Every person involved in the registration of an external company (directors, attorney-at-law, persons named in the Power of Attorney to act as attorney/agent for service of the company) must have a CRA. To create your CRA you will need to:

• Apply for an individual account
• Enter your personal details, contact, and address
• Upload a copy of your birth certificate, two forms of photo identification (ID) and a headshot with one of the submitted IDs held beside your face.

For assistance with creating your CRA, you may email the CROS Help Desk at croshelpdesk@gov.tt

A name reservation is required to register an external company as it provides a reference number which allows Directors to approve their inclusion on the registration. To reserve the name, you must:

• Log into your CRA and select the ‘Name Reservation’ service
• Complete a new external company name reservation

Fee: None

Processing time: Automatic Reservation

All other persons/entities involved in the registration of the external company must approve their inclusion on the registration application.

• Approvals by a person

  The individual must:

  • Log into their CRA
  • Select “My Account”, click “Approval”, and enter the:
    • Type - Yet To Be
    • Role -
      • Director
      • Statement Signatory (director/attorney-at-law that will sign the application for registration)
      • Attorney (persons named in the Power of Attorney to act as attorney/agent for service of the company)
    • Identifier - Name Reservation Number
    • Name - External Company Name
• Approvals by a company

  A director/secretary of the company must:

  • Log into their CRA using the role of director/secretary
  • Select “My Company”, click “Approval”, and enter the:
    • Type - Yet To Be
    • Role - Director
    • Identifier - Name Reservation Number
    • Name - External Company Name

Once the approval(s), as above, have been granted, they must provide you with their surname and Account PIN/ company name and Company PIN, respectively, to complete your external company registration application to register the company.

To have your company registered, you must first electronically file an Application for Registration. To file your application:

• Log into your CRA and select the ‘Registration/Incorporation’ service
• Complete the external company registration application and upload:
  • Certified Copy of the Corporate Instruments
    • where instruments have been amended, include certified copies of the original and amended documents
    • where instruments are in a foreign language, include certified copies of the original instrument and the translation, Rules regarding certified copies and translations
  • Power of Attorney and Consent to Act as Attorney Form 22
• Pay the fee

Fee: $2200.00.

Once the payment has been processed, you will receive confirmation by email that your application was successfully submitted. Your copy of the completed Application for Registration will also be included.

To complete the registration of your external company, the attorney-at-law or a director will be required to deliver (in person) duplicate originals of the following, at any RGD office:

• Certified Copy of the Corporate Instruments, uploaded at (4) above
• Power of Attorney and Consent to Act as Attorney, uploaded at (4) above
• Affidavit or Solemn Declaration of an Officer of the external company (sworn to before a Notary Public that verifies the particulars set out in the application) Specimen
• Statutory Declaration (sworn by an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago, that there has been compliance with the requirements for the registration of an external company) Form 32

The registration particulars at (4) and (5) above will be reviewed by the Registrar. A notification of the decision of the Registrar will be sent via email to you.

Processing time –three (3) working days

Once the application is approved, each director will receive confirmation, by email, that the company was successfully registered. Your copy of the registered Application for Registration will also be included.

The certificate of registration will be emailed as a PDF in two (2) working days to you.