navbar.gif
space
IMAGE
image image

Samoa, which changed its name from Western Samoa in July 1997, is a group of 9 islands situated in the South Pacific, east of the International Date Line. At various stages, it has been administered by Britain, Germany and New Zealand. Samoa, where English is the language of government and commerce, became independent in 1962 and retains a parliamentary form of government. Since independence, it has developed into a politically stable nation.

 
image

Samoa's offshore corporate legislation was originally introduced in the late 1980s and was based on Cook Islands legislation but now includes numerous enhancements, making it more user-friendly to suit the requirements of the Asian market. Of particular note are the following:-

  1. Chinese character names (and other foreign languages) are permitted, in addition to English names on the Certificates of Incorporation, in a properly supervised manner;
  2. Documents may be filed in any language. We have developed a Chinese language M&A to make Samoan companies even more appealing to Chinese language jurisdictions;
  3. Companies may pay their licence fees for 5, 10 or 20 years in advance and substantial discounts are offered to companies that have elected to take up this offer;
  4. In order to attract business from more expensive jurisdictions in difficult economic times,Samoa has, in August 1998, introduced a new legislation that enables the easy migration of companies in a convenient and effective manner. The government fee for re-domiciling is USD100. Samoa has also reduced the annual licence fees for these companies (no matter what the authorised capital is) and announced a special offer for re-domiciled companies at only USD100.

Provision has been made to allow the filing of documents and maintenance of accounts by electronic means.

Click here to read Samoa Fact Sheet [PDF File]
Back to Company Formation
footer
Untitled Document You are visitor No. on this site