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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Jamaica and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 9-digit number (XXX-XXX-XXX); first digit “0” for organizations. Issued on a TRN Registration Certificate and Data Sheet. Registration number: Numeric identifier assigned by the Registrar at incorporation; appears on Certificate of Incorporation.

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Sector regulators

BOJ · FSC · FID

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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 COJ within ~4 working days; contains company name, number, and date of incorporation.
  • Constitutive Documents: Replaced dual Memorandum + Articles structure under Companies Act 2004; filed at COJ on incorporation.
  • Tax Registration: Issued by TAJ; 9-digit TRN; businesses also receive NHT, NIS, and HEART numbers simultaneously.
  • Operating Permit: Issued annually by the Collector of Taxes at parish level under the Licences on Trades and Business Act (1908).
  • Sector-Specific License: BOJ for banks, payment services, cambios, remittance; FSC for securities dealers, insurers, pension administrators, trust/corporate service providers.
  • Ownership Records: The Register of Members records all current shareholders and their shareholdings. Changes must be notified to COJ. The register is not publicly searchable.
  • Governance Records: Changes in directors must be notified to COJ within 14 days; 2023 amendments require incoming directors to disclose other directorships held.
  • Signing Authority: POA must be executed before a justice of the peace (in Jamaica) or notary public (abroad); company may empower attorneys under its common seal (Companies Act 2004).
  • Address: Lease agreement (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement dated within 90 days. The same document satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: Issued by the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ); certifies the company is current with its filing requirements and has not been struck off. Available online via the COJ portal; printed on security paper with QR code and unique certificate reference number. Can be apostilled.

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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

  • Jamaica acceded to the Hague Apostille Convention on 2 November 2020; Convention entered into force for Jamaica on 3 July 2021 — apostilles are now valid in lieu of full consular legalisation.
  • Corporate and trust service providers must hold an FSC licence under the Trust and Corporate Services Providers Act 2017; only licensed persons may commercially provide incorporation services.