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.

`businessType`	Manual KYB	eKYB
`ASSOCIATION`	`ASSOCIATION_DEED`	N/A
`GOVERNMENT_ENTITY`	`BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC`	N/A
`LIMITED_LIABILITY_PARTNERSHIP`	`PARTNERSHIP_DEED`	`PARTNERSHIP_DEED`
`PUBLIC_COMPANY`/ `PRIVATE_COMPANY`	`BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC`	N/A
`SOLE_TRADER`	`BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOC`	N/A
`TRUST`	`TRUST_DEED`	N/A

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IMPORTANT
For public companies and private companies using Manual KYB, 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. When using eKYB, the REGISTER_OF_DIRECTORS and REGISTER_OF_SHAREHOLDERS fields are required when the customer is adding a new shareholder or director who is not available in the list of stakeholders returned in the Exhaustive Details API. If these documents aren't provided, compliance will request them via RFI.

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

Stakeholder

documentDetails are required when position is one of UBO, TRUSTEE, PARTNER for both eKYB and Manual KYB.

When searchID is not passed kycMode=MANUAL_KYC should be passed for individual stakeholders for the above positions and documentDetials.document is additionally required. documentDetials.document can be skipped if searchId is passed.

documentType required based on nationality:

nationality	documentType and documentNumber
Is a Lithuanian citizen	11-digit Personal Identification Number (`NATIONAL_ID`)
Isn't a Lithuanian citizen	Passport details (`PASSPORT`)

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

Field name	Non-Lithuanian stakeholders	Lithuanian stakeholders
`documentType`	`PASSPORT`	`NATIONAL_ID`
`documentNumber`	Yes (Passport number)	Yes (11 digits Personal Identification Number)
`documentIssuanceCountry`	Yes	Yes
`documentExpiryDate`	Yes	No
`document.fileName`	Yes for `MANUAL_KYC`	Yes for `MANUAL_KYC`
`document.fileType`	Yes for `MANUAL_KYC`	Yes for `MANUAL_KYC`
`document.document`	Yes for `MANUAL_KYC`	Yes for `MANUAL_KYC`

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.

Applicant

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

Applicant type	API documents	Onfido 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 `DIRECTOR`	Power of Attorney certified with Apostille	N/A