SG required documents

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

Business details

The following table lists the required document types for both verification types for all business entity types.

businessTypeMANUAL_KYBE_KYB
ASSOCIATIONASSOCIATION_DEEDASSOCIATION_DEED
GOVERNMENT_ENTITYBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCN/A
PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP_DEEDPARTNERSHIP_DEED
PRIVATE_COMPANYBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCN/A
PUBLIC_COMPANYBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCN/A
SOLE_TRADERBUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCN/A
TRUSTTRUST_DEEDTRUST_DEED

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

Stakeholders

Every individual stakeholder needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = MANUAL_KYC.

Field namePassportNational IDDrivers license
documentTypePASSPORTNATIONAL_IDDRIVER_LICENCE
documentNumberYes (Passport number)YesYes
documentIssuanceCountryYesYesYes
documentExpiryDateYes-Yes
document.fileNameYesYesYes
document.fileTypeYesYesYes
document.documentYesYesYes

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

Applicants

Nium offers E_KYC, E_DOC_VERIFY, and MANUAL_KYC modes for applicant KYC in Singapore.

  • E_KYC is applicable for SG residents via Myinfo verification. No documents are required for E_KYC, except Power of Attorney which needs to be uploaded when the applicant isn't a Director.
  • E_DOC_VERIFY is applicable for non-SG residents. Applicant needs to complete KYC using the redirect URL. Document details need to be passed for E_DOC_VERIFY and upload of document files isn't required.
  • MANUAL_KYC required document details along with upload of document files.

Every individual applicant needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = MANUAL_KYC.

Field namePassportNational IDDrivers licensePower of attorney (when applicant isn't a Director)
documentTypePASSPORTNATIONAL_IDDRIVER_LICENCEPOWER_OF_ATTORNEY
documentNumberYes (Passport number)YesYesYes (certified with Apostille)
documentIssuanceCountryYesYesYesNo
documentExpiryDateYesNoYesNo
document.fileNameYesYesYesYes
document.fileTypeYesYesYesYes
document.documentYesYesYesYes

Every individual applicant needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = E_DOC_VERIFY

Field namePassportNational IDDrivers licensePower of attorney (when applicant isn't a Director)
documentTypePASSPORTNATIONAL_IDDRIVER_LICENCEPOWER_OF_ATTORNEY
documentNumberYes (Passport number)YesYesNo
documentIssuanceCountryYesYesYesNo
documentExpiryDateYesNoYesNo
document.fileNameNoNoNoYes
document.fileTypeNoNoNoYes
document.documentNoNoNoYes

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