"CR eFiling" is a free mobile application developed by the Companies Registry to facilitate registered users of our e-Registry (www.eregistry.gov.hk) to submit application for incorporation, Annual Return and commonly filed specified forms to the Registrar of Companies for registration using smartphones and mobile devices anytime and anywhere.
With the e-form editing feature of the "CR eFiling" mobile application, you can easily retrieve, edit and submit a saved e-form on the mobile device.
You can download "CR eFiling" for free from the App Store or Google Play.
- relating to incorporation of local companies (Forms NNC1, NNC1G and NNC3);
- relating to changes of company particulars (Forms NNC2, NR1, ND2A, ND2B, ND4, ND5, ND7, ND8, and NSC1); and
- Annual Return (Form NAR1).
For more details, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions on “Electronic Submission of Specified Forms” and the respective demonstrations at the e-Registry.
The "CR eFiling" app operates on iPhone/iPad with iOS 13 to 15 and Android devices with Android 8 to 9. Internet access and web browser on mobile devices are also required.
Yes. You must first register as a user at our e-Registry portal (www.eregistry.gov.hk) before using the “CR eFiling” app. For details of user registration, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions on “User Registration and Account Association” and the respective demonstrations at the e-Registry.
You can only login “CR eFiling” with your User ID and password registered with the e-Registry. An Individual User who has registered his/her personal digital certificate in the user account can, however, sign e-forms at “CR eFiling” using either the digital certificate in PKCS#12 file saved in the mobile device or his/her User ID and password.
The font file on your mobile device may not be able to display some Chinese characters that are defined in Private Use Area in the ISO10646 international code standard. These characters are included in the Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set (“HKSCS”). In order to display these Chinese characters properly, you may need to use a desktop or notebook computer that supports HKSCS.
The font type for displaying characters in the “CR eFiling” depends on the default setting in your mobile device. In order to be consistent with the company names printed on the certificates issued in paper form by the Companies Registry, the company names will be displayed in “PMingLiU” font (新細明體) on the certificates issued in electronic form and the registered e-forms.
Yes. Otherwise, you cannot retrieve the e-forms after the application is uninstalled. You may make backup copies of the e-forms saved in iPhone/iPad by using iTunes of Apple, or copying the e-forms from the folder ‘Android > data > hk.gov.eregistry.eform > files’ of Android device.
