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ProcedureEdit

How to Apply
Apply In-Person

  1. Applicants should visit the C.T. POOPA Consulting Attorney & Notary Public, Attorney’s Reception office with your passport/ID card (original and copy), and have them certified at a fee of 5 LSL per copy or by an entitled public entity for free (e.g. Police).
  2. You should then visit the One-Stop Business Facility Centre (OBFC), Department of Marketing office and collect the agricultural trading licence application form for individual or corporate bodies or click the link below to download.Link (agricultural trading licence application form for corporate bodies).
  3. A Marketing assistant official will assist you to fill the form, then submit the completed form along with the supporting documents (listed below) to be verified if all the documents are in order you will be issued with an Adviser Note.
  4. Head to the OBFC account department office with the Adviser Note and pay the required application and license fee, upon which you will be issued with a payment receipt and a stamped Adviser Note by the account officer.
  5. Submit the payment receipt and the Adviser Note to the marketing department office to be verified and obtain the Agriculture Trader License within 10 minutes.


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Required DocumentsEdit

General document

  • Certificate of inspection (original)
  • Bank statement (original)
  • Letter from a village Chief (original)
  • Certified identification document (Valid passport/ID card)



Sole Traders requirement

  • Application form for an agricultural trading licence (individual) (original)



Company requirement

  • Application form for an agricultural trading licence (corporate bodies) (original)
  • Company extract (simple copy)
  • Certificate of incorporation (simple copy)



Office Locations & ContactsEdit

ONE-STOP BUSINESS FACILITATION CENTRE (OBFC)
Address: Kingsway Road LNDC Phase II 1st floor, Maseru 100
Telephone: +266 22324667


Marketing Department
Telephone: +266 58589522
Website: Link


MASERU CITY COUNCIL (MCC)
Moon Star Building, Second Floor, Kingsway Road,Maseru 100
Tel: +266 2231 7386
Email: [email protected]


Revenue Department
Telephone: +266 58094689
Website: Google maps


C.T. POOPA CONSULTING ATTORNEY & NOTARY PUBLIC
Address: Kingsway Road Victoria Hotel, Suite 106, Maseru
Telephone: +266 53229595 / +266 58855419
Working hours Mon-Tue 8:00am-16:30pm

EligibilityEdit

  • Individuals or corporate bodies that wish to conduct trade businesses in the Agriculture sector.


FeesEdit

Application fee (cash only)

  • LSL 10 for individual
  • LSL 20 for corporate bodies


Licence fees (cash only)

  • LSL 90 for individual
  • LSL 480 for corporate bodies


ValidityEdit

  • The agricultural trader license certificate is valid until the 31st of December and renewed thereafter.


Documents to UseEdit

Link (agricultural trading licence application form for corporate bodies).

Sample DocumentsEdit

Link (agricultural trading licence application form for individuals)
Link (Agriculture Trader License)
Link (Certificate of Inspection)

Processing TimeEdit

  • Upon lodging the application the processing time is within one to two hours.


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InstructionsEdit

Note

  • When the application is submitted after 31 of June, the payable fee is 55 for individual and 255 for corporate bodies. The half yearly charges apply only to new applications and not renewals.



Required InformationEdit

INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION REQUIRED INFORMATION

  • Full name of the applicant/business
  • Business postal address
  • Business Residential address
  • Contact details
  • Nationality
  • Date/place of birth
  • Nature of item you wish to apply for
  • Reason for applying for the license
  • Criminal record details (if applicable)
  • Declaration



CORPORATIVE APPLICATION REQUIRED DETAILS

  • Nature of the corporate body
  • Business location address
  • Contact details of the business
  • Full legal name of the business/company
  • Numbers of directors and officials in charge
  • Full names/contact details of directors and officials in charge
  • Nationality of majority of shareholders
  • Item and nature of license you wish to apply for
  • Full names/position /nationality of the applicant
  • Declaration by the applicant


Need for the DocumentEdit

  • Agriculture traders license is an official authorization document issued to traders that only trade in agriculture products in Lesotho.


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