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Procedure Name

Freight Forwarder Registration

Description

Category

Registration

Responsible Agency

Customs Department

Address: Sri Lanka Customs, No. 40, Main Street, Colombo 11, Sri Lanka.

Phone: +94 11 222 1333

Email: enquiries@customs.gov

Legal base of the Procedure

Customs Ordinance

Required Documentation

No	Type	Notes
1	Business Registration (BR)
2	National Identity Card/Passport of the representative
3	VAT certificate	Obtained from Inland Revenue Department
4	Request letter from the shipping agent
5	Merchant Shipping License
6	Forms (M1,M2,M3,M4, M5)	Download the Draft from the Sri Lanka Customs website at https://www.customs.gov.lk published under the “Downloads --> E Manifest Registration
7	Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)	Download the Draft from the Sri Lanka Customs website at https://www.customs.gov.lk published under the “Downloads --> E Manifest Registration
8	Board Resolution	If the company is a Limited Liability Company or a Public Company, pass a Board Resolution appointing one Director or required number of Directors as per Articles of Association of the company to sing the Proxy and Acceptance of proxy *only if applicable*

*note : submit the documents in the above given order

Process Steps

Step 1	Submit the relevant documents (Doc No 1-5) to the D-branch of Department of Customs
Step 2	Process the document submitted
Step 3	Obtain a reference number from the D-branch
Step 4	Submit reference number along with the required documents mentioned above to ICT Directorate obtain the date and time for registration and signing of MoU.
Step 5	Sign the MoU with the Director of Customs (ICT) being present at the time given at the ICT Division of Sri Lanka Customs.
Step 6	Once the MoU is signed the ASC (eManifest Registration) will create FF Number and issue the VPN Certificate, User-names and passwords to the relevant users of the company to access the AsyCuda World server directly.(Please bring a pen drive to get the VPN)

Category

Import/Export

The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date
Application Form for Taxpayer Registration (For Company)	This is the application form for Taxpayer Registration (For Company)	20-12-2017	28-02-2018
Application Form for Taxpayer Registration (For Individual and Proprietorship)	This is the application form for Taxpayer Registration (For Individual and Proprietorship)	20-12-2017	28-02-2018
Application Form for Taxpayer Registration (For Partnership / Joint Venture / Project)	This is the application form for Taxpayer Registration (For Partnership / Joint Venture / Project)	20-12-2017	28-02-2018
Application for Registration of a Company	This is the application form for Registration of a Company	21-12-2017	05-03-2018
E-Manifest Application Forms (M1,M2,M3)	This include Application for signing MOU/ Authentication of the Signatory(M1), Application to Obtain Access to Sri Lanka Customs ASYCUDA System – e-manifest Users (Password Application)(M2), e-manifest User Policy of the Sri Lanka Customs (SLC)(M3)	16-01-2018	23-03-2023
VPN application forms for Manifest Users (M4,M5)(1)	This include Application to Obtain Access to Sri Lanka Customs ASYCUDA System – Manifest Users (Password Application for VPN)(M4), DTI (VPN) User Policy of the Sri Lanka Customs (SLC)(M5)	16-01-2018	24-01-2018

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Agency	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Freight Forwarder Registration	Registration Requirement		The Registration of Freight Forwarders in Term of Section 114 of the Customs Ordinance	Completed application can be submitted for registration at Customs ADP Division, 3rd Floor, Times Building. Obtain the Code Number, on registration, which is required for submission of manifests.	Customs Ordinance	08-12-9999	Good