Registration of representative office of foreign company in Ukraine

The registration procedure of a foreign company representative office in Ukraine

In order for a representative office of a foreign company to function in accordance with Ukrainian law, you must perform the following actions:

1. Register the representative office with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine;

2. Register it in the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine, and with the state tax authorities. The representative office will be assigned with the EDRPOU code, but it won’t be listed in the Register.

Upon completion of our lawyers’ work, you will receive:

• certificate of registration of the foreign representative office;

• certificate of inclusion of the representative office in the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine (Certificate of Statistics);

• notification about registration as a payer of the single social fee (if required);

• Form 34-ОПП.

In addition, our company provides the following services:

• Providing a legal address for the registration of the representative office;

• Obtaining a TIN for the foreign director of the representative office;

• Legal and accounting services for the representative office; 

• Obtaining licenses or other permit documents for the representative office;

• Making changes to the documents of the representative office.

The period of the representative office registration in Ukraine - 20 business days (one month).

The calculation of the deadline for the registration of a representative office of a foreign legal entity begins after receiving all the signed documents and the requested information from the foreign company.

How much does it cost to register a representative office in Ukraine?

The cost of registration of a representative office of a foreign company in Ukraine does not include the translation and notary fees, as well as the state duty.

The official state fee amounts to one living wage: Since January, 2021 - UAH 2,270, and since December 2021 - UAH 2,481. It is not included in the cost of registration of the company’s representative office in Ukraine.

For your convenience translation of documents into Ukrainian can be done by our partner translators.

Additional information about starting a representative office of a foreign company in Ukraine

Opening and registering a representative office of a foreign company in Ukraine (in Kyiv and other regions) is a multistage and complex task. You should know that:

• The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine is responsible for the registration of representative offices of foreign companies;

• It will not have the status of a legal entity;

• If a non-resident is going to work in a representative office, he/she does not need a Work Permit. Instead, service cards will be issued by the same Ministry;

• The basis for economic activities of a representative office is a power of attorney for the representative of a foreign company;

• Representative offices are divided into two types depending on whether they have the right to conduct business activities;

• It is not the representative office that is registered with the tax authorities, but the foreign parent company.

You can always ask our specialists about the price of registration of a representative office for your specific case by phone or in any other way convenient for you.

Documents needed to regidter a foreign representative office in Ukraine

To register a representative office you will need the following documents:

• Application for registration;

• Certificate of the parent company registration;

• Certificate from the bank where the account of the foreign company is opened, account numbers;

• Power of attorney for the head of the representative office, duly certified;

• Permission of the central bank of the respective country for opening an account with the right to conduct business activities for the representative office of a foreign company in Ukraine (if necessary);

• Minutes on establishment of a representative office and appointment of the director;

• Office lease agreement (required for information);

• Power of attorney for our lawyers.

Our lawyers provide a template decision of the parent company on establishing a representative office in Ukraine, power of attorney to the director of the representative office, power of attorney to our employees for registration of the representative office.

The document confirming the registration of the parent company, as a rule, is an extract from the commercial, banking or court register of the country where such company is located.

Copy of the lease agreement for the office space (office) of the representative office is not provided at the stage of registration of a representative office with the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. However, such an agreement is required for future activities, and our company can provide it for the regulatory authorities.