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# Guinea-Bissau

> How to collect KYB documents from business customers in Guinea-Bissau (GNB) when onboarding through the Conduit API.

## Overview

| Field | Value |
| - | - |
| Region | Africa |
| ISO 3166-1 | GW / GNB |
| Registry | RCCM via CFE / Ministry of Justice |
| Last updated | 2026-05-06 |

## Identifiers

Collect two identifiers from each business customer in Guinea-Bissau and submit them as strings on the application body.

| API field | Local name | Issuer |
| - | - | - |
| `businessInfo.taxId` | **NIF (Número de Identificação Fiscal)** | DGCI — Direcção Geral das Contribuições e Impostos |
| `businessInfo.businessEntityId` | **Número RCCM** | RCCM via CFE / Ministry of Justice |

*Tax ID:* Issued via Kontaktu platform (kontaktu.mef.gw); NIF issuance through legacy SIGEF system is prohibited as of 2025.

*Registration number:* OHADA Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier number; assigned at CFE registration.

## Sector regulators

`BCEAO` · `CIMA` · `AMF-UMOA` · `CENTIF`

## Legal structures

| Local name | Abbreviation | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Société à Responsabilité Limitée | SARL | Quota-based limited-liability company; the dominant SME vehicle under AUSCGIE 2014; liability capped at contributions. Equivalent to a US LLC. |
| Société Anonyme | SA | Share-capital company with separate legal personality; minimum capital FCFA 10,000,000 (non-listed); board of directors required under AUSCGIE. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société par Actions Simplifiée | SAS | Flexible share-capital company introduced by the 2014 AUSCGIE revision; no mandatory minimum capital; governed by freely drafted bylaws. Closest US equivalent: C-Corp. |
| Société en Nom Collectif | SNC | General partnership in which all partners have merchant status and bear joint, unlimited liability for company debts. Equivalent to a US General Partnership. |
| Société en Commandite Simple | SCS | Limited partnership combining at least one general partner with unlimited liability and one or more limited partners liable only to the extent of their contributions. Equivalent to a US Limited Partnership. |
| Entreprise Individuelle | — | Sole trader (natural person) who registers at the RCCM under the OHADA Uniform Act on General Commercial Law; no separate legal personality; owner bears unlimited personal liability. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship. |
| Entreprenant | — | Simplified individual-entrepreneur status introduced by AUDCG 2010 (Art. 30); established by declaration rather than full RCCM registration; covers commercial, craft, agricultural, or civil activities below a turnover threshold. Equivalent to a US Sole Proprietorship / DBA. |
| Groupement d'Intérêt Économique | GIE | Economic interest group used for joint-venture or cooperative-ancillary purposes; no share capital required; members retain unlimited joint liability. Closest US equivalent: a statutory Business Trust or joint-venture entity. |

## How documents combine

For each evidence area, this table shows whether the listed documents are alternatives (any one of) or a bundle (all required). The artifact-by-artifact lookup follows below.

| Evidence area | Documents needed |
| - | - |
| Legal Registration | Extrait RCCM |
| Constitutive Documents | Statuts |
| Tax Registration | Certificado NIF |
| Operating Permit | Autorização de Exercício |
| Ownership Records | *Any one of:* Statuts · Registre des Associés · Registre des Actions |
| Governance Records | *All required:* Extrait RCCM + Statuts + PV de nomination |
| Signing Authority | *Any one of:* PV d'Assemblée Générale · Procuration notariée |
| Address | *Any one of:* Contrato de Arrendamento · Recibo de Serviços · Extrato Bancário |
| Good Standing | Extrait RCCM |

## Documents to collect

The physical documents you'll collect from your customer, with the evidence area each one proves. One document can prove multiple areas — for example, Brazil's Cartão CNPJ covers both tax and business-registration proof, so it appears once with both areas listed.

| Document | Proves |
| - | - |
| **Extrait RCCM (CFE)** | Legal Registration, Governance Records, Good Standing |
| **Statuts** | Constitutive Documents, Ownership Records, Governance Records |
| **Certificado NIF** | Tax Registration |
| **Autorização de Exercício** | Operating Permit |
| **Registre des Associés (SARL)** | Ownership Records |
| **Registre des Actions (SA)** | Ownership Records |
| **PV de nomination** | Governance Records |
| **PV d'Assemblée Générale** | Signing Authority |
| **Procuration notariée** | Signing Authority |
| **Contrato de Arrendamento** | Address |
| **Recibo de Serviços (≤90 dias)** | Address |
| **Extrato Bancário (≤90 dias)** | Address |
| **Sector-Specific License** | BCEAO, CIMA, AMF-UMOA — Autorité des Marchés Financiers de l'UMOA |

### Collection notes

* **Legal Registration:** Issued by RCCM via CFE one-stop shop; contains RCCM number, legal form, registered address.
* **Constitutive Documents:** Notarized constitutive document filed at CFE; OHADA marital info requirement applies to founders.
* **Tax Registration:** NIF certificate from DGCI; VAT registration (TVA 19%) required if turnover exceeds FCFA 40 million (Law 4/2022, eff. 2025-01-01).
* **Operating Permit:** General business activity authorization issued by Ministério do Comércio, Indústria e Artesanato.
* **Sector-Specific License:** Sector-specific: BCEAO/Commission Bancaire UMOA (banking); CIMA (insurance, member since 2002); CREPMF (capital markets).
* **Governance Records:** RCCM extract lists gérant/administrateurs; nomination minutes confirm current office-holders.
* **Signing Authority:** Board or GA resolution conferring signing authority; notarized POA for mandataire.
* **Address:** Conduit universal policy: lease (no time bound) OR utility bill OR bank statement, with utility/bank dated within 90 days. Same evidence satisfies both registered-address and operating-address checks.
* **Good Standing:** Guinea-Bissau follows the OHADA RCCM model and does not issue a separate certificate of good standing; active status is evidenced by a recently-dated Extrait RCCM from CFE / the Ministry of Justice (or via the OHADA regional portal) reflecting current registration. Request issuance within 30 days for banking; foreign use commonly 60-90 days.

## Person roles

When you submit a person on the application body, set their `role` to one of Conduit's canonical `BusinessPersonRole` values. Use this table to map a local corporate-governance title onto the right canonical role.

| Local role | Canonical API role | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Gérant | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Manager of SARL; legal representative with day-to-day authority. |
| Président (SAS) | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Head of SAS; sole mandatory executive officer. |
| Directeur Général | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Executive officer in an SA with board; day-to-day management. |
| Président du Conseil d'Administration | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Presides over SA board; governance role. |
| Administrateur | `CONTROLLING_PERSON` | Member of SA board (Conseil d'Administration). |
| Mandataire / Procurador | `LEGAL_REPRESENTATIVE` | Holder of notarized power of attorney to bind the company. |

## Additional fields

Country-specific fields you'll need to collect during onboarding, beyond the document uploads.

| Field | Applies to | Reason |
| - | - | - |
| `marital_status` | founder | OHADA Statuts require marital status and matrimonial regime for founders/associés due to community-property rules. |

## Notes

* Guinea-Bissau is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention (confirmed HCCH status table, 31-XII-2025); document legalization requires full consular/embassy chain.
* OHADA authoritative texts are in French, not Portuguese — local Portuguese translations have no legal authority; verify filings against French originals.
* VAT (TVA 19%) was introduced 2025-01-01 under Law 4/2022 / implementing Decree Oct 2024, replacing the prior IGV; the NIF doubles as the VAT registration identifier above FCFA 40M turnover threshold.
* RCCM registry was paper-based for decades; computerization only started in 2017 and coverage of pre-digital records may be incomplete — request registry confirmation of record availability before ordering extracts.


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