The United States and Canada are two members that participate in the APEC program. The American and Canadian APEC cardholders can use expedited immigration when they visit the APEC participating countries. However, they must have a US and Canada visa when they visit these two countries. In the US, the Customs and Border Protection is the government agency that handles …
What is an APEC card?
You should consider getting an APEC card if you are a business owner that travels around the Asia Pacific region a lot. Or you have been spending so much time lining up at the custom going through the immigrations. APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Business Travel Card. It is a visa that grants cardholders the privilege of visa-free entry and …
Benefits of using Cloud Accounting
Owners created and started their small businesses with the purpose and intention of doing what they love. Their passions are brought into the real world. Small-business owners are passionate in serving their customers. Therefore, they hope to make something special with their businesses. In an ideal world, these business owners do not have to worry about the admin aspect of …
Applying for a Hong Kong Identity Card once Visa is approved
What is the next step after your Visa is finally approved? Centre O is here to assist you in every step of the way for your business. Once your Visa is approved, you can begin the process of applying for a Hong Kong Identity Card. We can help you go through the process of ID card application one step at …
Starting an Employment Agency in Hong Kong with a license
Want to learn more about starting an employment agency in Hong Kong? You came to the right place! To begin with, what is an employment agency anyways? An employment agency is basically the messenger or the middleman between the employer and potential employee. The Hong Kong Employment Ordinance defines it as “an establishment or person who aims at obtaining employment …
Application Process of Employment Agency License
Obtaining an employment agency license is not as hard as you may think. Rather it is simple and straightforward as long as you have the necessary documents and follow the application steps. There is a procedure for applying for an employment agency license. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with the process as we have it all listed out …
Managing your Business via Cloud Base Platform Xero
Starting your own business can be exciting as you get to pursue your interests and make your ideas into reality, at the same time, it comes with responsibilities and tasks on the daily. This includes accounting work, administration tasks, and clerical duties. It can become quite difficult to manage everything at the same time, especially for small businesses and Start-up …
Keeping Your Company Records for 7 years
Do you remember the last time you sorted all of your company records? It can be quite confusing and frustrating keeping track of all of your documents. Nevertheless this is always the last task on your to-do list. According to the Company Ordinance, Section 51C of the Inland Revenue Ordinance requires every person carrying on a trade, profession or business in …
Hong Kong Limited Companies Having Business Activities with Sanctioned Countries
When starting your own business in Hong Kong, there are many things to consider such as regulations and policies. Without the hassle and confusion, we can assist your process of opening a business bank account in Hong Kong. Centre O offer commercial bank account introducing services, short listing of which bank(s) to approach, walking you through the whole procedure of company …
Designated Representative of a Hong Kong Company
Other than identifying and keeping the Significant Controllers Register, the Hong Kong companies are also required to designated a representative for its company under the Companies Amendment Ordinance 2018. According to the “Guideline on the Keeping of Significant Controllers Register“, Section 2.7 also pointed out a company must designate at lest one person as its representative to provide assistance relating to …