Applications No Longer Accepted By Mail Or Courier

In order to reduce delays caused by incomplete applications, as of Tuesday, 1 March, trade and business licensing applications must be submitted directly to the Business Licensing Counter, in the Government Administration Building; and in the presence of the person submitting the documents, counter staff will check the application in order to ensure that it is complete.

Applications will no longer be accepted either by mail, or by persons dropping them off at the counter and leaving immediately thereafter, because of the volume of incomplete applications that were received in this manner.

'Rather than just putting the applications aside, counter staff would try instead to contact persons in order to get their applications into the system for processing', said Department of Commerce and Investment Director Ryan Rajkumarsingh.