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The fundamental of a Representative Office

A Representative Office is an office, established by a foreign company in order to prepare an expansion and establishment of a PT PMA in Indonesia. This works for you who wish to conduct research before coming to Indonesia.

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With a Representative Office, you can supervise, liaise and coordinate regarding the market interest in the products and services you intend to offer.

Capital

One of the advantages in establishing a Representative Office is that you don’t need any capital. Just with the foreign company documents, you are ready to conduct your market research.

2,000+ big and small companies in Indonesia trust InvestInASia.

Please see below for more requirements:

  • ● Foreign company legal documents (Article of Association / ACRA, scan passport of the director)
  • ● Scanned Passport or ID card and contact details of the appointed Chief or Representative Office
  • ● Legalized Letter Of Intent, Letter Of Statement, Letter of Appointment and Letter of Reference
  • ● Office Address
As a one stop solution service provider, Invest In Asia provides the draft of Letters to be legalized and also Virtual Office Rental for foreigners who do not owned properties.
Our virtual office is equipped with facilities such as reception service, mail handling, dedicate local phone number with call forwarding and meeting room that you can use in our branches across Indonesia.

Our Packages

● Representative Office Set Up

Representative Office Set Up

USD 1,900

Average Timeline: 2 weeks

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Includes :

  • Representative Office Permit
  • Register the Representative Office with the Directorate General of Taxes to obtain Taxpayer ID (NPWP)
  • Representative Office Registration Number

● Representative Office Set Up + Virtual Office

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USD 2,400

Average Timeline: 2 weeks

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Include :

  • Representative Office Permit
  • Register the Representative Office with the Directorate General of Taxes to obtain Taxpayer ID (NPWP)
  • Representative Office Registration Number

You’ll also get

  • Prestigious Business Address
  • Mail and Parcels Handling
  • SMS or Email Notification
  • Reception Service
  • Building Domicile
  • Dedicated Local Telephone Number (optional)
  • Professional Call Answering (optional)
  • Call Forwarding (optional)
  • 8 hours Meeting Room / month (optional)
  • 8 hours Workstation / month (optional)
  • 3 hours Executive Office Suite / month (optional)
Along with these, we can also help you with other services such as:
• Accounting and Tax Compliance Service : USD 400 / month
• Work Permit Preparation & Application : USD 990 / person
• KITAS Application : USD 1,600 / person

Step by Step Guide on Registering a Representative Office in Indonesia.

Step 1

Prepare Foreign Company’s Legal Documents

The documents you need to prepare are the Article of Association (ACRA), Business License, Scan Passport of the Director. In addition, a legalized of Letter of Intent, Letter of Statement, Letter of Appointment and Letter of Reference issued by the embassy in the country of origin has to be attached.

Step 2

Prepare your Chief of Representative Office

The Chief of Representative Office can be a local Indonesian citizen or a foreigner who holds work permit. A scan of passport and photo of the Chief are to be prepared before registration.

Step 3

Registration to the Investment Coordinating Board

Once all the requirements are complete, all documents has to be submitted to the Investment Coordinating Board to ger the Representative Office.

Step 4

Tax Registration

All company documents that have been issued up to this step has to be submitted to the Tax Office for the issuance of the Company Tax ID card.

Step 5

Obtaining a Business Registration Number

Once your Representative Office gets the tax registration, we can apply for a Business Registration Number for you to finally able to conduct your research, open a bank account, and hire employees.

Additional :

Opening Company Bank Account

For convenience purpose, you can also open a company bank account with your Representative Office to pay salaries, rents and other expenses that might occurred.

Turn around time.

In short, with InvestInASia Company Incorporation service, we can help you incorporate your business in Indonesia even with you stepping foot in Indonesia or our office. The usual turn around for company incorporation in Indonesia is 2 weeks.

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