Why notarized passport to setup my offshore company?

[fanban]

I have a stupid question

why is my agent requesting my passport notarized? in the past it was only the utility bill that was required to be notarized or signed by a lawyer but now the passport too!

Any idea why it is that?

 

[James Turner]

Your agent is required to perform due diligence for anti money laundering purposes which requires that they obtain a copy of the passport in a certified or notarised format.

 

[negon]

Most agent's require you to send both passport and utility bill notarized! It's easy to get that done.

 

[fanban]

Thank you James and Negon great I have ordered my docs to comply.

 

[blizz]

There is no way around the documents. Even we all like privacy then it's not possible unless you work with the dark side