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Overview

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Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Seychelles and submit them as strings on the application body. Tax ID: 9-digit number issued by SRC within 24 hours of registration. IBCs deriving income exclusively outside Seychelles do not receive a TIN; SRC may issue a Tax Residence Certificate instead. Registration number: Issued on Certificate of Incorporation; IBC number issued by FSA under IBC Act 2016.

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Sector regulators

CBS · FSA · 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.

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Collection notes

  • Legal Registration: Issued by Registration Division (domestic) or FSA (IBC). States company name, date, and registration number.
  • Constitutive Documents: Required for domestic companies (Companies Ordinance 1972) and IBCs (IBC Act 2016). IBCs need not state objects; objects deemed unlimited unless restricted.
  • Tax Registration: Issued by SRC within 24 hours of successful registration. IBCs without Seychelles-sourced income may present Tax Residence Certificate instead.
  • Operating Permit: Issued by Seychelles Licensing Authority under Licences Act 2010. Required for all trades/businesses in the Schedule to the Act.
  • Sector-Specific License: CBS for banking, bureaux de change, payment systems; FSA for securities dealers, insurers, IBC-related financial services, VASPs.
  • Ownership Records: Register of Members held at registered office; not publicly accessible. IBCs with nominee shareholders must disclose the nominator in the register.
  • Governance Records: Held at registered office; filed with FSA (IBCs) or Registration Division (domestic). Not publicly accessible.
  • Signing Authority: Board resolution authorises signatories; General or Limited POA used for specific transactions.
  • Address: Lease (no time bound) or utility bill or bank statement dated within 90 days.
  • Good Standing: Issued by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) Registrar of Companies. Attests that the entity remains on the Register, has paid all licence fees and penalties, is not subject to merger/consolidation/arrangement articles awaiting effect, and is not in winding-up or dissolution. Domestic companies receive an equivalent attestation via the Registration Division. Request a copy dated within 30 days; FSA issues a Certificate of Official Search in lieu when the company is not in good standing.

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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

  • Seychelles has two parallel corporate regimes — domestic (Registration Division) and IBC/offshore (FSA). Confirm which regime the entity falls under before requesting documents; document chains differ materially.
  • The IBC (Amendment) Act 2024 (eff. 2024-12-18) and IBC (Amendment) Act 2025 (Act 9/2025) require IBCs with nominee shareholders to name the nominator (with NIN and TIN) in the Register of Members; compliance deadline was shortened to 2025-06-30. Verify compliance for any IBC with nominee structures.
  • IBCs deriving income exclusively from outside Seychelles may not have a TIN — accept a Tax Residence Certificate from the SRC as the tax-ID artifact in that case.