Hong Kong company business nature change/addition
Hong Kong, China · Approximately 3–10 business days after complete documents are submitted; may be extended if shareholding, stamp duty, notarization, or simultaneous business registration updates are involved.
- Estimated timeline
- 3-10 business dayscounted from receipt of complete documents
- Key deliverable
- Change application and submission receipt from the Companies Registry/Inland Revenue Department
- Packages
- Standard service
What you provide
- Certificate of Incorporation, Business Registration Certificate, and Articles of Association
- Latest NNC1/NAR1 and existing statutory registers
- Old and new information of the proposed change
- Board/shareholder resolutions and signed authorization documents
- Other documents required by the competent authority
- Description of the changed business nature, not exceeding 28 Chinese characters / 60 English characters.
What you receive
- Change application and submission receipt from the Companies Registry/Inland Revenue Department
- Updated company registration information or business registration particulars
- Board/shareholder resolutions and signed documents
- Updated Business Registration Certificate and business nature record.
Service details
This service handles the change/addition of business nature for Hong Kong companies. The actual applicable conditions, processing criteria and competent authority requirements will be confirmed by an advisor based on the application before acceptance.
Est. processing time
Approximately 3–10 business days after complete documents are submitted; may be extended if equity, stamp duty, notarization or simultaneous business registration updates are involved.
Prices follow the service listing. Where government approval or official review is involved, the outcome rests with the authorities and cannot be guaranteed.