How to Registering a Guesthouse in Maldives?

WHOLLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY LOCALS

Prerequisite Checklist

All shareholders/Partners are Maldivian Citizens
Memorandum of the Company does not state foreigners to be the share holders of the company.
If guest house is Operated by a company the Memorandum of Association should include guest house operation
Business name registered at Ministry of Economic development or Local Council

Completing submitting the forms

If the operator is a company need to submit the following documents:
Copy of Registration, Articles and Memorandum of Association of Company
ID card copies of all shareholders and Directors
Official document confirming the Shareholders and Directors of the company if different from the registration documents
Partnership, copy of Registration and Partnership Agreement
ID card copies of all partners
Official document confirming the current partners if different form the Partnership Agreement

Original of previous license

If the operator is other than the owner, a copy of the lease/management agreement. (There should be a clause in the agreement allowing for the use of the premises as a guesthouse)
If the operator is an individual copy of the National ID card
Permission from the relevant Government Authority to use the building as a Tourist Guesthouse
A copy of registry of the building
A copy of whole cover insurance of the building
If a Restaurant is operating in the Guesthouse need to submit the relevant registrations from the relevant Government Authorities


Processing & Payment Fees

A registration charge of MRF 5000 for all new Guesthouse registrations
Once all the documents are complete and approved, Ministry will call for an inspection to check the guesthouse.
After conducting an inspection of the guesthouse and if the guesthouse complies with the mandatory standards of the Ministry, then the license will be processed.

Collection of the Registration Certificate & Other Documents

The Ministry will call the operator to collect the license.
Check the license certificate for verification and if any problem is noticed, please consult a registration unit staff on

http://www.tourism.gov.mv/cat/procudure/
http://www.tourism.gov.mv/3601/procedure-for-a-registering-a-guesthouse-in-the-maldives/