Required Documents

This page outlines the documents required for stakeholders, applicants, and various business types to onboard a corporate customer registered in Hong Kong (HK).

Business details

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

businessType	Manual KYB
FOREIGN_COMPANY_OFFICE	Any of the most recently lodged NAR1 or NNC1 or NN3
GENERAL_PARTNERSHIP	BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC PARTNERSHIP_DEED
LIMITED_PARTNERSHIP	BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC PARTNERSHIP_DEED
OTHER	Either of the most recently lodged NAR1 or NNC1
PRIVATE_COMPANY	Either of the most recently lodged NAR1 or NNC1
PUBLIC_COMPANY	Either of the most recently lodged NAR1 or NNC1
SOLE_TRADER	BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC

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

Stakeholders

Both residents and non-residents of HK need to use the KYC mode MANUAL_KYC

Manual KYC

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

⚠️ IMPORTANT

If the document doesn't contain an address, you need to submit an Acceptable document for PROOF_OF_ADDRESS which can verify the address with documentType = PROOF_OF_ADDRESS.

If this additional document is not submitted, the compliance agent will raise an RFI for stakeholderAddress to which you can submit the additional document via the Respond to RFI API.

Field name	Passport	National ID	Additional document if the first document doesn't contain an address
documentType	PASSPORT	NATIONAL_ID	PROOF_OF_ADDRESS
documentNumber	Yes (Passport number)	Yes (Use HK ID for HK residents)	No
documentIssuanceCountry	Yes	Yes	No
documentExpiryDate	Yes	No	No
document.fileName	Yes	Yes	Yes
document.fileType	Yes	Yes	Yes
document.document	Yes	Yes	Yes

NOTE: Photocopies or scanned documents in black-and-white are not accepted for Passport or National ID.

See Letter Of Authorization for suggested format of LOA in case you do not have one.

Applicants

E_DOC_VERIFY and MANUAL_KYC methods are supported for applicants.

• In E_DOC_VERIFY, applicants need to complete KYC using the redirect URL. Document details need to be passed for E_DOC_VERIFY and uploading of document files isn't required.
• In MANUAL_KYC, applicants need to upload document files along with document details.
• LOA (Letter of Authorization) is always required for any kycMode if the applicant is not a DIRECTOR or UBO or PARTNER.

E_DOC_VERIFY

Applicants need to submit one of the following information when kycMode = E_DOC_VERIFY.

Field name	Passport	National ID	LOA (if applicant is not a DIRECTOR / UBO / PARTNER)
documentType	PASSPORT	NATIONAL_ID	LOA
documentNumber	Yes (Passport number)	Yes (Use HK ID for HK residents)	No
documentIssuanceCountry	Yes	Yes	No
documentExpiryDate	Yes	No	No
document.fileName	No	No	Yes
document.fileType	No	No	Yes
document.document	No	No	Yes

MANUAL_KYC

Applicants need to submit one of the following information when kycMode = MANUAL_KYC.

⚠️ IMPORTANT

If the document doesn't contain an address, you need to submit an Acceptable document for PROOF_OF_ADDRESS which can verify the address with documentType = PROOF_OF_ADDRESS.

If this additional document is not submitted, the compliance agent will raise an RFI for applicantAddress to which you can submit the additional document via the Respond to RFI API.

Field name	Passport	National ID	LOA, if applicant is not a DIRECTOR/UBO/PARTNER	Additional document if the first document doesn't contain an address
documentType	PASSPORT	NATIONAL_ID	LOA	PROOF_OF_ADDRESS
documentNumber	Yes (Passport number)	Yes (Use HK ID for HK residents)	No	No
documentIssuanceCountry	Yes	Yes	No	No
documentExpiryDate	Yes	No	No	No
document.fileName	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
document.fileType	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
document.document	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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

NOTE: Photocopies or scanned documents in black-and-white are not accepted for Passport or National ID.

Acceptable documents for PROOF_OF_ADDRESS

Individual stakeholder or applicant	Business details
Utility bills (gas, electric, internet, phone) Financial records (bank statement, mortgage statement) Life, health, or other insurance statement (auto, home, boat) Medical records (doctor, hospital, or clinical) Pay-slip Government-issued letter	Utility bills (gas, electric, internet, phone) Financial records (bank or mortgage statement) Government-issued letter

NOTE: The above documents are in addition to the standard documents mentioned in Business, Stakeholder, or Applicant section. These can be passed under the documentType PROOF_OF_ADDRESS.

The above documents cannot be more than 90 days old when submitting.