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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Laos and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 11-digit number. Since 2022 the TIN is issued concurrently with enterprise registration and printed on the Enterprise Registration Certificate; a separate TIN certificate is no longer required. Registration number: Alphanumeric reference on the Enterprise Registration Certificate; no publicly documented standard length. Collect the certificate as the primary artifact.

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Sector regulators

BOL · LSC · MoF · AMLIO

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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 ERMD/MoIC; includes TIN since 2022; confirms entity type, registration number, address, capital.
  • Constitutive Documents: Filed with ERMD at registration; amendments must be reported to ERMD to be enforceable against third parties.
  • Tax Registration: Separate TIN certificate no longer issued; the registration cert is the authoritative tax-ID document.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by ERMD/MoIC under Instruction No. 0045/MOIC.ERMD (2019); sector-specific sub-permits may also be required.
  • Sector-Specific License: Collect the relevant regulator-issued licence for any financial-sector customer.
  • Governance Records: Directors named in the registration cert and charter; general director identified separately when multiple directors exist.
  • Signing Authority: General director acts as statutory signatory; other signatories require a board or shareholders’ resolution. Lao PDR is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention — foreign-use documents require full notarization + consular/embassy legalization chain.
  • Address: Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
  • Good Standing: The Lao Enterprise Registration and Management Division (ERMD) of MoIC does not issue a separate Certificate of Good Standing; a current Enterprise Registration Certificate (collected under business_registration) together with annual filing compliance evidences active status.

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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

  • TIN merged into registration cert: Since the 2022 Enterprise Law reforms (in force 30 March 2023), the TIN is issued simultaneously with the Enterprise Registration Certificate. There is no separate TIN certificate to collect; the registration cert is the controlling document for both identity fields.
  • No Apostille: Lao PDR is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (HCCH status table, verified 2026-05-06). Documents for cross-border use require notarization plus embassy/consular legalization — a multi-step chain.
  • Board mandatory only above LAK 50 billion in assets: Below this threshold a single director suffices. The “board of directors” structure is uncommon for SMEs; for KYB purposes treat all directors collectively and identify the general director as the statutory signatory.