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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Iraq and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: Issued post-registration; format not publicly standardised. Registration number: Sequential numeric; appears on the Certificate of Registration. KRI-issued numbers are distinct from federal numbers.

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Sector regulators

CBI · ISC · GCT/MoF · MOT Companies Registrar · KRG-MOTI

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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.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by MOT Companies Registrar (federal) or KRG-MOTI (KRI); confirms registration number and legal status.
  • Constitutive Documents: Single constitutive document for LLCs; JSCs may have separate memorandum. Filed with and stamped by MOT.
  • Tax Registration: Issued by GCT/MoF; must be obtained after company registration. Kurdistan has a separate tax administration.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by local governorate/municipality; required to operate at a specific address. Requirements vary by governorate.
  • Sector-Specific License: CBI for banks, money-service businesses, FX dealers; ISC for brokers and market participants. Only required in regulated sectors.
  • Ownership Records: MOT extract lists all shareholders for the company’s registered jurisdiction (federal or KRI).
  • Governance Records: Embedded in MOT company file; MOT-certified extract or stamped Memorandum listing appointed directors suffices.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution of LLC general assembly or JSC board; POA must be notarised by Iraqi notary and, if issued abroad, authenticated via embassy legalisation chain (Iraq is not a Hague Apostille party).
  • Address: Lease (no recency requirement) OR utility bill OR bank statement dated within 90 days. Satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Neither the federal MoT Companies Registrar nor KRG-MOTI surfaces a separate certificate of good standing; active status is evidenced by a recently-dated Certificate of Company Registration (شهادة تسجيل الشركة) confirming current registration plus any sector-specific Permit to Practice Commercial Activity where applicable. Request issuance within 30 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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Additional fields

Country-specific fields you’ll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

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Notes

  • Federal vs. KRI bifurcation: Companies registered under the KRG-MOTI in Erbil, Duhok, or Sulaimaniyah are legally distinct from MOT-registered federal entities; registration numbers, governing rules, and the 51% Iraqi-ownership requirement all differ. Always confirm which registry issued the certificate.
  • 51% Iraqi ownership (federal only): Law No. 17/2019 requires at least 51% Iraqi equity in federally registered companies. KRI did not adopt this amendment — foreign investors can hold 100% in KRI entities.
  • No Apostille: Iraq is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. Foreign-issued documents (POAs, board resolutions, identity documents) require full embassy-chain authentication: notarisation → home-country foreign-affairs ministry → Iraqi embassy legalisation.