Who should register?

Any natural or legal person requiring interaction with CIPRO, such as attorneys, law firms, banks, auditors, other enterprises and private individuals must register as customers with CIPRO.

• You need to be registered in order to perform any transactions on the CIPRO website

Please make sure that your reference number is clearly indicated.

• CIPRO Office
• South African Post Office (SAPO).(Payments for close corporations or co-operatives)You may pay for any of the CIPRO services offered by our Decentralisation partners at a Post Office nearest to you. CIPRO Decentralization process click here.
• Electronic deposit, using a credit or debit card (you only need to put your customer code in the reference field. The date and sequence number are not required.)
• Any ABSA bank
• Any other bank (allow 3-4 days for funds to be allocated)

The CIPRO account details are as follows:

Bank	:	ABSA
Account Type	:	Deposit Account
Account Name	:	CIPRO
Account Number	:	4055 68 1017
Branch Name	:	Van der Walt Street
Payment Reference	:	XXXXXXDDMMCCYY01 (If the Reference Number is less than six characters long then use trailing zeros. (XXXX00DDMMCCYY01)

Benefits:

	Fee Payable	No Fee Payable	Disclosure
All registration forms are available on the CIPRO website in pdf format.		X
National or Provincial Government Departments may have full access to disclosure functions on our Internet site.			X
Banks will have full access to disclosure functions on our Internet site.	X
Access to disclosure of information with respect to company and close corporation entities on the Internet at a prescribed fee.	X
You will be able to lodge the following documents (CK1, CK2 (part B is free), CK2A (no fee payable), CK7, CM5, CM6 CM8 and CM8A) electronically except National or Provincial Government Departments and banks.  (Only manual lodgements of CK7 & CM5 if section C needs to be completed). Please note that the original CK1, CK2 and CK2A documents still needs to be manually submitted after online lodgement.	X
Lodge Annual Returns except for National or Provincial Government Departments and Banks.	X
Regular status checks on the progress of documents lodged.		X
All registered companies and close corporations can be e-mailed to you if communications method is e-mail.		X
Self help tracking of manual applications can be done online and will be billed if link to a specific applications.	X
Customer Verification.  Each customer that wishes to utilize the electronic lodgement facility for companies (CM29, CM31, CM27A and CM22) except for National or Provincial Government Departments and Banks.  (Please note that a fee is payable to the Commissioner of Oaths per customer per card per year for verification.)		X (Fee payable to CIPRO – None)

How do you register?

Online Registration.

After submitting this application (by following the instructions below), your account will be activated immediatly. However, Bank and Government customers' accounts will only be activated by CIPRO after receipt of a fax or E-mail on an official letterhead, confirming the application and customer code. Please send this fax to our revenue unit at +27 12 394 6361. No official notice will be given to potential customers of a successful registration. Successful registration will be determined by a second login of the applicant with the details entered upon registration.

Help us to help you

Customers must at all times ensure that their preferred mode of delivery is entered correctly, i.e. E-mail, post, docex or collection at CIPRO offices.

Customers who perform bulk transactions are also advised to purchase a stamp with your Customer Code and stamp all documents on the top left side corner. This will help for ease of identification and tracking purposes. Kindly note that all documents will be forwarded to addresses specified by you on the customer registration application. Pleas do not provide an address on the forms?