Documents required for Branch Office (or Liaison Office) Setup in Korea
< Registration of the Branch office to Ministry of Justice (MOJ) >
1. Documents verifying the Business Operation of the Headquarter (foreign corporation) - should be notarized
(e.g. Certificate of Incorporation registraion)
2. Minutes of Board of Directors' Meeting of Headquarter (foreign corporation) - should be notarized
- resolution on the Branch Office (or Liaison Office) establishment in Korea
- address of the Branch Office (or Liaison Office)
- resolution on the appointment of the Representative for Branch Office (or Liaison Office)
- name, address and identification number (with birth date/month/year) of the Representative
for Branch Office (or Liaison Office)
3. Letter of Acceptance (by the Representative of Branch Office (or Liaison Office) in Korea)
4. Registration of Company Seal (by the Representative of Branch Office (or Liaison Office) in Korea)
5. The Certificate of Residence or Address Certicate, in case the Representative is an Alien
6. Copy of the Application for the Branch office (or Liaison office) establishment (submitted to Bank)
7. Application for Company Seal Card
8. Power of Atterney (For the commercial registration to MOJ)
9. Company Seal
* All documents should be translated into Korean if the documents are in foreign languages.
* All documents which certify on the existance of the Headquarter, which certify the qualification on the Representative in
Korea and identify the characteristic of the Corporation, or verifying the Article of Incorporation, all should be notarized
by home country government authority or home country empabby in Korea.
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