EU required documents

This page outlines the documents required for stakeholders, applicants, and various business types to onboard a corporate customer registered in Europe.

Business details

The following table lists the required document types for both manual KYB and eKYB for all business entity types.

businessTypeManual KYBeKYB
ASSOCIATIONASSOCIATION_DEEDASSOCIATION_DEED
GOVERNMENT_ENTITYBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC
LIMITED_LIABILITY_PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP_DEEDPARTNERSHIP_DEED
PUBLIC_COMPANY/ PRIVATE_COMPANYBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC
SOLE_TRADERBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC
TRUSTTRUST_DEEDTRUST_DEED

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IMPORTANT

For public companies and private companies, the REGISTER_OF_DIRECTORS and REGISTER_OF_SHAREHOLDERS fields are required when details of the provided shareholders or directors are not available in the business registration document.

For multi layered companies CORPORATE_STRUCTUREdocument should be passed describing the ownership structure of the corporate.

For a complete list of business document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constants API with fieldName as documentType.

Stakeholder

UBO, TRUSTEE or PARTNER

documentDetails are required for both eKYB and Manual KYB when the position is either:

  • UBO
  • TRUSTEE
  • PARTNER

When kycMode is MANUAL_KYC details should be passed for the individual stakeholders in the above positions

documentDetials.document is also required for the above positions.

documentType required based on nationality:

nationalitydocumentType and documentNumber
Is a Lithuanian citizen11-digit Personal Identification Number (NATIONAL_ID)
Isn't a Lithuanian citizenPassport details (PASSPORT)

The following table lists the fields required for each document type.

Field nameNon-Lithuanian stakeholdersLithuanian stakeholders
documentTypePASSPORTNATIONAL_ID
documentNumberYes (Passport number)Yes (11 digits Personal Identification Number)
documentIssuanceCountryYesYes
documentExpiryDateYesNo
document.fileNameYes for MANUAL_KYCYes for MANUAL_KYC
document.fileTypeYes for MANUAL_KYCYes for MANUAL_KYC
document.documentYes for MANUAL_KYCYes for MANUAL_KYC

For a complete list of personal document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.

Please note that photocopies or scanned documents in black-and-white are not accepted when Passports or National IDs are required.

DIRECTOR

documentDetails are required when the position is DIRECTOR for both eKYB and Manual KYB:

  • Document files and documentDetials.document are not required.
  • kycModecan be ignored for this position and is not required.

documentType required based on nationality:

nationalitydocumentType and documentNumber
Is a Lithuanian citizen11-digit Personal Identification Number (NATIONAL_ID)
Isn't a Lithuanian citizenPassport details (PASSPORT)

The following table lists the fields required for each document type.

Field nameNon-Lithuanian stakeholdersLithuanian stakeholders
documentTypePASSPORTNATIONAL_ID
documentNumberYes (Passport number)Yes (11 digits Personal Identification Number)
documentIssuanceCountryYesYes
documentExpiryDateYesNo
document.fileNameNoNo
document.fileTypeNoNo
document.documentNoNo

For a complete list of personal document types, see the enums listed in Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName set to documentType.

Applicant

Applicants are always required to complete the E-Document verification flow for both Manual KYB and eKYB.

Applicant typeAPI documentsOnfido documents
Is a Lithuania citizen (based on nationality)11-digit Personal Identification Number (NATIONAL_ID)Live Selfie with Lithuanian Passport/National ID submitted in the form presented by Onfido (eDoc verification vendor)
Isn't a Lithuania citizen (based on nationality)Passport details (PASSPORT)Live selfie with Passport submitted in the form presented by Onfido (eDoc verification vendor)
Their position isn't DIRECTORPower of Attorney certified with ApostilleN/A

The following table lists the fields required for each document type.

Field nameNon-Lithuanian national applicantsLithuanian national applicantsApplicants when position is not DIRECTOR / UBO / PARTNER / TRUSTEE
documentTypePASSPORTNATIONAL_IDPOWER_OF_ATTORNEY
documentNumberYes (Passport number)Yes (11 digits Personal Identification Number)No
documentIssuanceCountryYesYesNo
documentExpiryDateYesNoNo
document.fileNameNoNoYes
document.fileTypeNoNoYes
document.documentNoNoYes

For a complete list of personal document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.

Please note that photocopies or scanned documents in black-and-white are not accepted for Passports or National IDs.