What to do if I lose my business registration license?

A business license is a legal document that records the legal business activities of an individual, group of individuals or an organization. During business operations, for many reasons, you unfortunately lose, tear or damage your business license. So what are the disadvantages of losing a business license? What to do when you lose your business license? Is losing a business license punishable? How long does it take to reissue a business license? Where to get business license re-issuance service? The following article will help you answer these questions in the most detail from Smart Solutions For Business Company Limited (S4B Vietnam).

1. Is there a penalty for losing a business license?

Many individuals and organizations are worried about being fined by the authorities when their business licenses are lost or damaged. Don’t worry, losing your business license has absolutely no penalty.

2. Some disadvantages of losing your business license

  • Losing a business license will cause a lot of trouble for the business unit. In case there is an inspection request from state authorities, all required documents will have to be presented.
  • Losing a business license also affects the registration of other legal procedures to ensure business operations such as procedures for opening bank accounts, bank loans, registration of electricity, water, and telecommunications services. pine,..etc.


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3. How to handle loss of business license

Immediately after discovering the loss of a business registration certificate, individuals and organizations need to make an application for re-issuance of a business registration certificate at the agency that previously issued the license. Including a document clearly stating the reason for losing the business license. There are many types of business licenses, so depending on where the business license is registered, you will contact that agency to make the application.

3.1 Competent agencies carry out procedures to apply for re-issuance of business licenses

If some business licenses are lost, the competent authority will be contacted to request a reissue:

  • If you lose the Certificate of individual business registration, you will have to contact the Economic Department of the District People’s Committee;
  • If you need a Business Registration Certificate, please contact the Business Registration Office under the Department of Planning and Investment of the Province/City.

Documents and procedures to request re-issuance of business license
Below are some notes that can help you understand more information, specifically:

A Guide to the Company Registration Number

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3.2 For individual business households

Dossier for re-issuance of a business license is specified in Article 94 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP on business registration. This profile will include the following components:

  • Application for re-issuance of Certificate of individual business household registration (Appendix III-6, Circular No. 01/2021/TT-BKHDT).
  • Application stating the reason for the loss of the business license or Confirmation from the police agency that the loss of the Business License has been declared (If requested by the licensing agency)
  • Letter of introduction/Authorization for another unit/individual to carry out application procedures for re-issuance of business license;

Submit all of the above documents to the District Business Registration Office where the business household is headquartered. The district-level business registration agency shall consider re-issuing the Business Household Registration Certificate within 03 working days from the date of receipt of the dossier.

3.3 For Businesses

Dossier to apply for re-issuance of a business license for an enterprise is specified in Article 68 of Decree 01/2021/ND-CP on business registration. This profile will include the following components:

  • Application for re-issuance of Business Registration Certificate (Appendix II-18, Circular No. 01/2021/TT-BKHDT)
  • Letter of introduction/Authorization for another unit/individual to carry out application procedures for re-issuance of business registration license;
  • Receiving agency
  • The Business Registration Office belongs to the Department of Planning and Investment of the Province/City where the enterprise is headquartered.

4. Processing Time

When receiving the application, the Business Registration Office sends a receipt to the applicant. Within 03 days, the Business Registration Office will consider re-issuing the Business License, clearly stating the re-issue date.

In case the dossier requesting re-issuance of a business license does not have the correct content, dossier components, order and procedures, the Business Registration Office will notify the applicant to complete those requirements for review and re-issue.

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  • Tel: + 84 24 3974 4181
  • Email: service@s4b.com.vn

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