Company Registration in India From USA

For setting up a private limited company, minimum of 2 and maximum of 200 shareholders are required. In addition, minimum of 2 and maximum of 15 directors can be appointed by any private limited company. There is no restriction on a Member of a Private Limited Company to be a Director of the same company or asvice versa.

No, you are not required to be present at our office or appear at any office for the incorporation of a Private Limited Company. All the documents can be scanned and sent through email and the original hard copy can be couriered to our office.

Once a Company is incorporated, it will be active and in-existence until you liquidate it either by striking-off or winding up.

Investment by person resident outside India is prohibited in certain sectors namely:

1. Lottery business including Government/ private lottery, online lotteries;
2. Gambling and betting including casinos;
3. Chit funds (except for investment made by NRIs and OCIs on a non- repatriation basis);
4. Nidhi company;
5. Trading in Transferable Development Rights (TDRs);
6. Real Estate Business or Construction of Farm Houses;
7. Manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes. The prohibition is on manufacturing of the products mentioned and foreign investment in other activities relating to these products including wholesale cash and carry, retail trading etc. will be governed by the sectoral restrictions laid down in Regulation 16 of FEMA 20(R);
8. Activities/ sectors not open to private investment viz. atomic energy and railway operations;
9. Foreign technology collaboration in any form including licensing for franchise, trademark, brand name, management contract is also prohibited for Lottery business and Gambling and betting activities

The minor shall not be appointed as director of the company. He needs to be over 18 years of age and must be a natural person. Foreign nationals are also eligible to be a director in an Indian Private Limited Company provided that at least one of the director shall be resident of India.

Yes, the office can be commercial / industrial / residential which is capable of receiving and acknowledging all communications and notices as may be addressed to it is required which can be shown as the registered office of the Company.

To incorporate a Company quickly, make sure the proposed name of the Company is very unique. Names that are similar to an existing company / limited liability partnership / trademark can be rejected and additional time will be required for re-submission of names.

DIN is a unique identification number assigned to all existing and proposed Directors of a Company. Before a person gets appointed as a Director, he must obtain a valid DIN. DIN never expires and a person can possess only one DIN.

Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-digit alphanumeric number, issued by Income Tax Department of India as a proof of identification for tax purposes. It is required for obtaining Digital Signature Certificate, opening bank account, various statutory registrations, to pay taxes and filing tax returns and many other transactions as prescribed by government time to time. It is mandatory for a company incorporated in India to obtain PAN.

A Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) establishes the identity of the signee electronically while filing documents. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) mandates that e-form(s) submitted on MCA portal are digitally signed using DSC.

Yes. It is mandatory for all the new companies incorporated w.e.f 23^rd February, 2020 to obtain EPFO and ESIC registration.

Yes. All the new companies are required to apply for opening the company’s bank account through the Form AGILE PRO.

No. Registration for Professional Tax  is mandatory only in respect of new companies incorporated in the State of Maharashtra w.e.f 23^rd February 2020.