Foreign Investors on RJSC eBRS: Register a Company or Branch Office in Bangladesh

Foreign investors can now start the RJSC process in Bangladesh online, with a passport instead of an NID. RJSC’s new eBRS portal supports foreign individuals, foreign corporate shareholders and foreign company (branch or liaison office) registration. Here is what overseas founders and head offices need to prepare.

Signing up as a foreigner

Choose “Foreign” nationality on sign-up and provide passport number, date of birth, name, email, phone, country and a scanned passport. Verify by OTP and email, then set a password.

Option 1: A Bangladeshi subsidiary (private limited company)

Most investors register a private limited company with foreign shareholding. On eBRS you add shareholders as Foreign Individual or Foreign Corporate. A corporate shareholder must name a representative. For foreign individuals, eBRS asks for:

• Passport number and scanned passport (PDF)
• Photo and signature images (.jpg/.png, under 200 KB)
• Proof of tax return submission (PSR), optional for foreigners

Encashment certificate: whenever there is a foreign shareholder, you must enter bank encashment details and upload the certificate. In practice this means the share money is remitted to a Bangladeshi bank before registration is completed.

OTP consent: every foreign shareholder and representative must approve the filing by OTP via a link valid for 7 days. We coordinate this across time zones.

Option 2: Branch or liaison office (foreign company)

• No name clearance needed.
• Government fee: Tk 6,900 (filing + registration, with VAT). No stamp duty.
• Documents: prescribed RJSC forms, bank encashment certificate and BIDA permission.
• Ongoing: returns at Tk 500 per document, plus annual accounts filing.

Typical sequence for a foreign-owned company

1. Name clearance on eBRS (Tk 575)
2. Open a temporary bank account and remit share capital
3. Get the encashment certificate
4. File registration on eBRS and collect OTP consents
5. Pay fees, then RJSC review and incorporation
6. TIN, trade licence, BIN/VAT registration and BIDA registration

Source: RJSC eBRS portal, fee schedule and User Manual, November 2026.