Includes steps involved in establishing a local office.

A company incorporated in Mauritius can be 100 percent foreign-owned with no minimum capital requirement.  The Business Facilitation Act of 2017 allows businesses to incorporate a company and register a business with the Corporate Business Registration Department in less than two hours and to start operations in less than one day.  Application for incorporation and registration is available online.

Foreign companies typically organize as a private limited company.  After obtaining a certificate of incorporation, foreign companies must register with the Economic Development Board (EDB), the government’s business facilitation and investment promotion agency.  The EDB can also assist with occupation permits (work and residence permits combined) and offers other services to investors.
 

 

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