Important Information re. new Ontario Business Registry

Launch of the New Ontario Business Registry

What you need to know!

Greetings!

ESC is committed to keeping our customers informed and up to date relating to the October 19, 2021 launch of the new Ontario Business Registry (“OBR”). As a follow up to our previous email communication sent out on August 19, 2021 (Click to view) we have consolidated a list of frequently asked questions (Click to view FAQs) to help keep you informed.

In addition to the information below ESC will be hosting an informative webinar on Thursday, October 7^th at 2:00pm EST. To register please click HERE.

Clare Colledge, President

ESC Corporate Services Ltd.

Key Dates & Times

Additional Highlights

Please submit all Business Name Registrations under the current regulatory framework through Registry Complete or eService by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 13. This will help ensure registrations will be completed before Business Registration services are paused.

Please submit any electronic corporate filings under the current regulatory framework through Registry Complete or eService by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 15. This will help ensure filings will be completed before Corporate filing services are paused.

The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (MGCS) has advised that any forms that could not be reviewed and processed by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 15, the filing/forms will be returned to customers and will have to be refiled after the OBR migration date through ESC, or by email / mail. Please contact ESC at filings@eservicecorp.ca for support and help processing.

MGCS is encouraging customers to submit their documents now to help ensure they can be reviewed and processed prior to OBR Migration Date. The closer the documents are submitted (up to 5:00 p.m.) on October 15th date, the less likely they will be processed.

As of Tuesday, October 19th (“OBR Migration Date’’), Registry Complete will be fully integrated with the new OBR, resuming full service and meeting regulatory requirements.

As of October 19th, 2021, ESC’s Registry Complete technology will offer:

24/7/365 access to Ontario’s Corporate Searches and Incorporation services.
Enhanced dashboard which will enable you to track the progress of all your orders.
Multi-Search capabilities enabling you to order all your searches in a single request.
Improved SLAs
Bundled NUANS name reservation and incorporation offering.
Flexible billing/invoicing options to adapt to your firms needs.
NO Deposit Account required. ESC services are pay-as-you-go with no subscription fees.
ESC will continue offer our White-Glove service supporting you and your ordering needs.

ESC encourages our customers to take advantage of our Registry Complete Portal for submitting your corporate filings. This will ensure that your orders are expedited through our integration with the OBR. ESC is committed to provide you same day service.

Should you prefer to download the new Corporate Filing Forms and email them to ESC; our Corporate Filing team will review as part of our White-Glove service for completeness/accuracy prior to submission the OBR. Again, we are committed to providing you same day service.

ESC support post closure of counter service on October 19th, 2021.

To support this change, we have prepared our customer service teams and will be offering the following methods to process your orders:

By Web Portal: www.registrycomplete.com
By Email: filings@eservicecorp.ca
By Courier/Mail: 445 king Street West, Level 400, Toronto, ON M5V1K4
By Webservice API: Standardized API is available to firms who want to adopt a digitize solution for their Corporate Filings and Due Diligence Searches.

All Corporate Filing orders will be reviewed by our Law Clerks to ensure accuracy and our team will work with you to update forms and data to ensure compliance with the legislation.