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A register built to be
checked, not taken on trust.
The Bissagos Freezone keeps its commercial register as an append-only record: every entry carries the fingerprint of the one before it, so its history can be verified rather than asserted. Seven legal forms, licences on a 24-month cycle, and a public search that needs no account.
Legal forms
Forms are configuration, not code. The catalogue below is read from the register’s own rulebook — amending a form is a change to that rulebook, not a new release of this software.
Bissagos Company Limited by Shares
Bissagos Limited Liability Company
Bissagos Limited Liability Partnership
Bissagos Foundation
Bissagos Protected Cell Company
Bissagos Special Purpose Vehicle
Branch of a Foreign Company
Licences
Each licence runs for a fixed term from its own issue date rather than a common calendar date, so renewals and the review load they create are spread across the year.
| Class | Licence | Term | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freelancer | Freelancer / Solo Permit | 24 months | open |
| professional | Professional & Services Licence | 24 months | open |
| commercial | Commercial Trading Licence | 24 months | open |
| holding | Holding Licence | 24 months | open |
| innovation | Innovation & Technology Licence | 24 months | open |
| media | Media & Creative Licence | 24 months | open |
| maritime | Maritime & Logistics Licence | 24 months | open |
| industrial | Industrial Licence | 24 months | open |
| financial_services | Financial Services Licence | — | not open |
Financial services remain closed: the class needs a prudential regulator separate from the Registrar, and none exists yet.