Company registration is easy with Cleardocs. We provide you all the documents you need to set up an Australian company and to register it with ASIC. You can also use Cleardocs to lodge the Form 201 with ASIC electronically. This unique Cleardocs technology means you can have a new company registered, AND all the legal documents emailed in less than 20 minutes. There is no need to lodge anything by hand any more. The Cleardocs fee is $137.50 (inc GST) and the ASIC fees are $400. You'll receive the ACN by email immediately — and can download the Certificate of Registration from our site.

An Australian First

Cleardocs was the first website in Australia through which you — by yourself, at anytime — became able to register a company electronically with ASIC online, and can download all the legal and related documents instantly. This is one of the main reasons that Cleardocs is used by more than 3,000 professional firms on behalf of their clients for company registration.

What is included in the Cleardocs Company Registrations package?

• Consent to act as Director
• Consent to act as Secretary
• Application for shares
• Minutes of a meeting of directors
• Share Certificates
• Consent to act as Public Officer
• Notice of appointment of Public Officer
• Constitution
• Certificate of Registration

Before you electronically lodge the Form 201 with ASIC through Cleardocs (which happens online), you need to arrange for the relevant documents to be signed by the directors, secretaries, and shareholders. Then the documents need to be filed in the Company Register.

How long does the ASIC process take?

Normally, ASIC will issue the ACN and Certificate of Registration within a few minutes - you can wait at the Cleardocs site for the response.

When ASIC approves the company registration, Cleardocs inserts the ACN in the relevant documents - eg, the minutes of the first directors' meeting, the share certificates, the public officer documents and the constitution. You can download them straight away.

ASIC has to review some applications manually but will notify you of this promptly. So if you wait more than a few minutes for a response, it's probably worth logging out and checking again later. Cleardocs will send you an email when ASIC responds.

Questions or further information

If you have questions:

• about how to use Cleardocs, contact the Cleardocs helpline on 1300 307 343.


• about legal issues, contact the Cleardocs helpline on 1300 307 343. If you need advice, we will arrange for you to speak with a lawyer at Maddocks. The firm provides a free legal helpline in relation to the documents Cleardocs provides. If you require other legal advice in relation to your particular circumstances, then this will be charged for.