary public before they are legally effective; an unregistered POA is insufficient.
  • Apostille Convention entered into force for Guyana on 18 April 2019; documents for use abroad may be apostilled rather than requiring full legalization chain.
  • A comprehensive review of the Companies Act Cap. 89:01 (1991) was announced in January 2026; no replacement legislation has been enacted as of 2026-05-06 — the 1991 Act remains in force.