> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://v2.docs.conduit.financial/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Guyana > How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Guyana (GUY) when onboarding through the Conduit API. ## Overview | Field | Value | | ------------ | ------------------------ | | Region | Latin America | | ISO 3166-1 | GY / GUY | | Registry | DCRA Commercial Registry | | Last updated | 2026-05-06 | ## Identifiers Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Guyana and submit them as strings on the application body. | API field | Local name | Issuer | | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | `businessInfo.taxId` | **TIN** | Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) | | `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Company Registration Number** | DCRA Commercial Registry | *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. ## Sector regulators `Bank of Guyana` · `GSC` · `FIU` ## Legal structures | Local name | Abbreviation | Description | | --------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Private Company Limited by Shares | Ltd. | Most common form; share transfers restricted; not more than 50 shareholders; governed by Companies Act Cap. 89:01. Equivalent to a US LLC. | | Public Company Limited by Shares | — | Shares may be offered to the public; minimum 2 directors; governed by Companies Act Cap. 89:01. Equivalent to a US C-Corp. | | Company Limited by Guarantee | — | No share capital; members' liability limited to a guaranteed amount; used for non-profits and civic purposes; governed by Companies Act Cap. 89:01. Equivalent to a US Nonprofit Corporation. | | General Partnership | GP | Two or more persons carrying on business together with unlimited joint and several liability; governed by Partnership Act Cap. 89:02. Equivalent to a US General Partnership (GP). | | Limited Partnership | LP | One or more general partners with unlimited liability plus one or more limited partners whose liability is capped at their capital contribution; governed by Partnership Act Cap. 89:02. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership (LP). | | Sole Proprietorship | — | Single natural person trading under their own name or a registered business name; no separate legal personality; registered under Business Names (Registration) Act Cap. 90:05. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. | | Co-operative Society | — | Member-owned and member-controlled enterprise registered under the Co-operative Societies Act Cap. 88:01; profits distributed as patronage dividends rather than equity returns. Equivalent to a US Cooperative. | | External Company | — | — | ## 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. | Evidence area | Documents needed | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | Legal Registration | Certificate of Incorporation | | Constitutive Documents | Articles of Incorporation | | Tax Registration | TIN Certificate | | Operating Permit | Trade Licence | | Ownership Records | Register of Members | | Governance Records | Register of Directors | | Signing Authority | *Any one of:* Board Resolution · Notarized Power of Attorney | | Address | *Any one of:* Lease Agreement · Utility Bill · Bank Statement | ## 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. | Document | Proves | | --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Certificate of Incorporation (DCRA)** | Legal Registration | | **Articles of Incorporation** | Constitutive Documents | | **TIN Certificate** | Tax Registration | | **Trade Licence** | Operating Permit | | **Register of Members** | Ownership Records | | **Register of Directors** | Governance Records | | **Board Resolution** | Signing Authority | | **Notarized Power of Attorney** | Signing Authority | | **Lease Agreement** | Address | | **Utility Bill (≤90 days old)** | Address | | **Bank Statement (≤90 days old)** | Address | | **Sector-Specific License** | Bank of Guyana Licence, Guyana Securities Council (GSC) Registration, NPS Oversight Certificate | **Not applicable in Guyana:** Good Standing. Skip these areas — no local artifact exists. ### 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. ## 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. | Local role | Canonical API role | Description | | --------------------- | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Director | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Appointed officer with day-to-day authority; must be 18+, not bankrupt, of sound mind. | | Attorney (POA holder) | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Holds registered power of attorney to act on behalf of the company. | ## 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.