List Of Documents For Opening Of Account

Individual/Joint Account

  • Identity Card, or
  • Family Book, or
  • Passport

External Account

  • Passport/Identity Card
  • Work Permit & Stay Permit
  • Student Pass with a letter of confirmation from the
    college/Institution (if applicable), or
  • Family Book/Marriage Certificate if the applicant is married
    to a Laotian

Societies/Clubs/Associations

  • Certified copy of Constitution or Rules and Regulation
  • Certificate of Registration.
  • Identity Card of the signatories
  • Certified Resolution or Minutes of Meeting

Company Account

  • Identity Card of directors
  • Tax registration Certificate
  • Business registration Certificate
  • Certified copies of the memorandum and Articles of
    Association
  • Company Resolution of the company’s Board of Directors
    on opening and operating of account – copy signed by
    Company Secretary (Co Sec signature for foreign
    Companies)

Sole Proprietorship

  • Identity Card
  • Tax Registration form
  • Business Registration

Partnership Account

  • Identity Card/Passport of the partners
  • Tax Registration form
  • Business Registration
  • Partnership account operation and mandates (mandate/mode
    of operation).

State and local Government Account

  • Memorandum and Articles of Association
  • Relevant approval letters from the Government Department

Co-operative Society Account

  • Tax Registration form
  • License/Society Registration Certificate and or rules and
    regulation of society
  • IDs of the authorized signatories

Law firms (solicitors firm)

  • Identity Card
  • Tax registration form
  • Business Registration

Executors, administrators and trust Account

  • Identity Card
  • Grant of probate
  • Letter of Administration
  • Trust Deed

Foreign incorporated Companies

  • Article of Association/Memorandum of Article
  • Business Registration
  • Tax Registration
  • ID of Shareholders/BOD
  • BOD Resolution stating the following;
    a. Name of Bank to open the account
    b. Type of account (Currency)
    c. Authority limit and amount and/grouping of the
    authorised signatories
    d. Any other conditions which is required by the
    company with regards to the administration of the
    account.
    All docs must be notarized and legalized in home country.
  • All the above documents will have to be signed, notarized
    and legalized prior to forwarding them to BIC.
  • Board Reso must bear the signature of company Secretary
    and company stamp.
  • Signed Agreement with the local counterpart original to be
    produced for our sighting and a copy for our safekeeping

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