Step by Step Guide: Application for B-BBEE certificate via e-Services
Conditions when applying for a B-BBEE certificate:
Only directors of companies or members of close corporations can apply for a B-BBEE certificate;
The enterprise’s status must be “In Business”;
All Annual return filings for the relevant company or close corporation need to be up to date;
Application for B-BBEE certificate can be done at any time (not only when registering a company or filing annual returns), provided that an application for the certificate, (which is still valid), was not done already;
Applicant must agree to the B-BBEE Terms and Conditions; and
A Director Amendment (CoR39) or Member Amendment (CK2) must be filed if the director or member’s email address or telephone number is not correct or up to date;
- Entities that have at least one foreign director/member do not qualify for CIPC B-BBEE certificates.
- All directors/members contact details must be up to date as a unique OTP (One-Time PIN) will be sent to each before an application can be concluded. Functionality to update director/member contact details is available on the CIPC eServices website.
B-BBEE certificates are only issued for Exempted Micro Enterprises with a revenue less than ten million Rands.
Directors with more than 10 entities linked to their ID numbers will not be able to apply for CIPC B-BBEE certificates.
Step by step process is as per attached document
However, there are minor differences when using e-services and Bizportal, the attached guideline is for someone who’s making use of the CIPC E-services;
- For Bizportal
- Logon to the Bizportal
- Select SERVICES from the menu
- Click on the B-BBEE option from the menu
- Select the appropriate option {New Application, Retrieve B-BBEE Certificates, View B-BBEE Certificate or Update Designated Groups} and then follow the instructions.
The BEE Certificate will be emailed to the registered email address
