Your Singapore company, incorporated without stepping off the plane

ACRA requires every Singapore private limited company to have at least one director who is ordinarily resident in Singapore. That means a Singapore citizen, permanent resident, or holder of an EntrePass or Employment Pass. If you're based overseas and incorporating remotely, you don't have one of those. Neither do most foreign founders at the point they're trying to get started. The solution is a nominee director: a qualified Singapore resident who satisfies ACRA's requirement on paper, while you retain full operational control of the company. It's a standard, legal arrangement that exists precisely because Singapore wants to attract foreign capital without requiring founders to physically relocate.

Beyond the resident director, ACRA requires a registered office address in Singapore where official correspondence can be received. A home address or PO box won't satisfy the requirement. Duellix provides both: a nominee director and a registered office address, bundled with the incorporation filing itself. That covers name reservation, the company constitution, and submission through BizFile. For most foreign founders, this is the complete set of requirements standing between them and a registered Singapore entity. Once incorporated, you'll receive your ACRA profile and company registration number, which is what banks and counterparties actually want to see. Company registration details the full scope of what the filing process covers.

A common concern is whether a remotely incorporated company can actually operate: open a bank account, sign contracts, hire staff, invoice clients. The answer is yes, with the same standing as any locally incorporated entity. The nominee director arrangement satisfies ACRA's residency requirement without giving that person any operational role in your business. You remain the director responsible for running the company. If you eventually need to hire Singapore-based staff without relocating yourself, that's a separate question covered by an Employer of Record arrangement. But the entity itself is fully operational from day one.

The incorporation process requires collecting KYC documents, reserving your company name, preparing the constitution, and filing with ACRA. Duellix manages all of that. Same-day response is a stated commitment, and you'll have a named account manager rather than a support queue. Communication happens through whatever channel works for you, including WhatsApp and Slack, which matters when you're coordinating across time zones. Once the company is incorporated, ongoing compliance (corporate secretarial, accounting, tax filings with IRAS) can be handled by the same team, so you're not starting over with a new provider every time a deadline approaches.