The representative office of a foreign company is an independent part of the organization usually registered in a foreign country as a public or non-profit organization. A representative must be registered in the register of representative offices. Representative offices in the republic cannot carry out commercial activities and are not seen as legal entities. It takes between one to fifteen days to register a representative office in the country. The government can only allow all operations carried out by the office after complete registration in the register.

If you are a business owner interested in establishing a representative within the territory, this is a comprehensive guide on how to set up a Latvian foreign representative. 

Registration 

Registering a foreign representative office here is relatively easy and takes only a few days to do. Aside from the payment of the state fees, there is no additional fee to pay for. To register a Latvian foreign representative, simply follow the steps below:

1. Register the office address
2. Complete the registration form
3. Pay the state fees
4. Submission of required documents

Register the office address

The legal address of the office is the location duly registered in the register of the representative office. There are certain conditions for registering an office address:

• It must be the same as the State Register of Addresses. 
• If there are many offices on the site, the exact number of offices must be listed

Completing the registration form

When registering a foreign representative, an applicant must fill out the registration form with the Register. The form must be signed by the fiscal agents of the foreign company before submission. The application must contain

• Application form PR-1 
• Name, address, and registration number of the foreign company
• The activity of a foreign entity
• Names and personal identification numbers of the representative of the company
• The legal address of the representative office, etc.

Payment of the state fees

Before an application may be properly handled by the Enterprise Register, the applicant is required to pay a fee to the state. The registration process is considered finished once it has been established that the fee has been paid and deposited to the Treasury account. The payment can be paid to any bank up to two days before submitting the application form and any necessary documents, either digitally or through the mail. The fees charged by the state change depending on how quickly you would like your registration processed.

Registration Time	Registration Fee
Registration within 15 days	EUR 28.46
Registration within 4 working days	EUR 56.92
Registration within 1 working day	EUR 85.38

Submission of required documents

To complete the registration of the office, the application form and necessary documents must be submitted to the Register by the representative hired by the parent company. Some of the required documents are listed below:

• Application form PR-1
• Application form for the notification of the beneficial owner 
• Document showing proof of the registration of the parent company
• Document showing evidence of the decision to set up a representative office in the country
• Evidence of a power of attorney for the representative, etc

Methods of submission

The documents may be submitted electronically through an e-mail or traditional mail. When optioning to submit electronically, the application form must be signed and sent via an e-mail address. The documents must be signed with a secure electronic signature issued abroad, and evidence of the payment of the service attached.  If you are submitting through traditional mail, the signed documents and form may be delivered to the Register of Companies and a payment order for the payment of the state fee should be attached to the mail. 

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