Which Company Document Do You Need?

Option 1: Certificate of incorporation

Choose this when the recipient needs formation evidence, the original legal name, registration number, or formation date. It may be an old document and may not show that the company still exists or is compliant today. Ask whether a current-status certificate must accompany it.

Option 2: Good-standing or current-status certificate

Choose this when the recipient asks whether the company is active, current, compliant, or in good standing. Use the local registry's exact product name. Check the certificate's assumptions and date because a status certificate may not prove ownership, solvency, tax clearance, or the absence of private liabilities.

Option 3: Company extract or profile

Choose an extract when the recipient wants registry particulars such as officers, registered office, filing history, or a public status line. Confirm whether it must be an official extract, certified extract, or simply a public record printout. The difference can affect overseas acceptance.

Option 4: Certified filed document or corporate pack

Choose this when the recipient needs articles, a memorandum, a resolution, ownership filing, or another underlying record. A certificate or extract may not contain the operative authority. Ask for the exact filing, certification level, translation, and authentication route before ordering a bundle.

How Nomadic Go helps

Nomadic Go can map the recipient's request to an identified registry-issued certificate, certified document, or extract and coordinate retrieval through the approved route. We can then review whether a separate apostille, legalisation, certified translation, or private corporate document is needed. The professional fee is quote-first and scoped per identified document. Registry and issuer charges, shipping, translation, authentication, and replacement records are separate unless the accepted quote says otherwise. We do not provide a legal opinion on company status, guarantee bank approval, perform tax clearance, or provide tax services.

What does a certificate of incorporation prove?

It generally proves that the registry formed or registered the entity and identifies the entity at that point. Contents vary by jurisdiction. It is not automatically proof of current status, ownership, solvency, tax compliance, or authority to sign a particular transaction.

What does a good-standing certificate prove?

It reports the status represented by the issuing registry under its own rules at the certificate date. The name and scope vary, and it may not address private debts, beneficial ownership, tax, or licensing. Read the certificate and the recipient's requested facts together.

Is an extract the same as a certified copy?

No. An extract is a selected report of registry information. A certified copy reproduces an identified filed document or record with an issuer's certification. A public extract may be useful but is not necessarily accepted where a certified document is requested.

Why would a bank ask for more than one company document?

A bank may separately verify formation, current status, signatory authority, ownership, address, and identity. No single certificate necessarily contains all of those facts. Ask the bank to identify each missing fact and map it to the appropriate document.

Do these documents need an apostille for overseas use?

Possibly. The answer depends on the issuing country, destination, document format, recipient, and any treaty or exemption. An apostille authenticates the eligible document signature or seal; it does not guarantee the bank or authority will accept the corporate information.