Barbados

The path from first call to live company, in order:

1. Initial consultation and engagement — 2. Settlement of the invoice — 3. For remote setups, notarisation of the power of attorney on your side — 4. We prepare the registration documents — 5. Signing before the notary — 6. The company is valid on the register immediately.

5–10 working days on average for the registration; run fully remotely, plan on around two weeks end to end — courier time for the original power of attorney included.

Fully remote on a notarised power of attorney: we draft it for your chosen services, you certify it (apostilled where your country demands full legalisation), we verify, and you courier us the physical original. Barbados sits inside the Hague Apostille Convention — one stamp, recognised worldwide.

Three things get the file moving: three name options for the company plus a contact email; the names, addresses and emails of all shareholders and board members; and a short description of the activity. That's the whole intake form.

Passport scans of all shareholders and board members, plus the beneficial owner where applicable; the power of attorney for remote registration; and certified corporate documents where a shareholder is itself a foreign company.

A non-resident company pays tax only on income derived in Barbados — earn abroad, and the local rate conversation never starts. Payments flowing out of Barbados carry withholding for specific streams: 15% on interest, royalties and dividends from taxed profits, 10% on branch profits. Low effective taxation by design — not a fictional zero, and that's precisely what keeps the flag respectable.

Here's what €4,990 buys that €990 flags can't: a treaty network reaching the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Switzerland (via the UK treaty's extension), Norway, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Mauritius, Venezuela, Cuba, Botswana — and the whole Caribbean Community. When your counterparties sit in highly taxed countries, treaty relief is worth more than any headline rate.

The obligations are real: every company with share capital files an annual return with the Registrar and pays a renewal fee, and regular reporting is mandatory. A treaty jurisdiction earns its treaties by keeping books — and our accounting package carries the calendar so you never feel it.

Featherweight: a non-resident company needs only a registered address in Barbados — which we provide, with our team local on the ground. No resident directors, no office, no local hires.