Ireland company registration from abroad

Ireland law requires non-EU residents to have a European Union (EU) director to set up a company in Ireland. EU residents are required to be directors of a company in Ireland, and those who are unable to provide an EU resident as a director are required to take out Non-Resident insurance to bind the company to operate legally and legally in Ireland. Therefore, if you do not have a candidate to act as a director of your Irish company, you can be matched with an EU nominee through the services of TKEG Expat. Alternatively, we can assist you in taking out Non-Resident Insurance.

No capital verification is required to register an Ireland company, regardless of company types.

The name of a company may be in any language but must be expressed in roman characters. Its limited liability status must be reflected at the end of the company name by the word “Limited” or its abbreviation “LTD”. The name of the company must not include the word “Standard”, and there are conditions on the use of the words “bank”, “association”, “university”, “charity”, “architect” and related words .

Yes. Since 11 June 2023, all directors and shareholders of an Irish company must hold a personal identity number for CRO filings and annual returns filings: an Irish PPSN, or an Identified Person Number (IPN) / RBO number. Anyone without an existing PPSN or RBO number must apply for an IPN; the application form must be sworn before a notary in the officer's home country, and the resulting number must be used for all future CRO filings. To incorporate, each prospective shareholder and director must provide one of these identifiers, which is also used for beneficial-ownership filing. An IPN application is not required where all directors and shareholders are already Irish.

For each company officer (director and secretary): passport photo page plus a second page, a selfie holding the passport (or a notarised passport copy), date of birth, a phone number (preferably a landline), a PPS number where applicable, and two proofs of address dated within the last three months (utility, gas, electricity, landline, government/council, or bank/credit-card statements; mobile-phone bills are not accepted). A corporate shareholder must additionally provide its certificate of incorporation (with any former names), memorandum and articles of association, and a structure printout showing registered/business address, officers and shareholders. Any beneficial owner holding over 25% must be identified to the same standard as an officer, with confirmation of business activities.

An Irish VAT/Corporation Tax (CIT) registration can be rejected if the directors do not have a PPSN. The directors must first obtain a PPSN; without it the company's CIT number cannot be applied for, so the PPSN application should be started early. A dormant company does not need a CIT number for now, and VAT registration is only required once turnover reaches the Irish VAT thresholds; below the threshold a company can defer VAT registration.

For the witness on the constitution form, any relative of the share subscriber will suffice.

A witness on a share/subscription agreement must provide their signature, their printed name in capital letters, and their full address including postcode. Signatures should be hand-written on printed documents and scanned clearly (any barcodes on returned forms must remain legible).

Any individual holding more than 25% of the company must be declared as a beneficial owner (UBO). This is assessed by tracing the ownership chain through to the ultimate individual — including through a listed parent company. If a new financial report later shows that an individual crosses the 25% threshold, the UBO declaration must be corrected and supplementary supporting materials may be required.

No. By Irish law no RBO document is issued to the client. A third party needing RBO data must have its own authorised access to the Irish RBO register and should not rely on the client to supply it; without access it is not entitled to the information. If only ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) details are needed, the client can instead provide a self-prepared statement or a cap table signed by a director.

No. Irish authorities no longer accept online notarization; documents must be notarized in person. For forms where the notary must fill in information, a Hong Kong notary is preferred because mainland China notaries often will not complete such forms.