List of documents required for opening a bank account

For legal entities registered in the Republic of Armenia

• Account opening application, signed and sealed by authorized person of the legal entity,
• Charter*
• State Registration Certificate and License (if available) *
• Document certifying Tax Payer's Registration Number, provided by the competent state body.
• State Registration Certificate enclosure with the data of the head of legal entity executive body or minutes/decision of the authorised body on appointing a manager/managers (in case the relevant information on managers is not available in the State Registration Certificate enclosure ) *
• Signature specimen cards of the head of the executive body, chief accountant and persons responsible for the accounting of the legal entity and persons authorized to sign financial transactions with the Bank as well as the signing instruction for banking transactions approved by the state revenue committee adjunct to the RoA government**
• Seal specimen (for sealing the bank account opening documents)
• Passport copies of individuals possessing 10 % and above shares and director of the legal entity, as well as of other real beneficiaries as required by the Bank
• A statement from the register of shareholders/ if the information on shareholders is not available in the Charter (the statement is mandatory for joint stock companies)

For sole entrepreneurs

• Account opening application, signed and sealed by the sole entrepreneur
• Passport*
• Social Security Card*
• Sole Entrepreneurs State Registration Certificate and License (if applicable)*
• Document certifying Tax Payer's Registration Number, provided by the competent state body
• Seal specimen (if available)
• Signature specimen cards of the sole entrepreneur and, if available, of the persons responsible for the accounting of the sole entrepreneur and persons authorized to sign financial transactions with the Bank, as well as the signing instruction for banking transactions approved by the state revenues committee adjunct to the RoA government **

For separated subdivisions of foreign legal entities (branches and representative offices) registered in the Republic of Armenia***

• Account opening application, signed and sealed by authorized person of the the legal entity's separated subdivision
• Charter*
• Registration Certificate*
• Document certifying Tax Payer's Registration Number, provided by the competent state body
• Registration Certificate enclosure with the data of the head of legal entity's separated subdivision as well as minutes/decision of the authorised body on the appointment of the head of legal entity separated subdivision *
• Power of Attorney given by the founder's authorized body to the respective heads or other representatives of separated subdivision to open Bank accounts and conduct Bank transactions*
• Signature specimen cards of the head of the separated subdivision, chief accountant, as well as persons responsible for the accounting of the separated subdivision and persons authorized to sign financial transactions with the Bank as well as the signing instruction for banking transactions approved by the state revenue committee adjunct to the RoA government**
• Seal specimen (for sealing the bank account opening documents)

For legal entities registered outside the Republic of Armenia***

• Account opening application, signed and sealed by authorized person of the legal entity
• Charter*
• State Registration Certificate and License (if available)*
• Minutes/decision of the authorised body on the appointment of the head of executive body*
• Seal specimen (for sealing the bank account opening documents)
• Passport copies of individuals possessing 10 % and above shares and director of the legal entity, as well as of other real beneficiaries as required by the Bank
• Signature specimen cards of persons authorized to enter into financial transactions on behalf of the legal entity, as well as the signing instruction for banking transactions**
• Copies of the authorized persons' passports/ other ID documents.

Notes
* The originals of the documents are returned to the Customer and the copies thereof are kept with the Bank.
** Signature cards are filled out in the Bank in the mandatory presence of the signatories. Signatories must present their passports/other personal identification documents.
*** For the legal entities registered outside the Republic of Armenia and separated subdivisions of foreign legal entities (branches and representative offices) registered in the Republic of Armenia the documents required for opening bank accounts to be presented to the bank by notarization and verified by the apostil or other authorised bodies of the respective country. The documents of the legal entities registered in the CIS countries to be presented to the bank only with notarization.