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International or Foreign Companies Doing Business in Jamaica
Subsidiary Company
1. Incorporation of a subsidiary company in Jamaica
A new limited liability corporation would be merged in Jamaica pursuant to the Companies Act, 2004 and the main shareholder of this newly fused limited liability company would be the international company.
Overseas Company or Branch Company
2. To operate in Jamaica as a branch of an oversea
Section 363 of the Companies Act, 2004 allows for a company incorporated outside of Jamaica which establishes a place of business in Jamaica, will within one month of the creation of the place of commercial in Jamaica register an ‘Overseas Company’ in Jamaica by doing the following:-
(i) Surrender to the Companies Office of Jamaica, certified copies of any Charter, Statutes or Articles or other Apparatus of Incorporation of the Company. In spirit, the Companies Office generally need the submission of certified copies of any official documents which was used to incorporate the business in the control of incorporation;
(ii) The Charter, Statutes or Articles or other Apparatus of Incorporation of the corporation must be certified be certified by an authorized of the Regime body answerable for supervision of the new in the country of incorporation. For example, the accreditation could be completed by the native Businesses Office in the state of incorporation if the local Companies Office is the body responsible for the charge of the new. If these certified papers are not in English, a specialized interpretation must be attached and there are extraordinary requirements for the accreditation of the translated papers.
References
International or Foreign Companies Doing Business in Jamaica
https://www.export.gov/article?id=Jamaica-Openness-to-Foreign-Investment
