Guide

Updating shareholder information

Audience

Accounting entities

Businesses

Corporate service providers (CSP)

Task or topic

Update registers or information

20 August 2025

You can change your shareholders' personal particulars as long as they are not current position holders in any "live" business entity.

Before you update

This eService is for shareholders who do not hold any positions. Examples of position holders include directors and company secretaries.

What you need to know

If your shareholder is a	You should
Position holder in any local entity	Update position holder information instead.
Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident	Report these changes to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) directly: Name Identification type Identification number Nationality Residential address Note: You do not need to notify ACRA about these changes. ICA provides these updates automatically.
Corporate entity registered with ACRA	Update your entity’s Information instead. Note: Local corporate shareholders' information will not be shown in the "Update shareholder information" eService.

If your shareholder is a

You should

Position holder in any local entity

Update position holder information instead.

Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident

Report these changes to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) directly:

Name
Identification type
Identification number
Nationality
Residential address

Note: You do not need to notify ACRA about these changes. ICA provides these updates automatically.

Corporate entity registered with ACRA

Update your entity’s Information instead.

Note: Local corporate shareholders' information will not be shown in the "Update shareholder information" eService.

Who may update

Authorised officers from the business entity
Corporate service providers (CSP)
Group of Companies (GC)

What you need to prepare

You need the shareholder's updated information, which includes their:

Name (attach supporting documents like deed poll)
Identification type and number
Nationality
Address (residential and contact)
Contact information

If a shareholder has passed away, you need to update their status and date of death.

Fees and processing time

Update shareholder information

What you need to know	Details
Fee	Free
Processing time	Immediate

Step 1: Log in to Bizfile and open the "Update shareholder information" eService.

Follow these steps to navigate to the Update shareholder information eService.

Note: All entity and personal information (including UEN, entity details, NRIC or FIN numbers, names and addresses) shown are dummy data for illustration purposes only.

1. Click "Login" on the Bizfile homepage and select "Business User" to log in via Corppass.

Step 2: Update shareholder's details

The information you can update depends on your shareholder type. This includes NRIC holders, foreign shareholders, and foreign entities.

You need to enter the effective date for each change that you make. For example, if you update a shareholder's contact address, you must indicate the effective date of that change.

1. Select the relevant shareholder you want to update. Please note that the list excludes shareholders who are either position holders in the same entity or local corporate entities.