Kuwait - Required Documents for account activation

Created by Tap Applications, Modified on Mon, 04 Mar 2024 at 04:34 PM by Esraa Nasser Sallam

Account activation in Kuwait requires documents that vary depending on the type of business you have (Corporate - Individual)

A.1) Businesses with "corporate bank accounts," for which you need to provide the following:

1) Copy of civil ID/Passport of authorized signatory (Front & back)

Note: Passport is accepted for only "Kuwaitis"

* Required for all shareholders with 25% shares or more, plus all authorized signatories as well

* Owner's Address is needed

2) Copy of Commercial License

* Company address is needed

3) Copy of authorized signature

4) Memorandum of association or articles of association.

Specially for businesses, which include other licensed business entities

* Copy of the Memorandum of Association or articles of association of shareholding entities with 25% shares or more is required.

5) Website/ social media account URL such as Instagram or Facebook (depending on where you sell)

Note: The website or social media account MUST be active including some items.

6) Business bank details (Cannot be a personal bank account) such as:

IBAN Number
Bank Account Name: Should match the company name as it is spelled in the banking records in English

Note: The above information must be provided with a stamped official bank certificate.

A.2) Businesses with "personal bank accounts," for which you need to provide the following:

1) Copy of civil ID/Passport of authorized signatory (Front & back)

Note: Passport is accepted for only "Kuwaitis"

* Required for all shareholders with 25% shares or more, plus all authorized signatories as well

* Owner's Address is needed

2) Copy of License of the private company establishment "Home-based"

* For more info press here

3) Copy of authorized signature

4) Memorandum of association or articles of association.

Specially for businesses which include other licensed business entities

* Copy of the Memorandum of Association or articles of association of shareholding entities with 25% shares or more is required.

5) Website/ social media account URL such as Instagram or Facebook (depending on where you sell)

? Note: The website or social media account MUST be active including some items.

6) Personal bank details, such as:

IBAN Number
Bank Account Name: Should match the business owner's name as it is spelled in the banking records in English

Note: The above information must be provided with a stamped official bank certificate.

B) Individual Business is a business without a commercial license.

** Unfortunately, right now we are not accepting any businesses without a license in Kuwait. So if you’re an individual business based in these countries, please check back later to see if we have restarted accepting these businesses, and you can contact our support team via live chat.

Click on the below countries, depending on where your business is based, to see the required KYC documents:

Bahrain	UAE	Saudi Arabia
Qatar	Oman	Egypt
Jordan	Lebanon	---