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Private limited company and subsidiary registration checklist
A step-by-step checklist for the full RJSC registration process. Covers both a private limited company and a foreign subsidiary in Bangladesh, side by side. Use it to track each stage from name clearance to your first bank account.
What’s inside:
- Pre-registration requirements: minimum paid-up capital, director and shareholder rules, registered address
- Name clearance at RJSC (Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms)
- Document preparation: MOA/AOA, statutory forms, foreign director and shareholder documents
- Additional documents required for foreign subsidiaries (parent company certificate of incorporation, apostille, board resolution)
- RJSC submission, fee payment, and certificate of incorporation
- Post-incorporation registrations: trade license, TIN, VAT/BIN, and bank account
- Timeline table: total process takes approximately 3-6 weeks
- Common mistakes that delay registration and how to avoid them
Branch office and liaison office setup checklist
Covers the BIDA (Bangladesh Investment Development Authority) approval process and post-BIDA registrations for both a branch office and a liaison office. Includes a comparison table of both structures upfront so you can confirm you’ve chosen the right one before you start.
What’s inside:
- Branch office vs liaison office: permitted activities, revenue rights, parent company liability
- Parent company documents required and how to get them apostilled or embassy-attested
- BIDA application walkthrough through the One Stop Service portal at bidaoss.gov.bd
- What your BIDA approval letter specifies: permitted activities, foreign employee cap, 3-year term
- Post-BIDA registrations: RJSC, trade license, TIN, bank account
- VAT/BIN registration for branch offices that bill local clients
- Annual BIDA reporting and 3-year renewal obligations
- Timeline: approximately 10-14 weeks from document preparation to active bank account
Annual compliance checklist for foreign companies
The full compliance calendar for foreign-invested companies in Bangladesh. Covers monthly, quarterly, and annual obligations for private limited companies, subsidiaries, branch offices, and liaison offices. Bangladesh runs on a July to June financial year. All deadlines in this checklist are based on that.
What’s inside:
- Monthly: VAT return (Mushak 9.1) and TDS deposit to NBR by the 15th of each month
- Quarterly: advance income tax installments due in September, December, March, and June
- Annual: issue Form 108 tax certificates to employees by 30 September
- Annual: complete statutory audit, hold AGM, file corporate income tax return by 15 January
- Annual: file RJSC annual return within 21 days of AGM (private limited and subsidiary only)
- Annual: file BIDA activities report (branch office and liaison office only)
- Renewals: trade license (annual), BIDA approval (every 3 years), work permits (1-2 year terms)
- Penalty reference table: what each missed deadline costs in fines and interest
BIDA work permit application checklist
A complete checklist for obtaining a BIDA work permit for a foreign national working in Bangladesh. Covers the application from quota check to permit in hand. Applies to any company type: private limited, subsidiary, branch office, or liaison office. The foreign employee cannot legally start work until the permit is issued. Our expatriate & work permit service handles this process for most of our clients.
What’s inside:
- Foreign employee quota rules: 1:5 standard ratio, 1:20 for manufacturing, exceptions for senior management
- Step 1: confirm quota before starting (blocking issue if skipped)
- Company documents required: COI or BIDA approval letter, trade license, TIN, org chart, justification letter
- Personal documents for the foreign employee: passport, police clearance, educational certificates, experience letters, medical certificate
- Which sectors require a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from a ministry before BIDA will process the application
- BIDA portal submission process through bidaoss.gov.bd, government fee, and monitoring for clarification requests
- Work permit visa: what to do if the employee is still outside Bangladesh
- Common rejection reasons and how to fix each one before submitting
- Renewal checklist: start 3 months before expiry
- Timeline: 8-16 weeks from decision to the employee’s first legal day of work