Start Your Indonesian Market Entry with a Representative Office

Representative Office does not require any minimum paid-up capital. If you do not want to invest so much and want to test the market first, a representative office may be an option. Although a representative office does not require any minimum paid-up capital nor established a legal entity in Indonesia, you still must comply with the tax reporting.

Type of Representative Office available for foreign investor in Indonesia is as follows:

1. General Representative Office (KPPA)
2. Trading Representative Office (KP3A)
3. Construction Representative Office (BUJKA)
4. Foreign Company Oil and Gas Representative Office

In this opportunity, we will be focus on KPPA and KP3A as the most inquired. To understand more on Construction Representative Office (BUJKA) and Foreign Company Oil and Gas Representative Office, please send your questions to our email inquiry@cptcorporate.com for more information.

The activities of KPPA and KP3A are limited to:

1. As supervisor, liaison, coordinator, and manage the interest of the parent company or its companies' affiliation;
2. To prepare the establishment or the business development of a foreign investment company in Indonesia or in another country;
3. Located in an office building in the provincial capital;
4. Not looking for revenue in Indonesia, and it is not allowed in carrying out activities or doing something related to the commercial transaction of sales and purchasing goods or services with companies or individuals in Indonesia; and
5. Not participating in any form in the management of a company, subsidiary, or branch company in Indonesia.

From the Parent Company:

1. Article of Association of parent company in (Written in English or Indonesian);
2. Board of Directors list of the Parent Company
3. Passport of the Director of the Parent Company

From the Chief Representative Office ("CRO")

1. Passport (for foreign CRO) or KTP and NPWP (for Indonesian CRO);
2. Pass photo in color;

No physical presence is required during the registration of company in Indonesia. The steps to register the company in Indonesia are below:

1. Onboarding Process
   Client to sign the service agreement and/or countersign our proposal. After that, we will issue invoice and send you the application form. Upon receipt the payment and application form, we will start the process.
2. Signing the letters prepared by CPT Corporate.
   We will provide a Statement Letter to be signed and legalized by the Parent Company.
3. Incorporation Process.
   • Business Identification Number (NIB)
   • Trading Business License (for KP3A),
   • Tax ID Number (Nomor Pokok Wajib Pajak – NPWP) (INCORPORATION DOCUMENTS)
4. Apply for Work Permit and Stay Permit (KITAS).
   You can skip this step if you appoint Indonesian CRO to open the bank account.
5. Opening a Bank Account.
   Limited stay permit and/or work permit is required if the CRO is a foreigner.
6. Start Operating
   In this step, you may start operating your business.